What I do, and who actually does it.
Six kinds of work, one principal. Roger Berent, AIA, designs the project, presents it to the municipality, and stays on through construction. Based in Rochester Hills and working throughout metro Detroit, Oakland County, and northern Michigan.
Custom Home Design
New homes designed around the site, the budget, and how you actually live. No house style, no template plans. From first sketch through construction administration, the same architect stays on the project.
Renovation & Addition
Renovations often take more skill than new construction, because you are solving problems the original architect never anticipated. Mid-century restorations, gut renovations, and additions that respect the house they attach to.
Commercial & Hospitality
Restaurants, taprooms, retail, and offices where the architecture has to work as hard as the business does. Buildings that read well from the street and function behind the scenes.
Multi-Family & Mixed-Use
Mixed-use and multi-family buildings scaled to their street. Massing that breaks down to the pedestrian, units that get light and air, and a ground plane that gives something back to the block.
Civic & Institutional
Municipal and institutional work where durability and public presence matter more than novelty. Buildings that serve the community that pays for them.
Municipal Approvals & Construction Administration
I present projects to planning commissions and zoning boards myself, and I know the review process across southeast Michigan. After permits, I stay on: reviewing submittals, answering RFIs, and visiting the site so what gets built matches what we designed.
Rochester Hills, metro Detroit, and throughout Michigan.
Rochester Hills, Rochester, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Troy, Royal Oak, Lake Orion, Oxford, Oakland Township, Clarkston, West Bloomfield, Farmington Hills, Northville, Plymouth, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Ferndale, Shelby Township, Washington Township, Utica, Sterling Heights, Grand Rapids, Traverse City, Petoskey, Charlevoix, and throughout Michigan.