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Karl E. Winchester, AIA
Associate & Registered Architect

Mr. Winchester has twenty-two years of experience in all aspects of the architectural profession and has been involved in a wide variety of projects including educational, recreational, commercial, and residential facilities. He has in-depth knowledge of state and national building codes. He has expertise in AutoCAD and is responsible for coordinating in-house training. Mr. Winchester has been with Banwell Architects since 1987 and became an Associate of the firm in 1997.

Mr. Winchester’s selected experience as project architect or project manager includes:

Science Center at Keene State College (Keene, NH) $17.5M
Additions and renovations to 1960s science building. Existing building is 66,000 square feet; new addition will be approximately 30,000 square feet and will house new labs, classrooms and support space. Design consultant is Mitchell/Giurgola Architects of NYC.

Boyd Hall Science Center at Plymouth State College (Plymouth, NH) $13.8M
Additions and renovations to 1960s science building. Existing building was 54,000 square feet; new addition is approximately 26,000 square feet on three floors, housing new labs, classrooms and support space. Design consultant is Mitchell/Giurgola Architects of NYC.

Williston Elementary School (Williston, VT) $4.8M
New K-4 primary school for 400 students, incorporating multi-age “houses” and self-directed electronic learning technologies.

Carter Community Building (Lebanon, NH) $650,000
Renovations to 12,000 square foot 1919 Carter Community Building, including reconfiguration of basement for three new multi-purpose rooms; and life safety, mechanical, electrical and accessibility upgrades.

Carter-Witherell Building (Lebanon, NH)
4,000 square foot addition to the CWB to contain a full-service child care facility, aerobic dance space and expanded cardio-vascular weight and nautilus facilities. Designed for future addition of a third floor.
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Conant Elementary School (Concord, NH) $930,000
Additions and renovations.

Lisbon Regional School (Lisbon, NH) $3.5M
50,000 square foot addition to the K – 12 existing school.

Mascoma Savings Bank (W. Lebanon, NH) $600,000
11,000 square foot additions and 9,000 square feet renovations to branch banking facility.

Enfield Police Station (Enfield, NH) $250,000
New police station.

Whitetail Resort Ski Area Base Lodge (Franklin County, PA) $3.4M
Design and construction of a 44,000 square foot base village including day lodge, rental, ski school and skiwee.
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Plymouth Elementary School (Plymouth, NH) $5.9M
New K – 8 elementary school for 600 students; includes classrooms, gym, library and other core spaces.

Barre City Elementary/Middle School (Barre, VT) $9M
Design of new 126,000 square foot school, with comfortable identities of groupings of grades that humanize a very large elementary school.
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Iroquois Indian Museum (Howes Cave, NY) $700,000
New museum for education and exhibit of archaeological and modern Iroquois art and craft.

Education
B.Arch. 1981
Rhode Island School of Design

B.F.A 1980
Rhode Island School of Design

A.A.S 1977
Vermont Technical College

Professional Registration
State of Vermont
State of New Hampshire

Professional Affiliations
NH Chapter of AIA