CORE GROUP ARCHITECTS - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Partner
• Principal
• Principal - Partner

Mr. Tedesco is one of the founding principals of Core Group Architects. He has been a registered and practicing architect for 20 years. Known to everyone as Sergio, he brings the passion and the pride of placemaking from his Italian heritage into his innovative and creative designs. Sergio is recognized as an expert in the field of well designed high-performance buildings, workspace innovations and private residences. Many top developers seek out his expertise to efficiently position and develop their real estate assets for a wide range of residential and commercial uses knowing that the project will be delivered as cost effectively as possible without compromising quality design. His progressive approach to innovative design stems from his experience of working on a wide range of projects in his early career with award winning design firms focused on the importance of contextual research, planning, urban civility and everchanging lifestyle needs. Sergio envisions architecture as the manifestation of the client's program, stating that the "Stronger the program, the better the design solution". The core of his philosophy is striving for the "Total Design". A composition encompassing a cohesive exterior and interior design stemming from a strong client program, working from the (core) inside out ultimately arriving at a singular total design solution. As principal of the firm, Sergio believes that the strength of a successful architectural practice is in the quality of the people who work at the firm. Making sure that the employees are hand picked to share the same passion and dedication for the advancement of quality contextual architectural design and the "business side" of providing the noble service of the profession. EDUCATION Bachelor of Architecture - New York Institute of Technology

Job Titles:

• Partner
• Principal
• Principal - Partner

Mr. Peterson is one of the founding principals of Core Group Architects. He has been a registered Architect and certified building code official serving private and public clientele for close to 25 years. Mr. Peterson brings his vast experience in architectural design and building code/development consulting to Core to assist his clients in solving complex building design issues without compromising the quality of the architectural design. His passion lies with the advancement of exceptional design but realizes to bring a project from conception to completion in this ever increasing world of regulation takes insightfulness and experience in the technical realm to be able to work around complex building issues while maintaining the original design intent, limiting changes and cost overruns. Mr. Peterson has exemplified his passion for the built environment from an early age being employed in high school and working through college framing houses in the Hamptons. Learning the value of hard work instilled upon him by his father, he would experience the satisfaction of his hard work by seeing those simple two dimensional forms on blueprints materialize into beautiful 3D structures creating human shelter. A dividend that Mr. Peterson has carried into his professional life galvanizing the technical proficiency and creativeness necessary to be an exceptional architectural practitioner. EDUCATION Bachelor of Architecture - New York Institute of Technology - 1991