Wilcox Gardens

This May, the magnificent local Wilcox Estate may be toured as the Women’s Committee of the Grand Rapids Symphony presents its 2010 Symphony Showhouse. From May 1 to May 23 you can experience it for yourself and join us at our many special events.

Once part of the old Aspey Farm Dairy, the Wilcox Estate, which was built in 1923, was first used as a community house and summer estate for the Wilcox family and friends. The building with its three graceful arched entrances and intriguing features was designed by prominent Grand Rapids architect Kenneth W. Welch.

This major fundraiser to support the Grand Rapids Symphony will celebrate great music as well as great architecture. We also would like to thank our Honorary Chair Nancy Loeschner, a local East Grand Rapids resident for her many years of support to the Women’s Committee as well as the Grand Rapids Symphony.

The Showhouse is open:

Wednesday to Friday 11am-4pm and 6pm to 9pm.

Saturday and Sunday 12pm -5pm

Related to the Symphony Showhouse, there are five of the seven remaining Wilcox Gardens lots for which Visbeen Associates has completed preliminary designs. Lots 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8 are for sale through Katie Karczewski / Keller Williams and will be built by Jeffery Roberts Homes. Take a look!

Montrose Park

Grant Park

Hyde Park

Garfield Park

Lincoln Park

Design Lines

Design Lines, a publication of the American Institute of Building Design, interviewed Wayne Visbeen about home management centers and here's the article. For ease of reading, read it on our website.

National Make-A-Wish!

The playhouse that Wayne Visbeen designed for Lily's Wish made

national Make-A-Wish news!

Check it out.

FOX 17 segment

FOX 17 featured our cottage from the Cottage & Lakefront Living Show on their morning news on Friday!

The Cottage & Lakefront Living Show

The Grand Rapids Cottage & Lakefront Living Show is this weekend at DeVos Place. It's going to be great! Visbeen Associates, Falcon Custom Homes and Gallery Interiors have teamed up to present you The Birch. Here are some "under construction" photos & a short video clip as it's being built this week (over only four days!) in the convention center.

Architectural Tutorial: Carriage House

n. 1. a small building usually near a large residence or part of an estate, used for keeping coaches, carriages, or other vehicles; - also called coach house. It is now (1998) obsolescent and its function has been taken over by the garage, which is usually attached to a residence or main building. Carriage houses are still found on older estates, though not usually used for their original purpose. (www.thefreedictionary.com)

Well, we tend to disagree with the "obsolescent" part of this definition. Yes, garages are far more popular, but there are still those of you out there looking for a beautiful carriage house. Here are a few Visbeen Associates has designed.

Great Lake Story: Chapter Three

Here's the third installment of Michigan Blue Magazine's Great Lake Story which is on newsstands right now. Blue Magazine is chronicling Jim & Susan Buda's experience with Visbeen Associates and Bos Homes and their journey designing and building in South Haven's Boardwalk. In order to easier read the article, please click here.