McClentic Design

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Architecture for the residential, commercial and hospitality markets.

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At McClentic Design, we combine skillful design, technical expertise and hands-on project management to deliver architecture for the residential, commercial and hospitality markets across Clayton and the wider Raleigh-Durham area. Just as important, every project is executed to meet your specific needs.

  • Commercial

    Offices, retail and mixed-use buildings designed around how the business actually runs.

  • Residential

    New builds, additions and renovations shaped to the site and the way you live.

  • Hospitality

    Restaurants and gathering spaces with a strong identity and a workable budget.

Douglas McClentic

About Douglas McClentic

Douglas McClentic has a wide array of project experience spanning residential, corporate, educational, entertainment and restaurant work, as well as client representation services. He has nearly 30 years in the construction industry, and his project management experience covers high-rise buildings and public transportation terminals such as Logan and Newark International Airports.

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That work also takes in North Station in Boston, educational institutions such as Salem State College, retail environments such as Jordan’s Furniture in Reading, MA, and entertainment venues such as Walt Disney World in Florida. His construction experience started in his early teens as a laborer for a general contractor and a flooring contractor, then progressed to a production millwork shop. Upon graduating from high school he attended Wentworth, where he studied building construction. After two and a half years there he started working as a carpenter, covering all aspects of construction from foundations to roofing and everything in between. He has also worked as a site superintendent, conducting site layouts and overseeing the construction of commercial storage buildings in central Massachusetts. While in architectural school he worked for one of the premier wood flooring contractors in the country, doing custom wood floor installations.

He attended the Boston Architectural College and graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1999. After working in various firms in and around Boston, he became a registered Architect in 2007 and registered in North Carolina in 2010.

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Highlighted projects

Hows It Bean

A client came to us wanting their new coffee shop to have a cabin-like, outdoorsy feel on a budget. That brief might read as a daunting task elsewhere, but at Douglas McClentic Architect we love a good design challenge. Our design took the client’s idea, used the elements already in the build and treated them with forms and finishes that give the abstract feel of a cabin in the mountains, all while holding to a budget the client could live with. The project shows that genuinely creative design is still within reach at an affordable price. We listened, we brainstormed, we delivered.

CLIENT
Private
STATUS
Completed
LOCATION
Garner, NC
Hows It Bean — photograph 1 Hows It Bean — photograph 2 Hows It Bean — photograph 3

Cuban Revolution

Described by some as one of the most beautiful restaurant spaces in Providence, this adaptation of a former mill building at “the Plant” on Valley Street pairs an old industrial shell with ideas about challenging the status quo. The result is a restaurant that combines an old-world industrial feel with contemporary flair.

CLIENT
Private
STATUS
Completed
LOCATION
Providence, RI
Cuban Revolution — photograph 1 Cuban Revolution — photograph 2 Cuban Revolution — photograph 3

Riverwood Villas

Riverwood Community is said to be the best place to live in Clayton, NC. Riverwood Villas offers one- and two-bedroom apartments plus two large commercial spaces spread across seven buildings. Built to complete the shops at Riverwood, the Villas fill in the missing half of the main street of the Riverwood Athletic Club and bring the convenience of a planned community with resort-style amenities.

CLIENT
Fred Smith, Inc
STATUS
Completed
LOCATION
Clayton, NC
Riverwood Villas — photograph 1 Riverwood Villas — photograph 2 Riverwood Villas — photograph 3

What clients have to say

  • Working with Doug is uncomplicated, he allows the team to be proactive in the approach to meeting the goal and when the time comes to be reactive he is calm cool and collective.
    JASON GANES
    Vision Contractors Inc.
  • I have valued Doug’s insights and consider him to be a business person of great intellect and integrity.
    TONY JOHNSON
    Tony Johnson Architect
  • Throughout my interactions with Doug, I have found him to be a person of character and integrity.
    JAMES P PERRICONE
    Partners Commercial Realty

Contact

Address
P.O. Box 763
Clayton, NC 27528
Call us
1 (339) 987-0437
Email
doug@dma-nc.com