News: Northern New England
Posted: April 7, 2017
DeStefano Architects earns Best of Business award
Concord, NH DeStefano Architects (D|A) has been selected as a winner in New Hampshire Business Review’s 2017 BOB Awards, which honor the best of business in New Hampshire in over 90 categories. D|A was honored in a statewide reader’s survey in the Best Architect category. This is the second year in a row the firm has been voted “Best Architect” in the NHBR BOB Awards. Winners were honored at an event on March 2 at the Grappone Conference Center.
“With 3,500 ballots cast for the 2017 Awards, the BOBs continue to be considered a standard of excellence in New Hampshire’s business community,” said Jeff Feingold, editor of NH Business Review.
Celebrating a great year of accolades, DeStefano Architects was named Reader’s Choice “Best Architect” by Seacoast Media Group and received the AIANH People’s Choice for Excellence in Design Award for a historic residential renovation design, as well as three awards for residential design from New Hampshire Home magazine including the coveted “2017 Home of the Year” Award.
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