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Charles Heid Founding Principal, HD Architects Birmingham, MI
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Industry
Architect
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Services offered
Design, Architecture, Development, planning, consulting
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Has Experience with these building types:
Business (Office), Factory/Industrial (warehouse, storage, parking, etc.), Hotel/Motel, Mercantile (Retail), Mixed-Use, Multi-Family (Apartments, Condos, etc.), Custom Innovative Residential
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Has Experience with these material types:
Mass Timber, Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), Nail-Laminated Timber (NLT), Dowel-Laminated Timber (DLT), Glue-Laminated Timber (GLT or glulam), Timber-Frame / Post and Beam, Heavy Timber Decking, Hybrid (wood with steel or concrete), Structural Composite Lumber (e.g. LVL and LSL), Wood-Concrete Composite Systems, Light-Frame, I-joists, Lumber, Open-web trusses, Wood structural panels, Coatings, Fasteners / Hardware
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Has experience with these construction types:
I-A, I-B, II-A, II-B, III-A, III-B, IV-A, IV-B, IV-C, IV-HT, V-A, V-B
As the Founding Principal of HD Architects, Charlie’s passion is to create design solutions crafted from close attention to project contexts and motivated by a desire to connect people with their environment. These motivations mesh tightly with the biophillic qualities found through buildings focused on MASSS timber design.
In 2022, Charlie lead the design for the first MASS timber Veterinary Practice located in Westland, MI. The project utilizes CLT roof panels and glulaminated beams and columns.
