Experience

Amy Martino, AIA CAASH, LEED-AP principal of Building Site Synergy, has focused her 20+ year career on the master planning and design of high-density multi-family communities. Her substantial portfolio focuses on complex urban and suburban infill, redevelopment and waterfront communities and 50+ communities. Ms. Martino has designed and documented a range of housing types, from cluster housing at five dwelling units/acre (DU/Ac) through mid and high-rise products exceeding 100 DU/Ac. Ms. Martino excels at defining opportunities and constraints, creative solutions for challenging sites and building consensus on complex mixed use, active adult and market rate communities. She is a frequent presenter to national and regional forums. Some of her clients for these intriguing projects include K.Hovnanian Companies, Manekin LLC , Slenker Communities, Centex Homes, and D.R. Horton.
Amy is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a professional degree of Bachelor of Architecture with a Structural and Environmental Systems Option. She participated in the foreign study program at the Universita of Firenze and Universita of Roma, Italy.

National Awards

National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Best of 50+ Housing

	2006	Platinum Winner Best Planned Large Active Adult Community– Central Parke at Victoria Falls Laurel, MD
	2005	Platinum Winner Best Planned Large Active Adult Community “On the Boards” – Central Parke at Victoria Falls Laurel, MD
	2004	Platinum Winner – Active Adult Community Center– Midsize The Parke at Ocean Pines, MD
	2004	Platinum Winner – Active Adult Community – Midsize The Parke at Ocean Pines, MD
	"The Nationals" 2005	The Nationals Sales and Marketing Council Regional award- Best Attached Product – Dunes at Shoal Harbor
	2005	The Nationals Sales and Marketing Council Silver Award-Best Attached Community Urban – Droyers Point

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  Speaking Engagements and Seminars

National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
International Builders Show
2011 Meet the 50+ Housing Experts: Repositioning Your 50+ Community                                      

2010 Meet the Experts: Repositioning Your 50+ Community for the Future  
2009 How to Get Started in Active Adult Housing: Part 4- Product/ Home Design
2008 How to Get Started in Active Adult Housing: Part 4- Product/ Home Design
2007 Meet the Experts- Multifamily Design
2006 Active Adult Design Trends – Community Design and Exterior Architecture

50+ Housing Symposium
2009 Revolutionary Community Amenity Designs: What does the Future Hold? 
2009 The Competition: Build a Better Community 
2008 Extreme Design: Community Edition – The Ultimate 50+ Community Challenge
2006 Operation 2016: Community Vision – Planning for Baby Boomers and Beyond
2006 Meet the Experts- Multifamily Design
2005 Design Trends Part 1: Community Design & Exterior Architecture
2004 Multifamily Zoning: The New Freedom to Create Tomorrow’s Senior Housing

PA Housing & Land Development Conference

2011 : Universal Design: Meeting the Demands of the Baby Boomer Generation

Multi-Housing World Convention
2007 The Redevelopment Rage: Creating Successful Infill Communities
2005 Multifamily Parking Creative Solutions

New Jersey National Association of Home Builders
Atlantic Builders Convention
2007 What’s New in Active Adult Design

Hord Coplan Macht
Educational Seminars
2007 Planning 101: An Architect’s Perspective
2008 Design: Building Multifamily (Five Sessions)

RGS Associates
Educational Seminars
2005 The Character of Place: Community Planning and Architectural Design
2005 It All Starts Here: Feasibility, Site Selection and Your Target Market

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