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“Bernardon got inside our heads and designed a building that
expresses the character of our company. They are creative,
professional, responsive, and fun to work with.”

—J. Michael Bontrager, Chatham Financial Corp

Chatham Financial Corp

Owner/User: Chatham Financial Corp

Location: Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Design Statement: Bernardon provided master planning,
architecture, and interior design services, and coordination
of consulting engineers for Chatham Financial Corp, a
local financial institution of worldwide renown. The new
corporate campus was planned to include a total of three
(3) office buildings as well as the renovation of an existing
farmhouse.
siding, and stucco surfaces. The orientation of Office Building
The concept for the master plan was inspired by the growth I maximizes desirable views of the pond while preserving
of local farms that methodically adapt to function and the steeper slopes of the site that will be preserved as a
growth by expanding into a collection of farmhouse, barns, managed meadow. Similarly, Office Building II takes
and support structures. advantage of magnificent views to the pond. The texture
The center of the campus is a two-story farmhouse structure of shade and shadow of the south façade is further enhanced
that provides a private office for the managing principal through the use of projecting sun control devices. The interior
and serves as the campus pub. Designed to resemble expresses its timber frame in a two-story, sky-lit atrium creating
barns, the office building structures reflect the character a pleasant north-south vertical circulation axis.
of local barns through their use of stone, board and batten

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