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Milltown grew around a mill on Lawrence Brook, and the brook still runs through the center of this 1.6-square-mile borough. Our firm has worked from North Main Street since 1991, designing homes, multi-family buildings and commercial spaces. Plan your Milltown project with an architect based in the borough.
✓ Additions & Renovations
✓ Custom New Homes
✓ Multi-Family
✓ Commercial
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More than 30 years of residential, multi-family and commercial architecture, designed from our office at 77 North Main Street in Milltown.
Milltown’s zoning code sets out single-family districts from R-4 to R-15 and a two-family R-6A district, each with its own bulk requirements. We design additions and renovations to fit your district, with careful phasing and clean permit documents.
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Lots near Lawrence Brook and the Mill Pond can fall under the borough’s riparian buffer rules, which add a layer of review on top of zoning. We begin with site strategy and design the house around how your family lives.
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Milltown’s code includes a multifamily midrise zone and affordable housing overlay zones for apartments, townhouses and stacked units. We design new buildings, conversions and upgrades, planning phasing to protect occupancy where we can.
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Milltown’s business districts run from the B-1 commercial zone and B-2 commercial center to highway strip commercial and light industrial zones. We design expansions, renovations and new buildings, including franchise locations built to brand standards.
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Kurt launched the firm at its current Milltown location in 1991, and the office is still at 77 North Main Street. A Milltown project is designed in the same borough where it will be built.
Milltown’s Planning Board also holds the powers of a zoning board of adjustment, so variance requests and site plans go before one board. We coordinate with the borough early so design and approvals move forward together.
Steep slope limits and tree removal rules in the borough’s code can shape what a lot allows. Kurt works with specialty civil and structural engineers, and we coordinate those consultants on your behalf.
Call the firm and a team member will respond with an actionable next step. Our senior project manager brings experience with township and state processes and applications.
Milltown already has a landmark conversion: the Milltown India Rubber Company building on Washington Avenue, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, now holds condominiums. Adaptive reuse is part of our multi-family work.
Kurt J. Ludwig is a member of the American Institute of Architects and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. In more than 30 years, the practice has grown almost entirely through word-of-mouth and repeat clients.
Can the Planning Board review my concept before I file an application?
Yes. Milltown’s code lets an applicant request an informal review of a concept plan, and the fee for that review is credited toward the formal application. Neither the applicant nor the board is bound by it, and it is not available for concepts that need a use variance.
Are there extra rules for building near Lawrence Brook?
Yes, if the work falls within the buffer. Milltown requires a riparian buffer along surface waters, at least 50 feet wide and 150 feet in certain cases, and the applicant has to identify it on plans submitted for permits or approvals. Where the buffer rules and the zoning rules differ, the stricter one applies.
Can you design commercial or franchise projects in Milltown?
Yes. Here in Milltown, our team worked on Norman’s Hallmark’s 6,000-square-foot store at Ryders Crossing Shopping Center on Ryders Lane. Our franchise and corporate clients also include Starbucks, Dunkin’, Hilton and Goddard School.
Do you work outside Milltown?
Yes. Our service area covers New Jersey, New York and South Carolina, including Milltown’s neighbors North Brunswick and East Brunswick.
Thank you for considering Kurt J. Ludwig, AIA for your Milltown project. A member of our team will reply with a next step.
Phone: (732) 846-1141
Email: KJLudwig@KJLudwig.com
Office: 77 North Main Street, Milltown, NJ 08850
Our office is at 77 North Main Street in Milltown. We work with property owners throughout the borough and in neighboring North Brunswick and East Brunswick.
