For the third year, architect Keith Shaw, AIA, founder and principal of Shaw Design Associates, is one of the “Best Architects in Chapel Hill” according to the readers of Chapel Hill Magazine.

The results of the publication’s 2016 Best of Chapel Hill readers’ poll appear in the July-August edition.

Keith Shaw is best known in Chapel Hill for completing over 70 custom-designed estate homes, 100 for-sale homes, and 80 extensive renovation projects in the gated Governors Club and other high-end communities. Time-honored styles, including French Country and English Manor, as well as the American Prairie Style, inspire many of his residential designs. Occasionally, a Modern project comes in his office, such as the 3300-square-foot home he designed in for a fellow architect from the global architecture, engineering, and planning firm HOK .

“Keith’s designs seem to beckon the viewer to look further, to keep exploring,” wrote clients Judy and Dick Blake for Shaw Design Associates’ website. “[He] has taken the hopes and ideas of his clients and morphed them into the home of their dreams. There are many fine architects out there who could design a suitable home, but Keith will create a masterpiece that truly reflects who you are!”

One of the builders with whom Shaw works offered, “Shaw Design Associates seems to come out on top in our minds. Previous homeowners that we’ve worked with, and who have worked with Keith, rave about how happy they are with the design, and at how much he seemed to listen to their requests throughout the process.”

Keith Shaw is also becoming known for liturgical architecture. Among other structures, he designed the timber-frame Chapel In The Pines on Great Ridge Parkway and the New Life Fellowship church on Weaver Dairy Road.

Chapel Hill Magazine is published by Shannon Media six times a year. With 52,000 readers, it covers Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and northern Chatham County. For more information, visit www.chapelhillmagazine.com.

For more information on Keith Shaw and Shaw Design Associates, visit http://shawdesign.us.