MADDERLAKE DESIGNS BEGAN MORE THAN 35 YEARS AGO IN A SMALL STOREFRONT IN MANHATTAN AND IS NOW BASED IN AN OLD FIREHOUSE IN WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN, WITH SATELLITE OPERATIONS IN COLORADO AND JAPAN. BEGINNING WITH A SMALL RARE PLANT STORE IN GREENWICH VILLAGE AND AN ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE ON THE SIDE, WE HAVE LEFT THE RETAIL WORLD FAR BEHIND AND ARE NOW AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FIRM WITH A BURGEONING LANDSCAPE DESIGN PRACTICE.

FOR 35 YEARS, TOM PRITCHARD HAS BEEN MADDERLAKE DESIGNS PRINCIPAL DESIGNER AND SPOKESMAN. TOM STUDIED ARCHITECTURE AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY UNDER MICHAEL GRAVES AND PETER EISENMAN, FOLLOWED BY A THREE YEAR STINT IN THE OFFICE OF GWATHMEY-SIEGEL, BEFORE STARTING MADDERLAKE DESIGNS IN 1971.

IN 1993, JODY RHONE JOINED THE TEAM. JODY STUDIED SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE AT THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND HAS EXHIBITED IN NEW YORK, HOUSTON AND GERMANY.