Wm Douglas Beims, founder of Castles and Cottages was born and raised in Maryland, he graduated from Catholic University of America with a Masters degree in Architecture, becoming licensed as a professional architect in 1988. Early in his career, Douglas was Project Architect at a firm specializing in design/development and management of adult day care centers, nursing homes, and medical facilities. Here he encountered extensive exposure to facilities with varying levels of care throughout the mid atlantic region. With a desire to truly understand the turnkey process from design to build, Douglas transitioned to a position as lead architect at a construction company concentrating in healthcare facilities. For several years, Douglas designed and monitored the construction of over 1 million square feet of medical, retail, commercial and industrial spaces. The marriage of these skills fueled his desire to create his own design/build firm in 1991. Castles & Cottages, based in Columbia, Maryland, focused on premier residential design/build projects with unique designs for discerning clients from New York to North Carolina. Over the past several decades Castles & Cottages scope of design-build services has grown to include a diverse range of spaces from mixed use, commercial/retail, office buildings, food services and medical facilities. Douglas is driven by a zeal to use logic and aesthetics to create spaces both functional and beautiful. He brings his extensive experience of residential and institutional healthcare as a co-founder/managing partner of nxplace Properties, a new development company with the desire and commitment to meet the challenges of built environments for those with diverse abilities.