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ImageDesignWorks Construction are the husband and wife team of architect and builder Chris Prokosch and architect Shannon Green, and their partner, builder Kevin Black.  An experienced crew and the finest subcontractors and suppliers in the area round out this company that has built its reputation on the production of custom, one-of-a-kind design-built homes. Based primarily in Southwest Virginia, DesignWorks has also completed work in New Hampshire, Texas, California, and Nevis and St. Croix in the West Indies.

Chris Prokosch

Architect & Master Builder, DesignWorks Construction         


Chris Prokosch has over 35 years of architectural design and construction experience in a variety of building types including custom-built homes, home additions, and commercial plants and offices. As he is both a designer and a builder, Chris has the unique ability to take a project from undeveloped site and initial ideas to successful completion with minimal stress to client.

Chris received a bachelor’s degree in architecture, cum laude, from Virginia Tech.

In his spare time, Chris is a bassist with various jazz combos in Roanoke, Blacksburg, and Floyd including the Floyd-Montgomery Jazz Project.  He is an avid volleyball player and recreation league coach.

Shannon Green

Architect, DesignWorks Construction


Shannon Green brings over 27 years of architectural design experience to her work. With Chris, she leads the client through the process of refining and developing ideas to create a custom design that fits the site and client’s program of needs -- a design that is functional, beautiful, and ecologically responsive.

Prior to establishing DesignWorks Construction with Chris, Shannon was employed by the Dallas firms Corgan Architects and EDI Architects.  She worked on a variety of projects for those firms including the American Airlines Reservations expansion at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, Citicorp/Citibank International Office Expansion, and International Paper/Wood Products Headquarters.

She has a bachelor’s degree in interior design with a minor in architecture history from Louisiana State University and a master’s in architecture from Virginia Tech.  She has also studied architecture at the University of London and in Lugano, Switzerland through the universities’ respective summer study-abroad programs.

In her off time, Shannon enjoys swimming, yoga and painting.  She and
Chris live in Floyd, Virginia with their three children.
 
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With a good master plan, a house can be designed to adapt to one's changing life - parts can be added as a family grows, spaces converted for offices or aging relatives or to make an apartment for a caregiver - with minimal cost and disruption.