Eric Moser, Founder and President of Moser Design Group, hails from a rural Indiana farm family. His early education from generations of Farmer Scientists, Philosophers, and Innovators instilled a deep respect for the Agrarian way of life. Among the farmer’s many disciplines, the vernacular building traditions became Eric’s passion; architecture, his calling. After studying architecture at the University of Florida, Eric established Moser Design Group in 1986 catering to a custom residential design clientele in a resort setting. Although rewarding, Eric soon came to the belief that a complete re-thinking of community development, and the metrics with which buildings themselves are measured, and valued, were paramount to creating meaningful, and sustainable places.
Beginning 1992, with the pilot infill project of Newpoint in Beaufort, MDG embraced the principles of New Urbanism, and retooled the firm to concentrate on providing affordable, context driven, traditional architecture for Mixed Use, pedestrian friendly communities. Along with introducing new designs, MDG continues to research and test new building and delivery methods. Particularly, those tectonics that replace the consumptive nature of throwaway buildings with more substantial, flexible buildings with sustainable materials, configurations and technologies that allow buildings to be built for the near term, and evolve for the long term.
Moser Design Group, Inc. is a residential design, and New Urbanist planning firm located in Beaufort, South Carolina with a principle mission to design and re-introduce traditional settlement patterns, architecture, and building methodologies within the context of walkable mixed-use communities.
Eric is a frequent consultant across the United States and beyond for new and old towns, infill projects, hamlets, and neighborhoods. He collaborates with other professionals to plan, analyze and reintroduce historic local and regional building patterns. He remains an active participant in the Katrina and Rita recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast. He is also Town Urbanist for his home village of Habersham where he lives and works.