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Lowcountry architects featured in Forbes magazine

By Mike Switzer

Published October 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM EDT

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Jane Frederick, Managing Principal at Frederick and Frederick Architects in Beaufort, SC

Eight architectural firms from South Carolina were recently included in Forbes magazine’s 400 Best-in-State Residential Architects. Our next guest’s Lowcountry firm was one of them. They are also the authors of a new book, “Contemporary Southern Vernacular: Creating Sustainable Houses for Hot, Humid Climates”. Mike Switzer interviews Jane Frederick, with Frederick and Frederick Architects in Beaufort, SC.

Frederick and Frederick Architects in Beaufort, SC

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Mike Switzer

After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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