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Philosophy

We are a design studio, and we take on projects as a team, allowing for constant interoffice collaboration. We also see our relationship with our clients as a collaborative effort. We bring our professional experience and knowledge to the table, and the client brings a singular understanding of their needs and desires. Together, we take a collection of disparate requirements and bring a design concept into focus.

This focus leads to an efficient use of resources. The value of architectural services is the long-term return on investment. We have seen that a gross misallocation of resources is possible when not all aspects of a design problem are fully considered, and this happens all too often in our fast-paced society. We offer design solutions that meet the client’s needs–and that go beyond that to be responsible, beautiful compositions in which the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. A well-considered design at the front end of a project means that materials and construction costs are kept low and expensive problems are more likely to be addressed in design instead of messy fixes mid-construction. This not only saves the client money but also provides a cohesive aesthetic and a seamlessly functioning building.

We see every building as both a long-term financial instrument and a work of architecture. Sustainable design, to us, means using energy and resources with the deference they deserve: borrowing techniques proven over generations of our building heritage, refining them with modern building science, and making buildings and sites that will remain valuable decades from now. Assets for future generations, and models for how resources ought to be used.