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What are the ingredients of good service?
Our clients rely on us to transform complex programs, demanding budgets and short timeframes into practical solutions of artistic achievement. We succeed by combining responsiveness with creativity, having learned that each one makes the other possible.
We provide full architectural services for the planning and design of commercial and institutional buildings, tenant improvements and residential projects. In addition we produce feasibility and master-planning studies for private and public sector constituencies.
We take pride in delivering products that are built to last. Our commitment to using premium materials and expert craftsmanship ensures that every item meets the highest standards of durability and performance.
Master Planning, Feasibility Studies
Site Analysis, Concept Alternatives, Budget Review
Programming
Interview Generated Programs, Growth Analysis
Planning Approvals
Community Workshops, EIR support, Submittals, Hearings
Building Permits
Applications, Agency Approvals, Plan-check Response
Architectural Design, Space Planning, ConDocs
Schematics, Design Development, Construction Documents
Consultant Coordination
Landscape, Structural, Civil, MEP, IT, LEED, Cost Estimates, GC
Energy Systems Design
Passive Solar, Daylighting, Natural Ventilation, Photovoltaics
Construction Phase
Contract Award, Observation and Support, Occupancy Certificate
Connectivity & Spirit
Connecting the dots is what architects spend most of their time doing. Finding the right points to connect makes the difference between a serviceable solution and a great idea. Connectivity is the essence of good architecture; it occurs at all scales, from interior design to urban design. With our Client communities we identify in detail the critical elements and transactions that we must relate to each other in order to make their projects succeed. Within that framework we then practice the magic of combining materials, volumes and surfaces with light and gardens to create a large scale work of art. Underlying all these considerations are the spiritual forces that influence a project. Our highest responsibility is to understand how these spirits can find expression within the geometries of an individual design.
People, Place & Memory
Each site has a power particular to its place in space, time and memory. Among the many benefits architecture can bestow upon its users is the gift of materializing identity to the diversity of historical legacies that have played out at a given location. These are among the often overlooked intangibles that can give meaningful shape to a particular design solution. In our practice we endeavor to give voice to the many stories that may comprise the full portrait of a place and its people.