Our Design Values
Our design values are core beliefs that are manifested in our built projects. The intersection of these beliefs distinguishes our work and defines our design culture.
Beauty from Circumstance
The aesthetics of places we create emerge from and celebrate the specific conditions of a project.
Courageously Pragmatic
We laud the courage it takes to implement the right design solution, even when it’s not flashy or glamourous.
Meaningful Shelter
We strive to create environments that affirm our relationship to the natural world; buildings that celebrate their response to climate, to gravity, and to time.
Experience Over Form
The physical appearance of our work results from prioritizing user experience; not the other way around.
Resolution and Clarity
We work hard to take complex problems and distill them into an architecture that feels essential and vital.
Joyful Discovery
Design is a process of purposeful exploration. We think there’s nothing more fun than guiding a journey into the unknown and arriving somewhere new.