Custom Residential Properties
First and second homes, vacation and destination properties require exacting attention to detail, familiarity with the individual family's special needs and wishes, and an especially keen ability to solve uncommon problems with creative solutions. A few prerequisites to some of our prior projects included a full knowledge of specialized materials to set a property apart, and advanced technical ability to accomplish gymnastic feats with water, stone, light, wood, earthforms and plantings. The setting should reflect the lifestyle of current owners, but remain engaging and appealing for future occupants.
Institutional and Academic Facilities
Functionality and durability for large numbers of people, not all of them especially gentle; Ease of maintenance; Closely observed budgets; Answering to several stakeholders; Wringing the most of a context and the materials available... These are some of the challenges we have successfully faced in our work for larger clients.
Civic Spaces
Whether a former project has been a new airport fire-fighting station, or a new roundabout, or a public park, our entitlement work (project permitting) has eased the process to allow us greater flexibility in the planning, design, and execution of our projects. With permitting agencies trusting our ethical and technical approach, we are able to get more accomplished. Civic spaces also must accommodate masses, they must last forever, and they must reflect the highest levels of design and construction, and thereby speak to the importance of our society and the communities in which we live.
Corporate Settings
A company's headquarters or offices or manufacturing sites should reflect the firm's professional culture, should provide an enjoyable setting for staff and visitors alike, and should help promote the purpose of a company, whether foodservice, pharmaceutical and health care, retail, industrial, or professional services.
Mixed-Use Projects and Cluster Developments/Community Design
Key to our sustainable future, combining commercial, retail, residential, laboratory, and other uses in Transit Oriented Developments helps diminish the need for automobiles, helps preserve open space through greater density, and helps integrate communities for healthier neighborhoods. Getting the right proportions of street width and building setback and height are critical to establishing a framework upon which to build the details of a community. Design Guidelines help promote the character and livability of a place, while utilizing the myriad planning, zoning, and tax initiatives will enable a project actually to succeed in today's highly formalized development process.
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