Guided by Process,
from Concept to Construction.

With keen attention to detail and big picture vision, we lead clients through all phases of an architectural project — from preliminary design through construction.

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Your Project Roadmap

We approach every project with an open mind — listening to stakeholders, learning the nuances of the challenge at hand, and setting clear goals.

We then lead with expertise, drawing on more than a decade of experience since founding the firm in 2015. Today, led by a Certified Passive House Consultant, we create buildings that are responsive to the local environment.

Every step of our process is guided by our core principles:

  • High quality, low impact

  • Site-specific solutions

  • Open-minded collaboration

  • Research

    • Define scope of work

    • Site visit

    • Site analysis

    • Site pan modeling

    • Zoning and code analysis

    • Budget analysis

    • Program

    • PD Client questionnaire

    • Inspiration imagery

    • Approve/sign the Performance & Scope document

  • Preliminary Planning

    • Bubble diagram program

    • Floor plans

    • Identify potential General Contractors (GC)

    • Identify potential consultants

    • Preliminary budget review

    • 3D massing

    • Preliminary enrgy performance assessment

    • Planning and/or HOA review

    • Develop the Construction & Systems Narrative

    • Floor plan approval

    • Budget review

    • Approve/sign the Construction & Systems narrative

    • Identify specialty consultants

  • Construction Procurement

    • Schedule and conduct GC interviews

    • Coordinate initial estimate with GC

    • Interview potential GCs

    • Final GC selection

  • Performance & Materials

    • 3D model with exterior finishes

    • Assemblies energy performance

    • Review consultant proposals

    • Consultant coordination

    • Identify HVAC system

    • Research window manufacturers

    • Refine interior layout

    • DD client questionnaire

    • Cost estimate review

    • Interior finish inspiration imagery

    • Begin lighting and FF&E selection with Interior Designer (ID) (LSA coordination with ID is an additional service)

    • Initial interiors approval

  • Technical Drawings & Specifications

    • Select window manufacturer

    • Detail drawings

    • Lighting and electrical layouts

    • Cabinets or built-ins design (additional services)

    • Finalize consultant coordination

    • Verify energy performance details

    • Finalize permit construction drawings

    • Submit for permits

    • Hardware and accessory approval

    • Final interiors approval

    • Final agreement with GC

  • Owner Representation

    • Coordinate final pricing from GC

    • Review shop drawings

    • Work with fabricators

    • Answer GC questions

    • Provide additional drawings and design (additional services)

    • Scheduled site visits

    • Verify energy performance and blower door tests

    • Punch list

    • Systems commissioning

    • LSA archives project information

    • Post occupancy review

    • Photoshoot

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