Working with us
Seeking design solutions rooted in craft + place means finding interconnections between the people, context, history, and environment around our projects. Grounding our practice in the sprit and culture of the Mountain West means practicing with reverence toward the natural qualities of our region and the unpretentious honesty inherent in its culture.
Residential Clients:
We ask 4 core questions as part of our approach to every project:
1. Do we understand the context enough to make constraints opportunities?
We begin each project with taking time to understand the world it will exist within. This task uncovers inspiration, obstacles, and uncovers qualities we can build from or seek to improve upon.
We ground each project in rigorous analysis early.
2. Have we found the DNA?
As we connect context, constraints and inspiration with client goals, a project’s DNA (Design Narrative + Aspirations) begins to emerge. This draws from the existing as well as the aspirational, provides direction, and informs our decisions throughout the design process.
Every project has a defined narrative and aspirations.
3. Can we make it better with less?
For each project, we ask: how are we being practical, materially honest, and elegantly simple? Well-edited projects can function better, use fewer materials, save on cost, reduce their carbon footprint, and result in a higher-quality, better detailed design.
We will seek well-edited solutions.
4. Are we providing value at every step?
Our work serves others. It’s also our craft. We serve both of these ends through a focus on client care, rigorous quality in our work, thoughtful design down to the details, and how we manage our efforts. Doing good work means recognizing that the quality of the experience of working with us links directly to the quality of the outcome.
A good project is only as good as the experience along the way.