Approach

Beginning with client aims, program review, a site analysis and contextual considerations, to the evaluation of all credible planning and design options, ours is a first principle approach.

This method of design is applied to all projects, whether small and simple structures or large and complex facilities.

Architecture that is environmentally responsible is of prime importance. There are thirty architects on staff who are LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accredited.

True economy in construction takes both capital and operating costs into account. For both practical and ethical considerations, sustainability has always been a central principle of our design approach. Our practice has, as a consequence, established new benchmarks in this field.

Our approach to design includes a significant social dimension: For example, the informal interaction that is of immense benefit to multi-disciplinary institutions, the quality of place that attracts the best researchers and students to campus facilities, or the sense of occasion that enhances attendance at performing arts buildings. Our designs are shaped to ensure the achievement of such outcomes.