Great design and enduring value is best ensured by a compelling strategy that defines a broader definition of success
Our Design Work
Values Driven Retail
The best retail today is an exciting “local” destination that transforms the shopping experience. As the industry transitions to new and more enduring business models, such as converting to mixed use, the rise of the conscious consumer is also having an impact. More than ever, consumers are shopping with process, story, and mission top of mind. Combining “values driven” retailing with the qualities of authentic, unique, and local… and we have a powerful multi-generation experience that will drive social connectivity, sales, and investment potential by transforming our understanding of community. And the right mix of tenants, carefully curated, has never been more important to increasing visitation and shopping duration.
Multi Family and Hospitality Communities
Successful residential developments are investments for living well that are focused on changing culture, context, and place. From luxury to workforce… each is designed to meet the widest possible range of requirements for the resident, the community, and the investor. And each is part of a larger strategy to help ensure the success of the neighborhood in the belief that long term investments are best served when communities are enhanced and prosper. Today, It takes 3 to 5 years, or more, to build an apartment in first tier cities. That is not an acceptable response to a housing “crises”.
Mixed Use Destinations
Enduring mixed use communities enhance social gathering, commercial success, and become the “heart of their community”. These developments are among our most complex design work requiring expertise in a range of typologies including residential, retail, office, entertainment, and new strategies for parking. But they also demand that we balance all the competing and contradictory requirements between these uses. It’s a “black art” more than science. And these mixed use developments are an essential contribution to making great streets… and that is, merely, essential to making great cities and communities.
Workplace and Corporate Cultures
Successful workplace design communicates values to the marketplace and increases collaboration and efficiencies between employees. The current office and corporate markets are in dramatic flux. Bringing the workforce back to the office… or creating new hybrid spaces is an exciting challenge. But it is also an opportunity to create environments that speak to your customers and employees… and tell compelling stories. Transforming existing dark office lease space to income producing space is another challenge that begs for a wider definition of success.
Private Residences
Private residences are among the most satisfying commissions we do. They are always a challenge and an intimate experience between the client and the designer. And just like our work in the public realm, we bring our skill sets in the service of the client to best understand their lifestyle, preferences, and emotional needs. We are adept at all styles from modern to traditional and eclectic. Our work ranges from new homes to renovations and from cottages to 40,000 square foot mansions.
Master Planning & Urban Design
Nothing is more essential than a visionary and strategic starting point that offers clarity while anticipating all the messy nuance that makes your development possible. Master plans give birth to an idea and, if done well, ensure long term success. They must integrate a wide range of requirements from cultural to economic… from the mundane to the exciting… and from initial leasing success to long term growth and inevitable change in the marketplace. A master plan with really good “bones” is a wondrous thing.