Practice for Architecture and Urbanism

We are a practice for architecture and urbanism dedicated to advancing cities through the design of lasting public architecture and strategic urban plans. We have a holistic approach that embraces architecture and city planning as allied fields operating along a range of scales. As architects we break down disciplinary boundaries by expanding the definition of our field and rejecting the silos that have ossified our profession. Our designers use both sides of their brains to be as creative as they are analytical. Given the breadth and depth of our team’s talents, but also in an effort to raise labor standards in our field, we treat our personnel with the utmost respect in terms of compensation, staff development, and work-life balance. Our team, our network of experienced collaborators, and most importantly our clients come to us inspired by our desire to palpably and positively impact the world. Together we thrive on constraints such as program, constructability, public process, regulation, budget and schedule as the fuel for innovation and beauty. To achieve this, from the precise scale of the architectural detail to the large scale of a master plan, ours is a group of “swiss-army knives,” professionals who employ an unprecedented range of skills and mindsets. We are fluent in multiple languages: we speak architecture, we speak culture, we speak ecology, we speak economics, we speak academics, we speak urbanity, we speak government, and perhaps most importantly, we speak the language of democratic public process, because the complexities of the projects we design demand no less.