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Four Specialized Practices, One Shared Philosophy

Across multi-family, residential, community, and interior design projects, we create designs that feel intentional, natural, and enduring.

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Our Guiding Principles

Contextualism is the Architecture of Belonging

While many architecture firms tout a signature style, almost no one takes context as seriously as we do. This approach to architecture considers the built environment as being interconnected and responsive to its surroundings: the landscape, the people, the climate. Though our projects may look quite different, they all have common DNA: they arise from the same value system and each feels as though it belongs.

Local Integration is Part of Our Fabric

For almost 40 years, we’ve sought out projects that better the world around us, from YMCAs and affordable housing developments to senior living communities. For projects that center on people, it simply makes sense to work with a firm that excels in human-centered design. Our dedication to the places that we work and live comes through in the ways that we give back.

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Common Values

Even as we’ve grown, some things stay the same. Across all of our design disciplines, we are guided by a shared culture and value system.

  • 1

    Listen

    Listen to clients and each other carefully, and seek to understand what’s being said.

  • 2

    Solve

    Help clients, and colleagues, solve problems expeditiously and imaginatively.

  • 3

    Respect

    Be respectful of client budgets, and the time and schedules of everyone involved.

  • 4

    Creativity

    Bring the utmost creativity and quality to every project, and inspire others to do the same.

  • 5

    Value

    Provide services that bring value to our clients’ lives, and value the team behind the services.

  • 6

    Enjoyment

    Enjoy transforming lives through exceptional design, and extend that enjoyment to our clients.

  • 7

    Integrity

    Perform at the highest standard of honesty, so others can depend on what you do and say.

  • 8

    Growth

    Aim to grow as a person, and professionally, as both will equally lead to your own success and to clients’.

  • 9

    Community

    Positively impact the community by designing in a way that complements, yet elevates it.

Where We Work

“A unified approach ensures accountability at every step of the project, leaving no stone unturned, and gives the client a single point of contact who will advocate for their best interests.”

Tobin Shulman, AIA, Principal, Winchester and Beverly