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COLLABORATIVE
Working with an architect should be a rewarding experience. Ensuring this goal, I pride myself on listening carefully to my clients. Then - with a spirit of adventure - I collaborate with my clients in order to unite their desires and financial plan with a design that exceeds their aspirations. For some especially challenging projects, collaboration may also include the guidance of a contractor, engineer, landscape designer, interior designer, or other specialist
Regardless of the scope of project, my mission remains the same: to sensitively coordinate a wide range of building issues to create the best possible solution. One of the advantages of working with a “boutique practice” like mine is that every step of the process receives my expert, personal attention to ensure design integrity.
SUSTAINABLE
Sustainable design is a particular approach to creating houses that could be repeated over and over again without exhausting the natural environment. This environmentally-conscious approach is inherently conservative as its constructional and operational goals are to conserve energy, materials, water, and land. Consequentially, sustainable or green building techniques achieve both economic and environmental benefits.
Many green buildings cost significantly less to operate and maintain than conventional buildings, allowing financial resources to be reallocated. Also, green building reduces environmental impact, minimizing greenhouse gas emissions, reintegrating ecological systems, and limiting exposure to harmful substances. Sustainability is an investment in our future and I strive to make it part of every project.
INCLUSIVE
Inclusive or Universal Design is the creation of houses in order to make them accessible to everyone, to people without disabilities as well as to those them. As life expectancy rises and modern medicine increases the survival rate of those with significant injuries, illnesses, and birth defects, there is a growing interest in universal design.
There is common misconception that a Universal Design home will look institutional, like rooms in a hospital. However, most design accommodations can look appealing and are often commonplace features found in many households and workplaces. Certainly these accommodations are easier, simpler, and safer for all users, making spaces more enjoyable for more people. And isn’t that a great architectural goal!
