Our philosophy is best exemplified by a process of exploration and balance. Every project is a unique synthesis of client, site, budget, schedule and the opportunities and tensions that arise between them. All of our projects are brought into focus by carefully listening and studying the problem at hand and then creating a guiding set of ideas or principles for the building. Beyond solving the problems of function and providing beautiful places, we always strive to transcend these notions and make a project that far exceeds our client's and our own expectations. We believe in being involved in all phases of a project's creation - from initial ideas and dreams through design and construction, to the final finishes and colors.For us there is no distinction between inside and outside, architecture and interiors. They are all part of a future environment, a complete design of sights and sounds that make the building. The same set of ideas that guide the structure also inform every detail and the selection of every piece of hardware, every tile. For remodels and renovations, we incorporate the ideas and design of the existing building into this mix and create buildings that are new and old, timeless and timely.

The key to this process is our clients. These are their projects that we have been able to put into built form - the ideas and images that are within them and are given shape by us. We have a keen commitment to the philosophy and goals of green construction and sustainability. We have executed buildings under the guidelines of the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and the City of Boulder's Greenpoints Program. Every project we design synthesizes these considerations, some more intensively than others.

In the end, it is the process of listening to our clients, studying the task and examining the site that gives form to the projects. Beyond simply making buildings, in every project we investigate a synthesis of art and science into the poetic expression of making a building.