Workbook Development
We use this workbook, which we have developed over the past twenty years, as a tool to help you better define and prioritize what's most important to you in the design and use of your home. Each family member has the opportunity to fill out a workbook, and we compile an architectural program based on the desires and dreams of the people who will be living there. This process is unique to our firm, and it's an essential ingredient in our ability to design spaces that perfectly suit their inhabitants.

Preliminary Design
From the design program, we develop an early proposal describing general feature and direction for a design. These early sketches unfold new possibilities, and from there, we further expand the drawings until you are satisfied. Perspective drawings and sometimes models are used to show the important three-dimensional aspects of the design.

At this point, we consult a licensed contractor for a budget estimate of your project. If the proposal does not meet your budget requirements, we work with you to modify it until it conforms to your needs.

Construction Documents
From final preliminary design drawings, we prepare construction documents. We use these to establish construction costs, and to guide construction of the project.

We consider the construction documents phase to be yet another step in the design process. We further refine your preliminary designs. Spaces, forms and relationships are finely tuned. Materials, fixtures and equipment are selected. Specifics of the final appearance are delineated. If appropriate, we apply for your building permit during this phase.

Construction Costing
We help in locating highly qualified contractors and prepare bidding documents. We also answer questions that arise from the contractors bidding the job. We help you select a contractor and prepare a contract for construction.

Construction
We treat construction as the final part of the design process. We are on call to help resolve any questions regarding the intent of design, or any new issues that develop. We process the contractor's application for payment, change orders, and any other queries.