Architecture

Since our inception, we have stood for excellence in design and professional service to our clients. We create environments that advance the discovery of new knowledge and accommodate cutting-edge technology in a humanistic, adaptable, and creative framework. We draw our design inspiration from context, building program, stakeholders, and users to arrive at authentic and unique design solutions. These designs are rooted in a clear understanding of our clients’ strategic business or institutional goals, enabling us to deliver customized spaces that are highly functional, sustainable, adaptable, and beautiful.

Process

We believe exceptional design empowers people to change the social and intellectual fabric of the world. Our goal as designers is to collaborate to envision and create physical space that fosters teamwork and ignites the imagination of clients, users and the greater community in a high-performance environment. We commit ourselves to learning—at a profound level—what is most important to our clients. We have a history and team culture that actively seeks out opportunities where others may hesitate to lead.

First of a Kind

In partnering with world-class clients, our creativity and resourcefulness has resulted in internationally-recognized “first-of-a-kind” facility advances for healthcare clients such as the Duke University Health System, University of Pennsylvania Health System, National Cancer Center Singapore, and Massachusetts General Hospital; science and technology and commercial development projects such as the Center for Life Science Boston, and South Street Landing Redevelopment and Nursing Education Center in Providence.

Sustainability

Sustainability and resiliency are at the core of our design practice—we are recognized leaders in LEED design and our headquarters is one the first designed to meet WELL criteria in the Boston area. We employ a Whole Systems Design approach that creates value through the rigorous study and application of sustainable design principles—identifying opportunities to optimize building efficiency, flexibility, and future adaptability for our clients. This approach delivers high-performance buildings by aligning key stakeholders and benchmarks along an iterative project timeline.