The Design Lab offers full architectural services, from concept design to detailed drawings to construction administration, in the belief that a project of the greatest integrity can be achieved through dedication to these guiding principles:
1 good design is for everyone / a project rich in ideas should be affordable by anyone.
2 the fundamental ideas of "modern" design can take place in any style / spaces flowing into one another; bringing the outdoors inside via light and air; making spaces feel bigger through openness, "borrowed" views, and uncluttered organization.
3 dignify the city / a project should offer occupants their own special place within the urban context and add dignity to the experience of passersby.
4 inherently "green" / sensitivity to the environment should be intrinsic to the design.
5 work collaboratively / as leader of the design team, the architect integrates information, providing a framework to encourage all team members to express their expertise and the clients to make known their desires.
6 a comprehensive approach / let the concept and details reinforce each other; prove the concept by following it all the way through; every solution is a potential prototype solution to the next question.
7 only innovate / every question contains the clues to its own unique solution awaiting discovery.
