Creating a Sense of Place
We place a high value on the art of creating a sense of place – a genius loci – that flows from the human connection to nature and the environment. Achieving this begins with engaging clients, community and stakeholders to listen, question and learn. Interweaving that knowledge with research, contextual and environmental cues the unique abilities of our design team we proceed to ideate, conceptualize and design transformative, innovative, human-focused spaces.
Our design reflects an ethos where beauty derives from truth and function drives an unadorned, authentic style. Considering the surrounding beauty, we explore innovative opportunities to connect the users, community and the building’s interior to its exterior through design; synergizing context and culture.
Translating culture into a sense of place and identity, our dedicated interior design studio excels at translating contextual, environmental and cultural cues into inspiring, functional, sustainable environments. Our process is a shared experience. Working alongside our architects or as an independent service, we guide the design of human-focused, functional, innovative spaces.
Our solutions to placemaking are derived from engaging key voices and considering contextual cues such as surrounding buildings, environmental and weather impacts, future growth and sightlines to surrounding views. We approach ideating urban centers, corporate and college campuses and civic facilities by exploring how humans engage the site to bolster a positive community identity.
Signatory to and actively working to meet the AIA 2030 Commitment, sustainability is one of the core values of our Utah Modernism design philosophy. Our philosophy emphasizes natural light, local materials. systems responsive to local climate resulting and design informed by regional and environmental insight. Looking past the specific space we explore community and local context to develop human-focused design that engages and connects to public transportation systems, pedestrian passages, cycling networks and open spaces.
We explores solutions to evaluate, repair and - where needed - sensitively replace aspects of historic structures to provide functional spaces that conform to current code requirements. When desired, we guide the process required for listing the structure on the National Historic Register.
Applying a time-tested approach, we guide the process of defining and understanding functional and spatial requirements. The resulting design, conceptual and feasibility studies enable clients to understand how the space can function alongside potential cost and schedule requirements prior to commencing architectural design.
Combining graphic, architectural, interior, landscape and industrial design our design shapes how people experience and navigate built environments. Integrating graphics, logo and other design treatments reinforces our clients' brand, culture and values while providing meaningful, legible definitions of space and wayfinding solutions.
Prior to putting form to a design, we work with clients, user groups and stakeholders to define mass by exploring space use, interaction and adjacencies. Through architectural programming and program verification we develop activated, engaging spaces that foster a dynamic and inspiring environment, always seeking new solutions borne out of cross-category thinking.