Architect

An enterprise of forward-looking practitioners, Shape offers a contemporary approach to architecture, transforming constraints into opportunities at every turn. Shape repeatedly forms alliances with like-minded professionals spanning the fields of engineering, sustainability, public art, and planning, in order to expand its ability to take on broad-based projects. When working alone or with an array of consultants, Shape rigorously examines the pragmatics of site, code, and building systems to arrive at an inventive and inspired solution to a given design inquiry.
Shape operates on buildings and landscapes within a larger environmental and cultural context, always aware that small moves at a local level trickle up to the regional and even global scale. Implementing a small patch of permeable landscape has a measurable impact on the surrounding watershed just as the freeing of a small piece of public space has a perceptible impact on the life of a city.

For more than 25 years our practice has created sustainable, efficient and inspiring buildings. We have remained faithful to these core values, while decisively growing our firm to provide our clients with even better service. Our buildings speak of innovation, efficiency and client collaboration. Full of natural light and vibrant space, they articulate a sensitivity to their surroundings and a commitment to our clients' communities.

Recollective is a green building and community consulting firm, with service offerings based on our experience and sustainability values.

Metis Design-Build is an innovative practice dedicated to a holistic, integrative approach to the design and construction of artifacts and places.

Our focus is on a process of collaboration between designers, clients, and building trades - where cost, time, design, art, and craft are interwoven with ecological, economic and social responsiblity into the creation of beautiful places and things. Underlying our actions is the belief that small, simple, intelligent changes to existing processes can make large impacts towards creating a humane environment.