ARCHITECTURE
Innovative design probes the dimensions of harmony and vitality. It looks at the future in the context of our past and present, and it aims to help maintain a balance between man and nature. Beauty is its inspiration, function its mandate.
Innovative response to the parameters of a project is the key to inspired design; architecture transcends the expected and settles on the unexpected. We have a unique, synergistic creative process that involves all team members from the beginning. We then discuss alternatives with our clients and out of this dialogue evolves a unique, distilled, sustainable solution. Our goal on every project is to create a humanistic environment in which our clients can do their most innovative and productive work.
Pre-Design
Site Analysis
Feasibility Studies
Initial Concept
Design
Construction and Post-Construction Services
Facilitation of Public Meetings
PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN
Planning and Urban Design involve an imaginary journey into the future, where all outcomes are uncertain and where opportunity and peril co-exist. It’s an adventure in communication, as well as in design and policy development. And it’s a process of collaboration and compromise in support of valued common goals.
Our focus is on aligning physical assets with a clearly defined mission, and our work will respect and reinforce your vision while being responsive to the conditions of use and the budget. We work to integrate innovative ideas and best practices to develop a compelling strategy for the allocation of space based upon logical adjacencies that support more effective and efficient uses.
We plan with, not for, the client and community because ultimately it’s the people, not the process, that makes for successful planning and urban design.
Facilitation
Planning Process Management (including interaction and mediation with public sector, private sector, and citizens)
Lifecycle Costing
Planning Studies and Design Workshops
Comprehensive Economic and Strategic Development Programs (residential, institutional, facilities, transit/ transportation, neighborhood and area plans, corridor plans)
INTERIORS
The best interior design is characterized by fusing architectural context, geographical/cultural influence, and your own style and color sensibilities. Carefully melding these elements provides for an original, personal and thoughtful design aesthetic that reflects your firm culture and provides an inspired, comfortable place in which to work.
Our Interiors team is good with more than color, fabric, and furniture; they know materials, have budgeting skills, communicate well, and manage the ordering, installation, and maintenance of all objects that define a space. They also know about environmentally safe and sustainable materials, lighting, safety, and construction. Aesthetically, interior design enhances your space and adds interest and comfort. Functionally, finishes help with acoustics, productivity, and wayfinding.
We’ll find the balance between aesthetics and function and define an interiors style that is uniquely yours.
Space Planning / Square Footage Optimization
Color Analysis
Theme & Concept Development
Image & Brand Identity Development
Professional Project Management
Construction Drawings
Custom Furnishing Selection
Budget Development
REAL-ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION
We possess an innate vision to see what isn’t there: the unrealized potential of a community. We use this vision to create equitable, environmentally sustainable, mixed-income communities that provide residents with choice and opportunity. These communities are economically and culturally diverse, and provide a range of housing choices; promote development that is walkable; support green building and energy efficiency in policy and practice; and connect development to jobs and information through transit and wireless networks.
Varying market dynamics create different challenges for communities. Neighborhoods are growing or shrinking, attracting investments or experiencing disinvestment, gaining population or losing residents, experiencing a rise or decline in property values. Our real-estate development and community revitalization efforts are tailored to address these market realities.
Raw-Land Projects
Public-Private Partnership Programs
Large-Scale Projects
Infill
Adaptive Re-USE Projects
Historic Restoration (properties and sites)
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Neighboring Concepts offers graphic design, environmental graphics, website design, architectural signage design, and motion graphics to help companies effectively communicate brand value to stakeholders.
