Architectural design with light, spaciousness & efficiency for healthy environments
Our goal is to create functional design solutions that are in harmony with their natural and man made surroundings. We involve clients throughout the design process to assure satisfying the client's needs. Our designs emphasize open space and a dynamic connection with daylight and the natural world. We believe smaller, greener, more cost and resource efficient spaces can often satisfy the programmatic needs of our clients without compromising the architectural qualities of openness, light, and grace. We have designed completed zero energy buildings.
Our environments are both comfortable and stimulating, be it in a residential or a commercial setting.
Our projects are at different scales, from door knob to district: from bath room renovations, house designs, commercial spaces, mixed use developments, communities, and urban design.
Keywords: Architect, sustainable, architecture, green building, zero energy, housing and urban development, sustainable development, space planning, commercial, residential architect, home design, interior design, Cambridge, Massachusetts, community
Interview Q&A
How long have you been in business?
25 years
What is your primary product or service?
Architectural design
Finding resource efficient elegant solutions to satisfy our clients needs
How did you first become interested in your line of business? (if owner) - What is your background? (If owner or store manager)
As a 3 year old child on construction sites with my dad and committed to sustainability since my childhood in Switzerland
How do you differentiate yourself from other businesses in your category and area?
More than 25 years of experience in green design with the goal of resource efficiency and health. Sustainable design has been a passion from the start of my career and I have been a leader in the field with many projects and talks or teaching about the subject.
We have designed zero energy buildings.
We care to enhance the quality of life by providing spaces that foster social interaction at every scale from residential design to neighborhoods to urban environments with inviting public or semi public spaces.
How many locations do you have and do you have plans to expand?
One location, no expansion.
Provide detailed directions to your location
From Harvard Square in Cambridge go west on Mt. Auburn St up to the intersection with Sparks Street. We are right after the intersection at the end of a driveway.
What type of payments do you accept?
Checks
Which areas do you service?
Eastern MA and Providence
Who owns your company or runs daily operations?
Franziska Amacher
What are your hours of operation?
9:30 AM to 6:30 PM
What is the best compliment anyone can give you?
They love our architectural design so much that they don't want to leave the building (actual quote from a client)
What is your favorite quote or Bible verse?
"Take life with what it presents to you, but do not leave it in the same form, but enhance it."
Ignazio Silone
David Gass on 5/14/2017 11:19:20 AM
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