gdp architecture is dedicated to the highest standard of professional service. A project must satisfy the needs and budget of its client. We facilitate the analysis and exploration needed to define every design. We then guide the work so it meets your design and financial goals.

We function as your advocate. Through the complexity and difficulty of the design process, we manage all of the moving parts, interests, and parties. As you attend to specific issues, we keep the others in order.

gdp architecture makes the complicated and messy course of construction understandable and manageable. Underestimating the challenge that this phase presents is normal. Once deep within it the number and frequency of decisions required can be daunting.  We stand at your side to help keep it all manageable.

We understand how important your project is. It will always be a priority to us.

Beyond the pleasure of living in a space specifically tailored to your needs, the long-term estate value gained from a beautiful high-quality design is significant.  While designing to your specific needs, we don’t forget about future flexibility and marketability.  While these may not be first order concerns, we keep them in the mix for you.

Saving you money is kept in the forefront of our practice. It is far cheaper to make changes and corrections on ‘paper’ than during construction.  That is why we take pride in producing exceptionally clear and complete drawings.  These facilitate good design methods and allow for accurate cost analysis.  Quality documents make construction efficient and timely.  There are too many examples of sloppy, incomplete drawings full of errors. They result in cost and time penalties; during the design procedure and worse during construction.

gdp architecture designs unique and tailored places that make healthy environments.  Things like ventilation, solar control, and using safe materials are obvious concerns requiring good solutions.  But, beyond the technical, we believe beautiful design contributes to good mental and physical health. Beyond itself, beauty is a valuable commodity.

We believe that design comes from the constraints inherent in each project. These include site specific conditions, client requirements (program, budget, aesthetics, etc.), structural necessity and expression, spatial interactions (between spaces, indoors and outdoors), material choices, environmental concerns, views and sightlines, and so forth.

Design develops from the decisions and choices regarding these constraints. Designing focuses on things like the hierarchy of spaces; their interconnections, positions, and orientations; along with site placement, formal expression, structure, and materiality. Design progresses to individual spaces, with attention to different scales: the whole building to interior specifics and boundary conditions: including built-ins and interior design elements. Attention across scales creates the harmony of the overall design.