Guaranteed Maximum Price
Cost locked before construction and defended through delivery.
Confidential Aquatic CenterIllinois, USA
Design + build under one contract.One price. The date we promised.
Detroit-based building design + construction bureau
We don’t hand you drawings. We hand you the keys.
Architects. Leaders. Community Builders™
Who we serve
Built for the owners public work depends on.
Most of our work serves cities and municipalities, nonprofits and community organizations, and sports and recreation clients — from neighborhood centers to major-league venues, for the people who use them every day.
Design Framework Report™ — Early Planning
Know what to build before you spend millions.
Explore ↗︎Sports + Recreation Architecture
Built for the neighborhood. Ready for championships.
Explore ↗︎Municipal + Civic Architecture
Public buildings that earn public trust.
Explore ↗︎Nonprofit + Community Facilities
Turn your mission into a building.
Explore ↗︎Healthcare + Medical Facilities
Care environments that work for patients and staff.
Explore ↗︎Architecture + Engineering
Traditional AE, delivered your way.
Explore ↗︎FrameworkBuild™
One team, one price, the date we promised.
We restore the architect as the fiduciary master builder — binding design, cost, and schedule under a Guaranteed Maximum Price and a fixed period of performance. No value engineering, no change-order games, no finger-pointing.
Fixed period of performance
The keys turn over on the date promised.
Single source of accountability
One agreement, one team, from first concept to turnover.
Fiduciary alignment
Our incentives are bound to protecting your capital.
Selected work
Projects with public purpose.
Sports Facility · Recreation
Confidential Aquatic Center
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Detroit · Municipal
Brennan Recreational Center
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Michigan · Education
LAHC Workforce Education Center
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Parking Garage · Municipal
Oakland County Parking Decks — North & South
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Detroit · Sports · Community
Detroit PAL
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Design that performs beyond the drawing set.
Collaboration and community engagement guide work from the first question through implementation.
Explore capabilitiesArchitecture + Engineering
Sustainable, functional spaces aligned with each client’s vision, program, and business objectives.
Interiors
Interior environments shaped around experience, identity, and everyday performance.
Urban Design + Planning
Planning that balances resource efficiency, environmental quality, community voice, and long-term resilience.
ROx + Project Optimization
Evidence-based design and development strategy that connects project choices to financial and experiential outcomes.
89Years of combined experience among principals
6.1 millionSquare feet of projects developed to date
5Major-league sports franchises served
Client perspective
“Your approach kept this thing on target and helped navigate through rocky waters. You made it an enjoyable process, and the Pistons will benefit for decades.”Jeff Bower · General Manager, Detroit Pistons