Our work is concerned with investigations into the concepts of transfer, order, economy and emotion.

We are interested in the irony of today’s architectural paradoxes such as

permanence in an essentially transient society,
timelessness in a society that values short-term gains above all else,
identity in an era of instant global communication,
spirituality in a rational society, and relevance of
craft in a world that considers art a luxury.

We are concerned with the physical and cultural immediacy of a local architectural language as a method of transcending provincialism. The “backyard” or region is the source; the climate is the inspiration.

Like Irving Gill before us, our work seeks to reinterpret the Arcadian dream—that Southern California promise of a better life synthesizing Yankee practicality and expediency with Latin graciousness and love of life.