Our approach to design is both open-ended and rigorous and begins with a careful study of the opportunities and constraints presented by each project. In this process, we draw inspiration from all sources ranging from urban context to biology to literary allusion. Our goal, however, is consistent for all of our projects: to formulate a design problem that is a synthesis of this careful study, and to find a solution that is a narrative thread tying together the building’s experience, context, and design concept. Like the urban fabric within which most of our projects are embedded, our designs simultaneously hold multiple and diverse layers of meaning.