PHILOSOPHY

Our design is founded on principles of contextual modernism, applied poetics, and elementality.We know these principles resonate with every project, because everyone inherently comprehends the world in architectural terms.

The thinking of a line in space is the creation of an architectural idea.
The drawing of a line on a page is an act of architectural representation.
The drawing of a line in the sand is an act of architecture.

Architecture is the natural manifestation of the interplay between a conceptual understanding of the world and its physical reality.  This expression is always multifaceted - each project holds in delicate balance its poetics, its semantics, the functional role it must undertake, the practical and technological concerns of its concrete realization, its effects on our natural environment, its place within our social realm of economics and style.  In our work we endeavor to synthesize these complex threads into an architecture rich in clarity, one which draws from the deep well of meaningful, universal human understanding and experience while finding its expression in dialogue with its specific environmental and cultural context.

The execution of a project – the thoughtful and purposeful assembly of these manifold concerns – necessarily requires an investment of time, energy, and money, and each client has a unique set of priorities for return on that investment.  Our undertaking is to understand these priorities and provide the guidance required to meet these goals.

We bring this comprehensive approach to work across all scales: from private residential, multifamily, and commercial projects, to masterplanning, real estate, and urban analysis.  Our body of work is international in scope and site-specific in focus.

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ABOUT FORRM

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Field Office Raphaël Reed Mackley is based in New York City and Austin, Texas.  Founding partners Ludmilla Raphaël, Jeremy Reed, and Joshua Mackley bring more than five decades of combined experience in architectural design, construction, and project leadership.