About Metcalfe Architecture & Design
What We Design
Metcalfe Architecture & Design’s skilled professionals specialize in creating:
*Public Buildings: museums, schools, religious structures and art centers
*Exhibit Design & Development: front-end studies to fabrication and installation administration
*Graphic Design: wayfinding
*Interior Design: residential and corporate
*The Marketplace: retail and restaurants
How We Design
Our skilled professionals design through communication. We ask questions carefully; this helps us to understand the diverse perspectives our customers bring to the table.
Each job is unique. We work hard to understand our client’s objectives, budget, expectations, culture and mission. This dialogue yields the most appropriate design language for our clients’ project. We build budget analysis into every step of the design process, working closely with contractors and fabricators.
We create playful, family-friendly learning environments, intimate living areas and inviting public spaces.
From the beginning of each project we incorporate sustainability and green design elements whenever possible.
We Learn By Playing
Playing brings about the unexpected. Our designs test the known against the unknown.
We apply our understanding of play to everything we do. Working, learning, shopping, and socializing, activities our clients want to foster, all benefit from playful design.
Beyond Design
Project Lifecycle: We understand that the projects we create last long after the construction ends. In fact, we believe that a building or exhibit begins its life when we complete the punch list and the doors open. We pay close attention to the ongoing operational needs of each client right from the start.
Construction Phase Experience: We understand construction because we are builders. We value our contractors, their materials, processes and their cost of construction. We know contractors must build our designs as well as make them beautiful.
Services
Administration and Planning
Feasibility studies
Site analysis
Evaluation of existing buildings and structures
Master planning
Phasing studies
Code compliance studies
Assistance with fundraising materials
Test-fit planning and space analysis
Design Services
Architecture and engineering through construction administration
Interior design and finishes
Landscape architecture
Exhibit development and design from master planning through post-opening services
Graphic design, logo/identity, signage and wayfinding, collateral and fundraising materials
Lighting design
ADA compliance
