Architectural Design
Structural Design/Engineering
Site Design
Landscape Architecture
Civil Engineering
Lighting Design
Lab Planning

Our architects and designers weave the threads of design excellence into the fabric of the firm's culture, combining the passion for scale, finish and balance with function, fit and harmony.

Our architects and engineers are world-renowned for their award-winning designs for urban environments, campuses and buildings. We approach each and every project with a complex design and construction process that blends the technical expertise, dedication and experience of a diverse team of professionals. Our integrated approach considers the whole building and the interdependence of many parts and systems. The end result is an engaged client and successful design solutions.

We continually set the standards for design excellence, transforming a client's vision into dynamic reality. We are committed to the practice of designing intelligent architecture that expresses our clients' missions and values.

We approach architecture as if our lives were both defined by, and dependent upon, the process and realization of design.

Architecture must endure. Its cultural contribution is meaningless if the design is not built soundly. Masterpieces of design accrue cultural meaning slowly, often long after their initial purpose and context have metamorphosed, so their longevity is crucial. Across many diverse regions and idioms of design these masterpieces share a common trait: the highest technique of building. Advanced building technology expresses a belief that we are pursuing meaningful, enduring art. From the painstaking care of master draftsmen, to the guild secrets of masons, truly significant buildings were at once bound to tradition and obliged to innovate. While our techniques have evolved, we must remain optimistically committed to advance technology. Within this tradition, architecture and engineering were never intended to be separate. Their seamless integration has produced the vast majority of our landmarks, it was a modern approach then as now.

All who come upon great architecture are met first not by shelter or solidity, proportion or magnitude, but by the highest ambitions of the client and the enduring will of the architect to serve them. Architecture is a profoundly optimistic wager that our aspirations today will be inspiring tomorrow, that our enduring expressions will reach toward others.

Process and Principles.

Order and Intelligence.

These are the foundations of our architectural practice. Deximex's approach is built not on a pre-determined aesthetic or a rigid "signature style." It grows naturally from a quest for ideas and answers. Designs are never imposed. They evolve from a rigorous inquiry into the particulars of location and program. They represent our determined belief that we can transform problem-solving into art.

At its most basic, architecture is a response to fundamental human needs-a way of organizing space while meeting practical demands. At its most exalted, architecture can introduce new perspectives and new dynamics, reinvigorating both landscape and cityscape. We strive to synthesize these two goals, to create buildings that perform as well as excite, buildings that uplift the spirit and are memorable. At Deximex, our design process begins with a careful, in-depth study of each project's requirements and constraints, its use and users. We then analyze, evaluate, and interpret these factors through the prism of our core principles-the formal propositions of spatial relationships and adjacencies, symmetry and asymmetry, use of materials and sense of order that constitute the discipline and practice of modern architecture. With this inquiry and understanding as a starting point, we build a rationale of ideas and experiences, a program of needs and goals, and a carefully constructed collage of forms and spaces that is at once dynamic, aspiring, and meaningful.

Context and Change

Every new building, every adaptive reuse, every site must address and acknowledge a pre-existing context. At the same time, however, every structure and every intervention-whether radical or reverential-ultimately changes the context. The only question, then, is whether the inevitable change will be for better or worse; whether context will become a synonym for stagnation or a spark that ignites redefinition. At Deximex, we are sensitive to the nuances of place and precedent. We are deeply responsive to content, to material, and to a building's cultural, historical, and physical environment. Yet we believe that imitation subverts creativity, that replication does not produce art.

We value the past as an inspiration to invent the future. We are committed to a modernist philosophy that seeks to reinterpret the familiar and to explore the unfamiliar, to take on the risks and rewards of forging a new context through counterpoint and balance. We maintain that excellence is timeless and that the fundamentals of form and space transcend the bonds of fashion and style. We accept the artist's historical obligation to create a new reality-to probe, to speculate, and to inspire.

Forging a Partnership

If we are demanding of ourselves, we are equally demanding of our clients. They are our partners. They are valued collaborators in shaping the program, determining a direction, and defining success.

This close relationship is more than simply an effective way to manage a project. It is a necessary part of the design process. Our approach to architecture is rooted in the individual's perception of space. And perception rests with the "perceivers," the people who live in, work in, and visit the building and site. We value their insight because ultimately it is through their interpretation and their questions that the building becomes resolved.

Memorable architecture of any scale is the product of collaboration and innovation—two forces that, along with our drive for excellence, remain Deximex’s defining traditions. Seasoned designers, technical architects, and managers lead our architecture teams, providing the diverse knowledge that is essential to each project's success.

Innovation takes many forms and addresses a spectrum of challenges—from garnering community support to achieving unprecedented efficiency. Whether rethinking a site plan to create a new public open space or designing a groundbreaking energy-saving curtain wall, Deximex integrates early on the expertise of the entire team as well as our clients to uncover the full potential of each project’s site, program, and resources.