We’re leading the way with Positive Impact Design.

Cultural + Socioeconomic Factors
We consider the building’s contribution and reflect the site’s historical, cultural, and social fabric. Build an integrated team recognizing the many contributors.

Aesthetics
Excellence in design is timeless and sustains its relevance throughout the years.

Resource Impacts
We strive for self-sustaining, regenerative efficiency in materials and building performance.

Empathy + Activism
We endeavor to listen to the client, answer their needs, honor their constraints, and act in their best interest while balancing community stakeholders’ input.

Spatial Impacts
We consider the surrounding context, at the sidewalk, the inter-building space, and public spaces. The impact on the inhabitants of the space is equally significant.

How We Work

Our Radically Resourceful approach is the foundation of our services. Being resourceful means holistically integrating viable, sustainable design strategies from the start. We empathetically listen deeply to your needs, distilling and documenting your goals, endeavoring to understand your story, mission, and vision. We connect on a deep level, acting boldly on your behalf. We engage the community, promoting equity and quality of life. Rigorous research and our iterative process produce an innovative, sustainable scheme focusing on long-term operational savings and design excellence. Our persistent responsiveness and follow-through ensure that we reveal creative opportunities within the realities of time and budget.

DRAW Architecture + Urban Design is an interdisciplinary architecture and planning firm that creates beautiful, functional, responsive environments for clients and communities. A WBE, DBE, SLBE firm, DRAW delivers thoughtful, user-driven design that inspires everyday life—drawing people together around beautiful architecture and public spaces.