Bade Stageberg Cox

we believe that every project must be driven by ideas specific to its circumstances. our process begins with research and often leads to explorations outside of the boundaries of architecture. approaching each situation without preconceptions, we search for latent opportunities that lead to fresh solutions. we value the idiosyncratic and the unexpected, not merely for their own sake, but because of the potential for broader meanings, richer experiences and expanded relevance. ideas become instrumental through spatial and material investigation and we iteratively build models and mock-ups to refine our designs. there is a necessary link between concept and construction, idea and form, without which built reality will fail to realize the potential of the idea. we find physical models are a necessary complement to computer modeling in the study of perceptual effects such as how light renders form. in a time of economic constraints and ecological pressures, the necessity to find new soluti