AOME Architects | www.aomearchitects.com
What are the benefits of working with AOME Architects?
Our four decades give us fluency across architectural styles, deep familiarity with technological shifts, and a global network of exceptional craftspeople and products. That combination lets us create homes that feel truly unique and special—while delivering the reliability and foresight that help our clients succeed.
AOME Architects has a reputation for unparalleled customer service; how do you approach problem-solving?
All architects should be problem solvers. When issues arise, we begin by understanding their impact on the client and other stakeholders, then focus the team on mitigating those effects efficiently and fairly, keeping energy where it belongs—on creating solutions.
What is your approach to designing custom homes while making it one of the most positive experiences of a homeowner’s life?
We deliberately invite our clients into the process. We have proven, efficient processes for gathering critical information and convert that into beautiful yet buildable designs so clients can enjoy the journey and delight in the making of their home.
You are known for stellar design and technical expertise. What should be considered when creating a custom luxury home?
Luxury clients seek a home tailored to their own family verses a signature style an architect wants to impose. Their architect must understand both the visible and unseen motivations, then translate them into a refuge and an experience they will treasure for a lifetime. The deeper purpose is to chart a new future the architecture will support and nurture.
How are you utilizing technology to improve project delivery and the overall customer experience?
We’ve launched a process we call Integrated Model Collaboration and a new subsidiary, Betwixt Integrated Modeling that keeps drawings and schedules hyperlinked so changes update everywhere at once. Clients receive better-coordinated design and earlier, clearer visualizations, which support more confident decisions. Builders waste far less time interpreting intent or correcting coordination errors, resulting in a better product being delivered faster and at lower cost. The single-source-of-truth model and visualization software let homeowners experience their home fully during design, so they make decisions with greater confidence.
Your firm emphasizes collaboration amongst the project team; how does this impact the design experience?
By bringing every design consultant into a single-source-of-truth 3D model that mirrors the finished home, we sharpen collaboration, coordination, and communication with the contractor and our clients. Everyone gains clearer insight into design intent, producing a stronger end product and a markedly better experience for the homeowner.
What steps are taken to focus on details appropriate to a home’s architecture, so bigger challenges can be avoided?
Virtually constructing the home makes it impossible to overlook how elements connect or conflict. Through Betwixt Integrated Modeling, we and our consultants detect and resolve issues while it is still inexpensive to do so. We also give contractors native access to the model, so they join the virtual-building process and produce more accurate estimates and better field coordination.
Are there important features you strive for in your projects?
We modulate open-plan volumes with well-proportioned architectural elements that keep large spaces at a human scale.
What influenced your design principles?
Working at a firm with two signature styles first motivated my desire to focus instead on personalized, tailored design.
