We value collaboration so much that we put it in our name! Cover Architectural Collaborative joyfully works together with our design team, clients, community, and folks within our broader industry. To us, collaboration is a partnership, it’s the act of producing or making something together

To collaborate is to commit to the possibility of producing an outcome greater than what could be created in a silo. We believe that communication is the key to building a collaborative team and approach our work with open ears and minds.

We work hard to continually evolve our design process. Reviewing and reflecting is a big part of how we assess where we can improve. We review and reflect on our internal systems. We review and reflect on project outcomes. We review and reflect on ourselves. This thoughtful consideration is applied to all aspects of our design process with the intention of building capacity and growing as a firm.

Each project we work on is unique, and we treat them this way. Our firm values the process of making as an integral component to how we design. We believe that the process of creating enables us to reflect on the details that are unique to each project and collaborate on inventive design interventions. Our designers take both a hands-on approach of crafting through sketch and physical models as well as designing with digital mediums to express and explore our ideas.

We believe that balance means having the right amount, not too much or too little, of any quality. We’re always looking for creative and playful opportunities for design in our work, no matter the scale or project typology.

We also respect each person’s need for a work/life balance and encourage all employees to develop healthy lives outside of the workplace, believing that resiliency comes from health in all aspects of one’s life. Our team works, creates, and supports each other both within and outside of the office.