Our Approach
The diversity of our disciplines, sectors, and project types creates a fertile environment for creative problem-solving.
We believe engaging our collaborative, integrated teams of architects, interior designers, and landscape architects should not only bring success to your project, but that the experience should be a delight from start to finish.
Board & Vellum Capitol Hill Office
Though remodeled and expanded as Board & Vellum has grown over the years, every incarnation of the office has had ample pin up space for group design crits. Board & Vellum Office | Photo by John G. Wilbanks.
Board & Vellum Capitol Hill Office
Though remodeled and expanded as Board & Vellum has grown over the years, every incarnation of the office has had ample pin up space for group design crits. Board & Vellum Office | Photo by John G. Wilbanks.
Wherever you are in your design journey, we’re so glad you’re here.
We deliver personalized service with a transparent design process tailored to meet your needs. We relish the opportunity to solve tough problems, and we bring an ego-free, client-centered approach to every stage of your project.
As a multidisciplinary design firm, our projects benefit from an integrated design approach from the very start. Our constant collaboration across disciplines results in design that is thoughtful, beautiful, and efficient: delivering feasible and delightful spaces that are cohesive, a joy to inhabit, and designed to endure.
Supported by our deep bench of collective experience, we have the design leadership, technical expertise, and creative visioning it takes to shepherd complex projects successfully and efficiently from design through construction.
Our comprehensive design services, creative partnerships and long-standing relationships with external project collaborators make us an ideal partner. Our goal is to make this process an experience you enjoy, culminating in a project you love. We look forward to working with you!
Collaborative Creative Process
Not only do we have architects, interior designers, and landscape architects in-house, but we also engage in an integrated design process, bringing all disciplines to the table at once, rather than handing off a project to siloed teams to pick up in sequence. This constant collaboration leads to deeply-cohesive, holistically-designed projects.
Tailored Teams for a Right-Sized Approach
We use a right-sized approach to build teams tailored to your particular project’s needs. Not all projects need multiple disciplines, but even single-discipline projects benefit from access to our deep well of firm-wide expertise.
Interdisciplinary Design Critique
Many firms don’t invest in firm-wide design crits, but we find them immensely valuable, ensuring projects are vetted with fresh eyes and by colleagues bringing diverse perspectives from other disciplines, sectors, and project types. Our constant exposure to new ideas leads to outside-the-box design solutions that could be missed by a conventional team.
Would you like to learn a little more about us?
Pleased to hear it. Read on for the backstory of how Board & Vellum came to be, or take a gander at the passionate people who compose our team.
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