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Design Build Architects Design Build Architects was founded on three values: integrity, innovation, and work life balance.

Thrilled about going to a job site visit
10/11/2026

Thrilled about going to a job site visit

Late nights / early mornings in the office. Luna has had enough of my 💩
10/01/2026

Late nights / early mornings in the office. Luna has had enough of my 💩

03/10/2026

Design concept for a commercial space

One of our early design concepts for a hat store in Boston that we did last year.
03/10/2026

One of our early design concepts for a hat store in Boston that we did last year.

Which one’s your favorite? I’m working on some design iterations to explore style, texture, and mood. The first one is t...
02/25/2026

Which one’s your favorite? I’m working on some design iterations to explore style, texture, and mood. The first one is the original and I wanted to test some things out on one of our clients projects.

02/22/2026

Fast in a reel.
Fastidious in real life.

Most people think drawings tell the whole story.They don’t.Plans show dimensions.Elevations show quantities.Specs list m...
02/21/2026

Most people think drawings tell the whole story.

They don’t.

Plans show dimensions.
Elevations show quantities.
Specs list materials.

But none of that lets a client feel the space.

That’s why we render.

So you can see the ceiling slope catching light.
So you understand how the wood wraps the tub.
So you feel how quiet the room will be.

Our job isn’t just to draw it.
It’s to help you see inside the drawing — and inside our head — before we build it.

Because when you can see it clearly, you can commit to it confidently.

Primary Bath Concept Study.

02/18/2026

Early in my career, I could design the hell out of a house. Big glass. Clean lines. Warm materials. The whole Pinterest-meets-ArchDaily dream.

Then came the budget.

And when I wasn’t the contractor? That’s where things really unraveled. Value engineering turned into value disappearing. Details got “simplified.” Materials got swapped. Proportions shifted just enough to lose the magic.

The drawings were beautiful.
The result… was fine.

I learned the hard way that design without control of ex*****on is just a suggestion. And budgets don’t care about your renderings.

That gap between vision and reality? That’s where experience is earned.

Now I design differently. I price differently. I build differently.

Because beautiful only works if it survives construction.

02/06/2026

New 3rd floor dormer framed in Medford in 2 weeks, all while battling the snow and 15° weather!

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