Arcadea Architecture Information

We offer a flexible service, but we are set up to provide thoroughness, which can often save our clients more than the total of our fees. Our full services typically include 3D modeling, interior design, lighting design, cost control, and construction oversight. There is more information about this in the Process and Cost Control sections of this site. We have recently also become well known for our innovative cost estimating and cost management systems, with builders coming to us for estimating advice. Please feel free to view our architectural and interiors projects, including a fairly extensive collection of photographs of our work. Arcadea Architecture™s beautifully creative, integrated designs have won wide acclaim in regional and national publications, such as Progressive Architecture, Architectural Record, Colorado Homes and Lifestyles Magazine, Living West Magazine, Remodeling Ideas Magazine, as well as the Rocky Mountain News and Yellow Scene. We have also had one of our projects featured on the Discovery Channel. We use renewable and sustainable resources as much as possible, and always examine the environmental impacts on the local landscape. Although we are very design oriented architects, we also focus on the details and provide very thorough sets of construction documents and specifications. Our process includes rigorous cost management. We utilize 3D modeling programs for a holistic approach to design, and also to involve our clients in the design process. We often make hand-sketched drawings over pictures of 3D models. This process is essential to effectively design 3-dimensional structures. 2D drawings are just too abstract, and models help our clients to better understand our designs and allow them to give us better feedback. These are very useful for contractors and trades people during bidding and construction, as well. Besides this enhanced communication of ideas, we can better solve difficult architectural geometry problems. We have found that 3D modeling is an affordable alternative to ...