Luvia

Architecture is a promise kept over years

A building is drawn in months, built in a few years and lived in for decades. Luvia was formed around that timescale: a house of architects, engineers and managers who stay with the building through all of it.

Architect's worktable with a basswood massing model, drawings and material samples

Craft first, then everything it takes to protect it

We begin where the region's best building always began: with proportion, shade, material and ornament that means something. The arch, the screen, the courtyard, these are not decoration to us; they are climate tools that happen to be beautiful.

Around that craft we built the disciplines that protect it on site: structural and MEP engineering, BIM coordination, cost control, licensing, procurement and facility management. Design decides what the building wants to be; the rest of the house makes sure it becomes it.

What we hold ourselves to

Craft

Detail is not a phase at the end. It is present in the first sketch.

Candor

Honest numbers, honest schedules, honest reports, especially when unwelcome.

Stewardship

We treat the client's money and the building's future as things left in our care.

Place

Buildings should come from their climate and culture, not land on them.

Tell us about your project

Share the site, the idea or the problem. We will map the road from where you stand to handover.