VSBA Architects & Planners serve academic, health care, museum, civic, and institutional clients, offering a full range of services from planning and programming through design, construction, and occupancy. Our approach is collaborative and engaging: we think broadly, weaving together concerns for institutional strategies, cultural diversity, economic impacts, environmental effects, and many other perspectives: -- We strive to understand our clients: We’re dedicated to understanding the worlds in which our clients live. We work with an intense appreciation for their dreams, needs, priorities, and budgets, bringing together their physical, social, economic, and environmental dimensions. -- We promote community: We deeply appreciate the social and communal dimensions of architecture and we love to create places that foster interaction and collaboration -- places where people gather, interact, and discover. -- We’re creative and pragmatic: We consider design from development of earliest concepts through the crafting of each detail. We use tried and true systems and technologies in innovative ways. We understand the nitty-gritty aspects of design and the importance of setting and maintaining responsible schedules and budgets throughout design and construction. -- We’re committed to using resources responsibly: We provide our clients with healthy and sustainable places for living, learning, and working. In all our projects we take a holistic approach to creating environmentally responsible buildings and landscapes. We consider long term benefits and costs of materials, products, and systems. VSBA is an open studio where partners, experienced architects, and interns work side by side in a highly collaborative atmosphere. Principals are fully engaged with each project and project teams stay together for the duration of the project.