ARKIN TILT ARCHITECTS

ATA engages its community in many ways, and encourages its employees to volunteer on these efforts as well as initiatives of their own. Our staff members serve on Habitat for Humanity projects, volunteer as guest critics at University of California Architecture classes, participate annually in the Team Bike Challenge, and are always seeking out new ways to get involved... We work closely with the client and other interested parties to develop clear goals, which are the basis of the design. We attempt to get an understanding of the uses proposed at various times of the day and year. At this point the program will be carefully assessed, with a keen eye on budget, efficiency, flexibility and multi-use. We determine which functions can be held out-of-doors, or in transitional spaces, so the building can ‘expand' in the summer, and ‘shrink' in the winter into cozier, more easily heated spaces... Not only do we design alternative building systems into our projects, but often we are called..

Also known as: Arkin Tilt

Primary location: Berkeley United States