Owner-side design and development leadership, built inside the world's most demanding companies.
Beyond traditional architecture. The perspective to align quality, cost, and schedule together because we have been accountable for all three.
Founded and led by Ben Schulte, an architect and developer shaped by leadership roles at Apple and Citadel, and earlier practice at Arquitectonica and Bjarke Ingels Group.
Two sides of the same project. We see both at once.
An architect optimizes for the design. An owner is accountable for the outcome. Most projects run with a veil between the two. That gap is exactly where we thrive.
We have been both the architect and the owner.
Strategic foresight
Every decision carries a downstream effect through structure, schedule, and budget. We anticipate challenges before they arise.
One entity, one accountability
We lead with end-to-end ownership. Connecting the right people, driving alignment and decision-making, and ensuring every critical action has clear accountability through execution.
Cross-functional leadership
There is always a veil between what an architect values and what the owner is paying for. We have stood on both sides of a project, and we remove the barrier cross-functionally.
Protecting the outcome
We balance schedule and budget without compromising the quality, intent, or experience of the end project.
Engagements shaped around you, not a fixed catalog.
These are the ways clients most often bring us in. We are Nonstandard — the scope is tailored to your project, your team, and the decision in front of you.
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Every engagement is scoped and priced by proposal.
Tell us the project, the gap you need filled, and the timeline. We come back with a defined scope, deliverables, and a fee structure — flat, retainer, or percentage — that fits the work. No generic rate card, because no two engagements are the same.