Our Signature Process
Designing a custom home is both an investment and a deeply personal experience. Our role is to guide you through the process with clarity, intention, and confidence—transforming ideas into a home that reflects how you live and what you value.
Through a structured, thoughtful approach, we align vision, budget, and site from the outset, then develop the design in clear phases that allow the home to evolve naturally and purposefully.
Each decision builds on the last, ensuring a cohesive design and a process that feels considered, calm, and well-managed from start to finish.
Discovery
This phase is focused on alignment. We take time to understand your goals, site, budget expectations, and overall vision, while also walking through our process, timeline, and fees. Following these conversations, we provide a written summary and proposal to ensure everyone is aligned before moving forward.
Making sure we are all on the same page
Gathering
Before design begins, we collect and evaluate the key information that will shape the project. This includes site constraints, zoning considerations, budget benchmarks, and inspiration. The outcome is a clear project framework that grounds the design in both opportunity and reality.
The right framework ensures a successful project
Kickoff Meeting
The kickoff meeting sets the foundation for the design. We review the gathered information, confirm budget alignment, and focus on how you live day-to-day and how you want the home to function. Ideas are explored and sketched in real time, allowing for immediate feedback and shared direction.
Real-time design exploration and feedback
Schematic Design
In schematic design, we establish the overall layout, flow, and architectural direction of the home. This phase translates concepts into plans and massing studies that define the home’s scale, organization, and character, with opportunities for review and refinement.
Concept refinement and spatial exploration
Design Development
Design development refines the approved concept into a coordinated design. Plans, elevations, and exterior character are further developed, and the design is reviewed with the builder to confirm cost alignment before proceeding.
Refining the design with cost alignment
Construction Documents
Construction documents translate the design into a complete set of drawings suitable for permitting, pricing, and construction. These documents clearly communicate design intent and technical requirements to the builder and consultants.
Communicating all the details to builders + consultants
Construction Administration
During construction, we can remain involved to support the builder and client through site visits, submittal reviews, and design clarifications, helping protect the integrity of the design.
We can help protect the integrity of the design
Let’s get started on your journey.
Strom Architecture strives to provide a collaborative design process that develops unique solutions to our client’s needs and desired aesthetics.
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