Callas Shortridge Architects

The work of our firm is built upon a series of oppositions that are meant to set up a dynamic tension; privacy and exposure, light and shadow, mass and plane. It is a collaborative process, merging our principles of design and construction with spatial solutions to our clientsí needs and desires. This process invests each design with its distinct quality. The site inspires the form. Through a careful response to its orientation, context and topography, we allow each design to evolve naturally from the character of its site. The ground anchors the design while the roof acts as a counterbalance unfolding above the landscape. Beneath cantilevered planes, spaces flow into each other and outwards connecting interior to exterior. Materials are selected on the basis of their inherent properties. Concrete masonry and plaster are grounding materials evocative of solidity and permanence. Lighter materials such as metal and plywood float as planes or act to define interstitial spaces. Within an open plan, distinct materials delineate zones of activity.