ABOUT THE FIRM
Catherine A Wilson Architects is a multi-disciplinary design firm based in Dallas, Texas. The practice is founded on the belief that architectural design should be crafted to meet the unique needs of each client, site, environment, and community. With over 23 years of professional experience, Catherine A Wilson has built a career on cultivating client relationships and engaging in a collaborative process which is enjoyable for the client.
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY AND PROCESS
Professional Partnership
Exceptional design begins by building a strong partnership between client and designer. Collaboration between architect and client is essential in creating a successful design solution. The success of a project begins with the willingness and highly refined skill of active listening. The relationship is founded on the ability of the architect to listen and learn from the client’s goals and expectations. Clients bring valuable insights into the inner workings of their world that no architectural training can equal. By engaging in active listening, the architect can gain insight into the issues that will most critically affect the project in meeting the expectations of the clients or end users. Custom design solutions are the natural result of that interactive process and ensure greater success than utilizing a preconceived or mandated formula for a particular style or building type. Our process involves many exercises designed to help both the architect and client evaluate the unique issues that shape the final design solution. Community input, staff needs, and political expectations, as well as budget, schedule and site restrictions are but a few of the variables that might shape the solution. Understanding how these variables can be combined to create a design solution tailored to the unique needs of any one specific project begins with the skills of listening and learning.
Inspired Innovation
All projects will present a challenge that has never been encountered by the architect in quite the same manner. Whether that challenge is an unusual soils condition, a requirement to use a new building material, the realization that an old standard detail no longer provides the best solution to a problem, or a client with an aesthetic expression that has never been captured by the built environment, it is our job as architects to devise the solution that will make the vision a reality. It is our dedication to the craft, coupled with our intense loyalty to the work, that drives us to innovate and solve the challenges that will ultimately result in buildings and environments that not only fulfill the client’s vision, but also improve and inspire the next generation fo building occupants and designers. Our innate curiosity of the built environment and construction, coupled with our sense of responsibility for sustainability and good stewardship of the earth’s resources, push us to higher and higher levels of responsible design. It is our goal to work with other design professionals who share our passion for pushing the boundaries of technology and out-of-the-box thinking to create innovative solutions.
Expert Execution
Dedication to providing the highest quality professional services through the use of the latest building technology and collaboration with other industry experts is essential to bringing the design to reality. Our engineering and specialty design consultants are chosen for their proven success at collaboration and performance on complex projects. Strong working relationships with trusted construction professionals who have proven experience in meeting the demands of a rigorous project management process is a necessity. Years of experience with government agencies, university systems, municipalities, and private entities have resulted in the development of a Project Management System that produces consistently successful projects, on time and on budget.
Catherine A Wilson Architects is a multi-disciplinary design firm based in Dallas, Texas. The practice is founded on the belief that architectural design should be crafted to meet the unique needs of each client, site, environment, and community. With over 23 years of professional experience, Catherine A Wilson has built a career on cultivating client relationships and engaging in a collaborative process which is enjoyable for the client.
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY AND PROCESS
Professional Partnership
Exceptional design begins by building a strong partnership between client and designer. Collaboration between architect and client is essential in creating a successful design solution. The success of a project begins with the willingness and highly refined skill of active listening. The relationship is founded on the ability of the architect to listen and learn from the client’s goals and expectations. Clients bring valuable insights into the inner workings of their world that no architectural training can equal. By engaging in active listening, the architect can gain insight into the issues that will most critically affect the project in meeting the expectations of the clients or end users. Custom design solutions are the natural result of that interactive process and ensure greater success than utilizing a preconceived or mandated formula for a particular style or building type. Our process involves many exercises designed to help both the architect and client evaluate the unique issues that shape the final design solution. Community input, staff needs, and political expectations, as well as budget, schedule and site restrictions are but a few of the variables that might shape the solution. Understanding how these variables can be combined to create a design solution tailored to the unique needs of any one specific project begins with the skills of listening and learning.
Inspired Innovation
All projects will present a challenge that has never been encountered by the architect in quite the same manner. Whether that challenge is an unusual soils condition, a requirement to use a new building material, the realization that an old standard detail no longer provides the best solution to a problem, or a client with an aesthetic expression that has never been captured by the built environment, it is our job as architects to devise the solution that will make the vision a reality. It is our dedication to the craft, coupled with our intense loyalty to the work, that drives us to innovate and solve the challenges that will ultimately result in buildings and environments that not only fulfill the client’s vision, but also improve and inspire the next generation fo building occupants and designers. Our innate curiosity of the built environment and construction, coupled with our sense of responsibility for sustainability and good stewardship of the earth’s resources, push us to higher and higher levels of responsible design. It is our goal to work with other design professionals who share our passion for pushing the boundaries of technology and out-of-the-box thinking to create innovative solutions.
Expert Execution
Dedication to providing the highest quality professional services through the use of the latest building technology and collaboration with other industry experts is essential to bringing the design to reality. Our engineering and specialty design consultants are chosen for their proven success at collaboration and performance on complex projects. Strong working relationships with trusted construction professionals who have proven experience in meeting the demands of a rigorous project management process is a necessity. Years of experience with government agencies, university systems, municipalities, and private entities have resulted in the development of a Project Management System that produces consistently successful projects, on time and on budget.