Bickford And Company Design
Philosophy
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RS Bickford and Company
is an innovative team of specialized architects and designers dedicated to providing
superior custom residential design services and to practicing a personal
architecture based fundamentally on the individual needs and desires of each
client.
In designing both new homes
and home renovations, we practice “personal architecture.” By this term we mean
individualized residential architecture, developed through a team approach
involving not only our staff of professional designers but also the builder and
especially the client. We take great pride in creating client-centered custom designs,
and in resolving difficult or unusual circumstances to achieve the result best
suited to the client. Bickford & Company makes it a point not to
have a signature “style.” Our principal designer, Scott Bickford, stresses the
client’s preferences more than his own artistic expression. We work within
context as much as possible, designing with respect for the project’s
surroundings, be they a rural setting, a historic neighborhood or a brand-new
suburb. We regard the house not just as an abstract exercise of the designer’s
artistic virtuosity and technical skill, but also – indeed, primarily – as an
adjunct to the client’s lifestyle and as an expression of the client’s
character, values and status.
Furthermore, by maintaining
a close working relationship with both the home builders and their
subcontractors, we are able to understand their concerns and difficulties in
the field. This connection helps us to ensure that our plans are practical and
realistic. Insight derived from this relationship enables us to develop
one-of-a-kind designs that are innovative and exciting, yet buildable.
Our professional goal is not
to design what we ourselves would like to live in, but to advance the practice
of personal architecture. The client is the focus, though we are also cognizant
of the environment of which each project is a part, and of the requirements and
abilities of each of the builders with whom we collaborate. For the client,
this inclusive, integrated approach results in a distinctive, well-made home
that both complements its setting and, in turn, serves as a compatible setting
for the manner in which the client wants to live.