OPA provides architectural design and master planning services for individual buildings, building groups, non-building architectural projects, urban, suburban and rural land uses. Frequently these project-types benefit from intensive pre-design services that precede and inform the traditional design process. Pre-design services incorporate land analysis, economic analysis, real estate analysis, space programming, program analysis, investigation of precedents and general project research comprehensive information gathering and evaluation of environments and specific sites.
The firm’s work combines physical, cultural and organizational analysis with economic evaluations. Institutional and government clients find this helpful in realizing architecture and land use strategies with enduring value.