PAF Architecture, LLC

PAF Architecture, LLC

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PAF Architecture, LLC:
PAF Architecture was established in 2003.  We are a small team of dedicated professionals with over 25 years of combined experience in residential design.  Our practice is focused on pursuing and maintaining the integrity of ideas, rather than a preference for a particular style.

Whether traditional or contemporary- new, or a remodeling project - our work is distinguished by the creation of a unique and compelling character for the home.  We aim for historically accurate detailing, cutting-edge innovative contemporary design, or honoring the originality of an existing home.  We are inspired by the unlimited variety of highly personal and beautiful spaces that can be achieved through careful and thoughtful home design. 

We create homes that are each as wonderfully unique as our clients.

As a client of PAF Architecture, our design process is focused on your goals, your needs, your style, your budget, and is implemented at your convenience.

By collaborating with our clients, we discover and create together their own unique vision of home.

Personal Service:
Our architectural design services unfold in a step-by-step fashion:

Step 1.  Free Initial Consultation
We meet with you at your home and at your convenience to learn about your goals for the project, and its anticipated time-frame.

Step 2.  Service Proposal
Based on the needs expressed at our meeting, we draft a proposal outlining a detailed project-specific process for acheiving your goals.  The outlined services include estimates of our time required to perform various tasks.  The proposal concludes with an estimated total of hourly services and billing rates.

Steps 1 and 2 are free, and with no obligation!

Patrick founded PAF Architecture in 2003.  He has more than 15 years of professional architectural experience.  While a project architect at BKV Group and ALTUS Architecture + Design in Minneapolis, he worked on a broad range of residential, commercial and municipal projects.  For the past 11 years, Pat has focused his talents on residential architecture.  He enjoys working closely with his clients to help them define their own styles, while creating beautiful and functional spaces.  Pat received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Iowa State University in 1994.  He is a licensed architect in the state of Minnesota, and a member of the American Institute of Architects.  When not in the office, Pat enjoys running, working on old Pontiacs in his garage, and spending time with his wife.
Carl came to architecture late in his undergraduate education, after studying chemical engineering and advanced biology at the University of Minnesota.
Shortly after finishing his undergraduate degree, Carl started working at ALTUS Architecture + Design, where he had the opportunity to work on projects of virtually every scale, both regionally and internationally.  in 2004, Carl returned to the University of Minnesota’s College of Design to get his Master’s Degree in Architecture.  During his studies, he was able to travel extensively, having spent a semester studying in Portugal, Spain and Italy before returning to finish his thesis.  His project, ‘Plant Squared- An Urban Farm’ received a thesis award in 2007, and can be read here (8.9 mb PDF).

Step 3.  Designing Your Project
The best projects come through a collaborative effort.  As we begin the design process, we will meet with you to more fully define your design requirements and goals.  We will develop a strategy to make best use of the specific gifts of your site, and plan options to thoughtfully integrate with that site.  We will look at whatever you may have collected that reflects your personal taste and sensibility- furniture, art, ideas from publications or other sources you value.  These ideas and goals become the framework we will use to develop your design, and as your project progresses we will meet regularly to ensure your personality is coming through.

Through your design process, you may decide you would like visualization aids to make it easier to understand your project.  At PAF, we are able to offer several options to make this possible.  Through sketches, models and digital visualization, we can provide you with images or animations that can make it easier to perceive space, scale, finishes and materials.

Step 4.  Making It Real

By the end of the design process, we will have developed a set of documents a builder or general contractor can use to price your project.  We are glad to suggest several builders to talk to, if you do not already have one in mind.  If revisions are required, we will work with you and your builder to determine alternatives, and develop a coordinated set of drawings for building, and securing whatever permits may be necessary for your location.

 

During the building process, we will communicate with your builder to make sure the documents are understood.  We will typically visit the site throughout the building process to answer questions that may occur during construction, and to make sure construction is proceeding correctly.  Our goal is a home you are proud of and happy to be in, and will do whatever we can to make that happen.