BLOOM Architecture provides a highly personalized design service dedicated to achieving inspiring and functional buildings custom fitted to each client’s needs and aspirations. Backed with technical expertise and a dedication to collaboration, we work with the Client and a superb team of consultants, engineers, builders and fabricators to develop thoughtful, innovative and beautiful buildings and environments.

As a small firm, we focus on a small number of high-quality projects per year, and give these projects our fullest attention. The entire studio collaborates as a close-knit unit on all projects, and all teammates are valued equally. We strive for high craftsmanship, and pay close attention to materials, details, and methods of making in our design work. 

Derek Bloom | Principal

From an Oceanarium in Lisbon, a monastery renovation in Boston, a modernist house on the water, to an urban landscape commission in Philadelphia, Derek’s career has traversed typological boundaries and searches for the uniqueness of each new site and program. Exploring contemporary architecture through a studied balance of materials, tectonics, color, and texture has resulted in a varied portfolio of projects unique in its dynamism. Educated at Cornell University and M.I.T., Derek has also lived and studied in Valparaiso, Chile and studied in Venice, Italy. Throughout his career, Derek’s work has cohesively integrated contemporary spatial thinking with principles of sustainable design.