RAFT is a new architecture practice immersed in two contexts: the evolutionary context of digital ubiquity, global connectivity and resource scarcity, and the deep-rooted context of human emotion and well-being. We see a huge opportunity in re-framing the definition of value for our clients and the people who use our buildings, founded on five principles:

Integrated thinking 
As an antidote to the increased specialization prevalent among practitioners, we approach the design, engineering, ecology and performance of projects holistically – the way it should be – not by dividing scope but by integrating dialogue and work flows.

Digital immersion
Great advances in architecture have been fed by powerful new tools for deep analysis and a common platform for discourse. We believe it’s our duty to understand and exploit these tools to advance building science and help ground it in real, measurable value.

Doing more with less
Sustainability is more than a marketing term, and while using fewer resources is good, we can do better. RAFT harnesses our collective capabilities to advance what is possible in terms of energy and ecology. We have designed buildings that create energy and repair land as part of a comprehensive value proposition.

An open mind 
Our deepest satisfaction comes from making discoveries that explore new ground and enhance what our clients and we thought possible. To do that, we have to trust our process, listen as much as we speak, see the underlying opportunities presented by various challenges, and resist pre-conceived solutions that can result from relying solely on prior experience.

Design for Emotion
Our buildings should move us. At RAFT we obsess about how our buildings feel to the people inside of them – in order to create powerful environments that delight, heal, provoke and uplift the human spirit. 

RAFT has received over 35 awards for a 90-building body of work that spans over 3 continents.