Have you ever been to a new restaurant and asked your server, “What’s YOUR favorite thing to eat on the menu?” Servers tend to have one of two responses to this question. Some will go ahead and tell you their favorite thing (or maybe tell you their favorite item from each “category” on the menu), but others will turn the question back on you: “Well, what kind of food do you like?”
If you’re like a lot of people, you find the second response a bit frustrating. If you knew what you wanted, you would have just ordered it. What you really wanted was the opinion of someone who is an expert. Someone who has insight into options that you might not have considered. Now, of course, you wouldn’t be required to order whatever the server suggested, but it would still be nice to know what they considered to be a great meal option at their establishment.
We know that working with an architecture firm in Long Beach on a design for your home or commercial space isn’t exactly the same as going to a restaurant and ordering food, but there are parallels. Just like you would go to a restaurant and inquire about what you might enjoy eating, you come to an architecture firm and work with design experts because you want creative ideas—not just someone who will ask you what you want and draw up the plans accordingly.
At our Long Beach architecture firm, we’re known for our collaborative approach to design, but we’re also known for providing creative solutions and innovative ideas to meet the needs of our clients. We don’t expect our clients to know exactly what they want when they come to us. Some do, but most of them are asking us for our expertise when it comes to the design of their space.
In this recent Google review of our Long Beach architecture firm, this client summed up his interaction with us in this way:
“This firm does excellent work. They were very responsive and listened to our ideas – but also delivered creative/elegant solutions that we had not considered. They have collaborated extremely well with us. Highly recommended.”
– Eric U.
As you can see, in the case of this client, he came to us with some ideas. Our architecture firm brought some ideas to the table that he hadn’t considered. And then we collaborated to come up with a final design. This is how things go with most of our clients, but it’s also okay when clients come to us with no ideas or just vague ideas of what they want. They might say things like:
- “We need more space in our home for our growing family.”
- “We need our office building redesigned to better accommodate our business.”
- “We want to update the look of our building and modernize its amenities.”
In these cases, we are happy to come up with solutions and present options based on our expertise in architectural design.
Are you looking for an architecture firm in Long Beach that will bring fresh ideas and creative solutions to your project? Contact us at Grisafe Architecture to set up an initial consultation.
