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BACKGROUND AND PHILOSOPHY
It
is the devotion to human and community well-being, not hard-headed business
decisions, that shapes Carrasco & Associates’ work. "You get a feeling in your heart and in
your head of how a building fits into its setting", Mr. Carrasco
explains. "That's what guides us to
design a building. To integrate and
assimilate all the many variables into one beautiful equation, that is the essence
of what we do."
What
distinguishes Carrasco & Associates, a ten-person
Palo Alto architectural and planning firm, from
the majority of its peers, is the capacity to integrate
distinctive design with both a solid understanding
of the interactive development process and an awareness
of the social, political and economic factors that
shape the contemporary landscape. As a result
the firm, which offers a full range of planning,
design and construction services, has established
a reputation for award-winning designs and highly-practical
buildings that harmonize with their surroundings.
Established
in 1982, Carrasco & Associates has compiled
an extensive portfolio of completed projects that
range from a simple storefront for a local chocolate
maker to large scale public and private institutional
projects. The firm and its members have extensive
experience in feasibility studies, design guideline
documents, local and regional planning, office,
industrial and retail structures, single and multi-family
dwellings, public facilities, including visitor
facilities in many National Parks and Landmarks
in the United States, museums, restaurants, lodging,
space planning and interiors.
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In
addition to architectural design, the firm's services
include site analysis, feasibility studies, master
planning, urban design and regional planning, park
and recreation facility design, interpretive design
and tenant improvements.
A
TEAM OF HIGHLY VERSATILE PROFESSIONALS
Carrasco
& Associates is made up of a staff of architects
and planners with complementary outlooks and a blend
of pragmatic and theoretic knowledge.
