FIRM 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.  Check us out on the map.

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.