Farr Associates Architecture and Urban Design, Inc.

Reduce energy costs. Create a healthier home. Warm your house with the sun or just bring in more light. Reduce your impact on the environment, yet improve your quality of life. Our mission is to help you achieve all of these. ---- We are interested in working with you to create the home you want. Our job is to listen to your ideas and desires, offer new ideas and design strategies, and put together a design that works within your budget and schedule. ---- Our focus is is on sustainable ('green') design: efficient, healthy, comfortable, and long-lasting architecture. Energy is only going to get more expensive. Many common building materials emit toxic substances. Allergies are exacerbated by polluted indoor air. Green design addresses all of these and many more issues. We look for ways your home can work with the environment, not against it. Would you like to heat your home with the sun, use natural means to reduce air-conditioning costs and problems, reduce indoor pollution caused by common building materials, and bring in more light and fresh air? ---- We are not bound to a particular design style. Whether you live in a house full of history or want to build new, we will work to design to your taste. It is your house, after all. We will help you understand the range of choices available and what they might mean to construction cost, livability, and maintenance. ---- Many of our projects involve historic renovation. Owners of historic properties can freeze their property taxes for eight years. We know how to help you qualify and how to do the work so your remodeling project doesn't go astray of the rules.