Organization

Central to the mission of Young & de la Sota Architects is the commitment to excellence in design and quality project development services. Our goal is to complete projects designed with an intelligent understanding of our client’s needs, a rigorous focus on detail, and strict attention to schedule and budget.

Our breadth of experience in the design of a wide variety of projects, combined with an emphasis on strong management, assures our services efficient and professional delivery. YSA often uses an interdisciplinary, rather than top-down, team strategy for more complex projects.  With planners, architects, landscape architects, engineers, interior designers, graphic designers, and economists, YSA provides a wide range of services. 

By creating partnerships with our clients, consultants, and contractors, we draw from the strength of established relationships and share equally in the goals, incentives, and responsibilities of a genuine team approach.  A sense of shared responsibility and a common goal can be achieved by organizing communications between clients, designers, consultants, and contractors. 

There is no question that good design stems from strong, efficient management. Accordingly, communication regarding schedules, contracts, and coordination is the partner’s responsibility for the project. The trust between client and architect is essential for the maximum success of a project, and the formula of direct communication between client and designer/manager encourages a successful working relationship.

With an understanding of design’s increasingly complex and challenging demands, the partner overseeing and intimately involved with a project is in an excellent position to guide the various consultants they are often required during multiple phases of the design process.

The partners and other professionals of YSA believe that design excellence can best be achieved by a hands-on managerial approach, and that all phases of a project from predesign to post-occupancy evaluations are important. Our commitment to direct supervision on each project limits the overall number of assignments we can undertake during a given period. Still, it increases the potential for truly successful service delivery.

We continuously explore new ways of thinking, new ways of working, and new ways of collaborating. Today’s business environment demands these new ways of thinking and working. We know that a willingness to think outside the box will lead to higher quality results in far less time.