PUBLIC / TRIBAL / NON-PROFIT WORK

Our public, tribal, and non-profit clients have ranged from Native American Nations to the National Forest Service, to City and County Governments. Our unique facilitation process is geared towards the vital participation of all stakeholders involved. We strongly believe in the role of the architect as consensus builder through an imaginative, inclusive design approach.

The Yavapai-Apache Cultural Resource Center [above center] is a 7,250 sq.ft. facility located on a dramatic bluff in the Verde Valley. The design sensitively integrates important cultural symbols, artwork and rituals of both the Yavapai and Apache Tribes. A darkened entry sequence composed of stone and water makes reference to the creation story of both cultures as it opens into a naturally daylit gallery and ceremonial space.

Truly you have created a building that is a magnificent marriage of form and function. I know that I am proud to have been on the board that chose your design. I send you and your team a heartfelt THANK YOU. With deep gratitude,

- Joan Dukes,
Board Member
Highlands Center for Natural History


Jeff  &  Matt really listened to the land, and took-to-heart the Tribe's history and needs.  This is truly a remarkable work that aesthetically, culturally, and environmentally addresses the past history, present needs, and future hopes of the Yavapai-Apache Nation.

-Mark Randall
Project Coordinator
Daystar Consulting, LLC
Clarkdale, AZ