The TerraLogos Perspective

TerraLogos: eco architecture, pc provides sustainable design consulting, LEED coordination and full service architecture and environmental design services.  TerraLogos approaches all projects holistically as we careful consider the human experience of a building, and the overall environmental impact on its inhabitants and the surrounding community and ecological context.

Our expertise also includes teaching at the university level, directing professional training workshops and leading seminars around the country.  TerraLogos works with an extensive network of regional and national environmental consultants.  We team with partners who value quality and are committed to a sustainable future.

Sustainable Design is Simply Smart Design

Sustainable design approaches a building and its natural environment as a system in which all parts are interrelated.  It exemplifies the elegant balance of scale, simplicity, durability, redundancy and resilience.  And sustainable design encourages the efficient use of both natural and material resources, while enhancing human and financial assets.

Benefits

Sustainable design gives our clients a market edge.  A few benefits of this approach:

Social: Healthier, more inviting workplaces, schools, hospitals and homes;  improved contact with natural environment; connection to internal and external communities.

Ecological: Conservation of natural resources, energy and water; cleaner air and water; restore natural resources and rebalance with the built and natural environments.

Economic: Enhanced value of property, lower operating costs and higher productivity.

Integrated Design Process

Sustainable design is an integrated team effort.  By employing whole-systems thinking, architects, clients, engineers, consultants and contractors contribute to the overall design effort to realize synergistic and cascading benefits.  Within a collaborative framework, various disciplines integrate their knowledge to achieve a higher quality project.