Brutus Park Architecture

Brooklyn born but raised in Westchester County, Geoffs dissatisfaction with the homogenous suburban environment that he grew up in shaped a desire to pursue creativity in his career. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University and serving his apprenticeship in New York a period of overseas residency was critical to forming a greater sense of p... erspective, objectivity and artistry. Time spent in Melbourne, Australia introduced a holistic approach to design that took nature into account in a way that was far ahead of standard practice in the US. Six years in Prague, CR, provided a reevaluation of creativity through the changing of place, language, customs and career. Trading in architecture to lead a creative team for the international advertising firm EuroRSCG gave a great appreciation of the financial consequences of design decisions while instilling a knowledge of branding that is unique to architecture Back in New York City and Brooklyn since 2008, Geoff worked for a series of architecture firms that held creativity as paramount to the process of design until starting his own firm in 2008. Brutus Park Architecture was incorporated in 2008 looking to balance private development with client-driven architecture to enable the freedom to take on projects, large and small, that best exhibit the firms vision of design. Each project is initiated and designed by Geoff to ensure that it is a successful meeting of the clients desires and the firms direction. The process is seen as collaborative and is as much a product of communication as it is style. A strong belief in the power of design to elevate levels of pleasure, productivity and patronage no matter the project type. The aim of any project is for the finished product to stand apart from its surroundings while meeting the criteria of the program. The ability of a project to make a visitor rethink a preconception is what makes architecture an art and worth pursuing. Stylistically, bpA follows a quiet modernism based on the juxtaposition of simple forms and ...Read More