For builders & developers
Evaluate a property’s potential. Create homes buyers have a reason to choose. Develop the architecture for approval and construction.
We work with independent builders and developers on custom homes, distinctive speculative homes, urban infill, and attached housing. Bring an address, a survey if available, and the program you have in mind.
Discuss your property or project
The idea in practice
112 attached homes in a new mixed-use Georgetown development, with fee-simple ownership, zero lot lines, private elevators, two-car garages, and fourth-level rooftop decks.
We worked through approvals for the ownership and building arrangement, coordinated utilities and fire access within a pedestrian-scale streetscape, and addressed garage-opening conditions with the project team. The completed development offered Georgetown buyers a walkable alternative to the familiar one-story home on acreage.
Read the design and delivery story ↗We do our best work when the housing is ambitious and the site is challenging: steep ground, tight infill, real retaining and grading questions, difficult regulatory approval processes.
Give buyers a home worth choosing: a memorable exterior, a useful plan, privacy, natural light, and outdoor spaces that belong to the site. We welcome ambitious contemporary work and carefully composed traditional homes, developed with the builder’s budget and construction approach in mind.
Explore custom homes
Discover what a constrained parcel can offer. We study the relationship between the allowable building area, trees, parking, access, and neighboring homes, then develop a plan that makes those requirements work together. Early design can help you evaluate an opportunity before committing to a particular layout.
Explore urban infill
Plan useful density with homes that retain individual character. Duplexes, townhomes, and small multifamily developments call for careful decisions about unit layouts, entrances, parking, privacy, and shared site conditions. We bring residential design and commercial project experience to those decisions.
Explore multifamilyThe idea in practice
The Northfield homes show how regulatory understanding and inventive planning can open a development opportunity. Working with David Whitworth of DWD, we used Austin’s former Small Lot Amnesty provisions to design homes on unusually narrow parcels, with some primary homes approximately 15 feet wide.
Front porches, alley-loaded garages, and carefully arranged living spaces gave those narrow homes a familiar neighborhood presence. Secondary homes above some garages added housing capacity. The work attracted press coverage and became part of Austin’s wider discussion about small-lot development.
The lesson for a new project is to study the property and its applicable rules together. The architectural opportunity emerges from how the homes, access, privacy, and outdoor space can fit within that particular site.
Read the story and press coverageYou bring the business plan and construction knowledge. We bring architectural design, site planning, and coordination with the approval process and project consultants. The scope is agreed around the decisions your project needs.
Start with the address, available survey, intended housing, budget, and schedule. We study the site and program, identify approval and consultant questions, and compare layouts. Early studies help inform a development decision; they are not a guarantee of entitlements or construction cost.
A useful plan, privacy, daylight, outdoor living, and a memorable exterior give a home reasons to be chosen. We develop those qualities alongside your target market, budget, and construction approach—not as features added after the footprint is settled.
We develop architectural documents, coordinate with civil, structural, and other consultants as required, and respond to architectural review comments. Grading relationships, access, structure, and material transitions receive attention alongside the plan. During construction, architectural questions are addressed through the services agreed for the project.
Researching a property? Our project resources include property lookup, zoning, and permitting references.
Paragon Designers are an integral part of our development team. They do great work.
— Eric D.
From start to finish, great service. Professionalism to the next level. Very responsive.
— Fernando C.
Highly responsive consultants. A pleasure to work with.
— Tonya S.
Send us the address, a survey if you have one, and a few words about what you want to build. Whether you are evaluating a property or ready to begin design, we can discuss the opportunity, the questions to resolve, and the architectural services your project needs.
