What we do:

As an architecture firm, we provide residential and commercial architecture services. We carefully balance a comprehensive set of criteria in the creation of contextually specific architectural forms and spaces. Solar geometry, prevailing winds, and climate influence the way we think about site selection, building forms, and wall openings. We work with local materials and learn from the expertise of area trades professionals. We also carefully integrate sustainable and ecological design strategies throughout the design and building processes.

Lucas Brown, AIA

Lucas Brown has been working in the field for nearly 30 years. His career began as a carpenter building custom homes with his family’s construction company. After he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture, he worked with the Austin-based sustainable design nonprofit CMPBS (the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems). Among other projects at CMPBS, he played a role in designing and building one of the first Solar Decathlon homes with the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture. While living in Austin, he worked with contemporary furniture designer Mark Macek and award winning architect Murray Legge, FAIA. At Green Mountain College, he co-created and directed the Renewable Energy and Ecological Design program, where his courses focused on design, sustainability, and design-build. His student projects have earned design awards and have been published internationally. He is now the founding principal of Brownsmith Studios, LLC. and is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at Indiana University’s J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program.