Fernau & Hartman
Having established a unique reputation as designers—for combining design excellence and technical innovation—through a number of award-winning projects that ranged from private residences, to a public office building competition, principals Richard Fe au and Laura Hartman formed Fe au & Hartman Architects in 1980. From its inception, Fe au & Hartman has refused to adopt a style in favor of developing a sensibility and a way of working that is circumstantial, job- and site-specific. working method is highly collaborative and interdisciplinary. Leaders in “green” design since the first wave of interest in sustainability in the Seventies, Fe au & Hartman projects—whether office interiors, ba renovations, or free-standing structures—begin with a conce for the environment. Every project starts with an overarching landscape concept, out of which indoor and outdoor spaces are simultaneously developed. Each project finds its point of departure in the specifics of the site and the needs of the client. This is true whether the project is a corporate headquarters on Times Square, a performing arts center in the inner city, a residence on Martha’s Vineyard or a ranch in Montana. Ve acular architecture has been as influential on Fe au & Hartman’s circumstantial approach to design as the icons of mode ism. The street language of architecture, the ve acular, is a source not only of inspiration but of design solutions. Fe au & Hartman’s method alte ately accepts and manipulates chance conditions that define an architectural situation. Their method is improvisational and is based on the particularities of each project.
Having established a unique reputation as designers—for combining design excellence and technical innovation—through a number of award-winning projects that ranged from private residences, to a public office building competition, principals Richard Fe au and Laura Hartman formed Fe au & Hartman Architects in 1980. From its inception, Fe au & Hartman has refused to adopt a style in favor of developing a sensibility and a way of working that is circumstantial, job- and site-specific. working method is highly collaborative and interdisciplinary. Leaders in “green” design since the first wave of interest in sustainability in the Seventies, Fe au & Hartman projects—whether office interiors, ba renovations, or free-standing structures—begin with a conce for the environment. Every project starts with an overarching landscape concept, out of which indoor and outdoor spaces are simultaneously developed. Each project finds its point of departure in the specifics of the site and the needs of the client. This is true whether the project is a corporate headquarters on Times Square, a performing arts center in the inner city, a residence on Martha’s Vineyard or a ranch in Montana. Ve acular architecture has been as influential on Fe au & Hartman’s circumstantial approach to design as the icons of mode ism. The street language of architecture, the ve acular, is a source not only of inspiration but of design solutions. Fe au & Hartman’s method alte ately accepts and manipulates chance conditions that define an architectural situation. Their method is improvisational and is based on the particularities of each project.
