At West Edge Architects, Peter leads a team of architects and designers in pursuit of imaginative, innovative solutions to a wide variety of design challenges. The work in the office encompasses a range of building types for a spectrum of private, public and non-profit clients.WE engage our clients and partners in a conversation that allows us to understand the overarching goals, functional requirements and technical possibilities available to facilitate function and meet goals. We accomplish this through an iterative process of descriptive, increasingly precise drawings and text that describe as clearly as possible our understandings and insights. Clear communication is the means by which we eliminate misconceptions, refine concepts, organize effort and discern the true purpose of the undertaking. Once that is understood and agreed upon, innovative solutions follow.As the name West Edge suggests, we are aware of the larger context within which we operate: not just our geographic location but through our design process, the cultural, organizational, institutional and personal values of our clients. Our work is a reflection and response to that context.WE believe:• In the value of constructive human endeavors and strive to create environments that support and celebrate them• The depth of understanding each of our clients brings to the effort is an indispensable component in the process of achieving extraordinary and appropriate results. Our process engages, challenges and relies on that understanding.• Good questions lead to deeper understanding and the real purpose our designs need to serve• In the value of the unexpected. Rather than following a predetermined path to a predictable outcome, design is most successful when the unexpected is embraced and its direction pursued. • The usefulness of ideas that don’t quite work. What we learn gets us to the best idea for the task at hand. • Sustainability is not a choice.