ABOUT US

TWM Architects + Planners is a full service design firm located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

 We are a team of design professionals dedicated to architecture that is creative, respects the environment, and is appropriate to context and community.

 

PHILOSOPHY

Timeless Architecture
We approach each project without preconceived ideas and do not impose a singular aesthetic vision. Each project offers a unique opportunity to create lasting design. We take a fresh look at form, material, and color as well as the potential of the site.

We balance these to create a process where the most innovative and thoughtful concepts emerge.

Passionately Conceived
Architecture must respect, enhance, and complement its physical context. It must also satisfy client aesthetic, functional, and economic needs. At the outset of each project, we endeavor to engage all participants – owners, users and the community. We listen, and creatively collaborate to achieve the most dynamic and appropriate alternatives and solutions.

Successfully Delivered
Architecture requires sophisticated and rigorous attention to every detail. We believe strong expertise and acute focus to all technical and aesthetic requirements are essential to each project’s success. 

OUR TEAM

DEREK DUTTON | Principal
Rice University, Houston, TX
University of California, Berkeley, CA

PAUL HARTMAN | Principal
University of Texas at Austin, TX

CHRISTIAN OAKES | Architect
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
Ecoles d’Art Américaines de Fontainebleau, France

JOHN VIGNALE| Senior Project Manager
Construction Documents Technology (CDT) Certification

SOPHIE BUCHITE | Project Architect
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

ALI YOOSOFI | Project Designer
MMCA College of Architecture, Pune, India

MANISHA MOORE |Project Designer
Northwest University, Kirkland, WA
University of San Francisco, CA

BRENDA JOY GABBAC | Project Designer
NewSchool of Architecture & Design, San Diego, CA