A keen interest in drawing and building design throughout his teens led SBBL founder, Thomas Sayler-Brown, to study architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Shortly after earning his Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1977, Thomas jump-started his career with the renovation of a 150 year-old home on Nantucket Island. He went on to complete an internship in Philadelphia, obtained his Architecture license, and served as a construction manager for a development company in Southern California.
In late 1991, Thomas moved to Tucson where he worked for another architect for six years before starting SBBL in 1997. Calling upon the collaborative design philosophy that shaped his college education, Thomas created an open environment in which employees are respected for their creativity and ideas, and have ample opportunities to contribute and grow.
This synergistic mindset, paired with a focus on client satisfaction and support, has helped SBBL secure a place amongst the longer-lasting architectural firms in Southern Arizona.
In late 1991, Thomas moved to Tucson where he worked for another architect for six years before starting SBBL in 1997. Calling upon the collaborative design philosophy that shaped his college education, Thomas created an open environment in which employees are respected for their creativity and ideas, and have ample opportunities to contribute and grow.
This synergistic mindset, paired with a focus on client satisfaction and support, has helped SBBL secure a place amongst the longer-lasting architectural firms in Southern Arizona.
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SBBL offers years of experience in Tucson and Pima County with site entitlements for retail, office, multi-family, and industrial developments including site designs, development plans, rezonings, and variances.
Work may include design or redesign of the buildings on the site.
Our site entitlement projects have ranged in size from approximately 2/3 acre to over 110 acres.
Besides our clients, we work well with site specialists such as surveyors, civil engineers, and landscape architects, and have established an excellent relationship with planning personnel at the various jurisdictions where we have worked.
Work may include design or redesign of the buildings on the site.
Our site entitlement projects have ranged in size from approximately 2/3 acre to over 110 acres.
Besides our clients, we work well with site specialists such as surveyors, civil engineers, and landscape architects, and have established an excellent relationship with planning personnel at the various jurisdictions where we have worked.
In this short interview, Thomas Sayler-Brown summarizes the 3-level model used by SBBL during the design phase of a building.
Each project integrates levels of thinking: Pragmatic, Syntactic and Semantic.
TSB uses the example and photos of the Holocaust History Center in Tucson to demonstrate that the Semantic level will determine how users of a building will experience it.
TSB discusses here his personal lithmus test in regards to having a sense of accomplishment at the delivery of an architectural project.
Each project integrates levels of thinking: Pragmatic, Syntactic and Semantic.
TSB uses the example and photos of the Holocaust History Center in Tucson to demonstrate that the Semantic level will determine how users of a building will experience it.
TSB discusses here his personal lithmus test in regards to having a sense of accomplishment at the delivery of an architectural project.
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