Every home has a story. Every client has a story. Every site has a story. At BUILT NARRATIVE we believe in designing spaces that help to express and enhance that story. By carefully listening to our clients, observing the project site or the existing home, we work to find and understand the unique elements that make the project special and unique and bring them to the surface; teasing out and discovering a new chapter, or enhancing an old one.
The intersection of form, materiality and site are brought together to express and generate spaces that are permanent, meaningful, and individual, resulting in architecture where stories are told and new ones are made.
BUILT NARRATIVE specializes in residential and commercial architectural design, space planning, feasibility studies, and full interior design service; from purchasing to custom furniture design. We work with all scales and budgets - after all every project has a story.
VAN is a founding partner of Built Narrative who finds inspiration in personal narratives, experiential order and materiality. She developed her design skills while working for A+I, ZGF, and Skolnick Architecture. Van holds a Master of Architecture degree from Rhode Island School of Design and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychobiology from University of California, Los Angeles. She is licensed in New York and New Jersey.
BEN is a designer who believes in collaboration, communication and craftsmanship. Prior to founding Built Narrative he spent over a decade managing multiple single family residential projects and high end interior renovations for Robert Young Architects, Leroy Street Studio and Studio DB. He is a 2016 Interior Design Best of Year Finalist and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, and Interior Design Magazine. Ben holds a Master of Architecture degree from Rhode Island School of Design and BA in Architectural History and Sociology from Bowdoin College.