XTEN Architecture, Inc. is a full-service architectural firm located in Los Angeles, California, with a satellite office in Sissach, Switzerland. XTEN is inspired equally by Swiss exactitude and craftsmanship, and Californian ingenuity, pragmatism and optimism. From this dynamic XTEN has developed its own distinctive method to the development of contemporary architecture, which seeks to transform ordinary conditions, forms and materials into extraordinary buildings and spaces. The needs and desires of the client, the specifics of site, context, budget, building parameters and planning codes are used as catalysts for innovative solutions. Each project is developed uniquely from first sketch through construction, with an emphasis on conceptual clarity, formal rigor, economy of means and precise detailing and craftsmanship. Underlying themes in the work have expressed the enduring use of wood, glass, steel and masonry in architecture, modified with both traditional and digital techniques to create new solutions in light, delicate forms. XTEN continues to investigate innovative ways of linking buildings to their immediate environment through material and spatial configurations, and to develop material surfaces, layers, textures and light gradients into transformative architectural effects. More recent work extends the use of exterior facades as permeable screens to establish subtle relationships between interior and exterior, individual and community, and the realms of private and public experience. Members of XTEN share a collective experience that spans over fifty years and encompasses a wide array of building types including Cultural, Commercial, Educational, High-Rise Office, Transportation, Adaptive Re-Use, Single-Family and Multi-Family Residential facilities. The firm has been published internationally and won numerous accolades including most recently an Honor Award in architectural design from the American Institute of Architects. Site design by 64North / Wil Carson + Holly Han