Mitchell Wall Architecture and Design was founded in 1976 as Mitchell Wall and Associates. Our founder, Mitchell Wall, created the firm in response to a growing need in St. Louis for high end residential design. With the aid of his wife Carol’s astounding business acumen the firm thrived and grew becoming the premiere residential architecture firm in St. Louis.
In 1999, with Mitchell’s passing, Carol was faced with a decision. Carol, who will be the first to tell you she is not an architect, decided to keep the firm going despite the loss of her husband and partner. For 12 years, she maintained and grew the business and despite all odds managed to keep it alive throughout the great recession.
In 2011, Mitchell and Carol’s son Thomas Wall returned to St. Louis to begin working with the firm. It was not long until Tom found his footing and began taking over the role that his father had once played: bringing Mitchell Wall Architecture and Design once again to the forefront of residential design.
In recent years, the business has grown beyond the borders of St. Louis with houses being commissioned all over America.
Mitchell Wall’s legacy continues to this day, thriving in client based residential design based on the philosophy that we exist only to serve you.
We will meet with you and define your program. This meeting explores your likes and dislikes, requirements, and relationships of spaces. We develop and refine your program as we proceed. As part of the process, we visit your current home to determine how you live, what does and doesn’t work for you, and how you’d like to live at your new home. We photograph and field measure any important pieces of furniture, artwork and rugs that you might bring with you. We then conduct our Site Visit. While at your property, we accurately photograph your site. We would like to walk the grounds with you and together select locations for your new home, garages, outdoor living areas and and other ancillary uses.
We will prepare the master plan, showing the location of the the main house, garage, driveway and entrance, and outdoor living areas and ancillary structures. We will be mindful of Sun Patterns and during design will prepare Sun Studies. We will collaborate with your surveyor or civil engineer to review the features and boundaries of the lot. We will review our plan with you in detail. We will create the Landscape Plan as part of Site and Master Plan.
We will present conceptual designs for your home. The schematic design phase is an evolutionary process with your active participation. We meet with you, design the floor plans and create the exterior elevations, offering you options. We borrow elements from each design and sketch during our meetings. The chosen design might be an amalgamation with elements from different sketches. At our design meetings, we make any necessary revisions and email them to you for your approval, prior to our next meeting. We will refine your desired space allocations, and the relationships of those spaces to one another.
Following your approval of the Schematic Design, Mitchell Wall Architecture and Design will commence with design development. This process includes development of Construction Details; selection of Architectural Products and Materials; and establishing conformance with Building Codes. As part of the design process we will “build’ 3D Renders and Computer Massing Studies. These tools enable our clients to fully understand their project. As requested, we will build an actual model.
Structural and Civil Engineering services will be required. We will incorporate their work into our Construction Documents. We will work with Landscape Designers on your behalf. We create the Landscape Plan and work with Landscape Designers for the selection of plant materials and the implementation of the Design. If you choose to work with an outside interior designer, then we will work closely with them and create your home to your desires and specifications. We will coordinate with your kitchen and closet designers.
Mitchell Wall Architecture and Design will act as your representative during bidding and negotiation. We will introduce you to builders with whom we work, and provide them with the necessary information that they need for their bids. We will provide clarification, and work with their bidders to make sure that all are bidding on the same information and decisions.
Interior Design
We will meet with you and define your program. This meeting explores your likes and dislikes, your requirements, and relationships of spaces. We will develop and refine your program as we proceed. As part of the process, we will visit your current home to determine how you live today, what works and doesn’t work for you, and how you’d like to live at your new home. We will photograph and field measure any important pieces of furniture, artwork and rugs that you might be bringing with you.
We present conceptual designs for your home. The schematic design phase is an evolutionary process with your active participation. We will meet with you, design the floor plans and create the exterior elevations, offering you options. We borrow elements from each design and sketch during our meetings. The chosen design may be an amalgamation with elements from different sketches. At our design meetings, we will make any necessary revisions and email them to you for approval, prior to our next meeting. We will refine your desired space allocations, and the relationships of those spaces to one another.
Following your approval of the Schematic Design, Mitchell Wall Architecture and Design will commence with design development. This process includes development of Construction Details; selection of Architectural Products and Materials; and establishing conformance with Building Codes.
As part of the design process we will “build’ 3D Renders and Computer Massing Studies. These tools enable our clients to fully understand their project. As requested, we will build an actual model.
As part of all of our assignments, we provide basic interior design services. We design and create contract documents for interior finishes. We will coordinate with your kitchen and closet designers. We will select new furniture and furnishings with you, visiting showrooms and having samples in our studio. We will suggest placements for your furniture in your new home and provide a layout.
Following your approval of the Design Development drawings, Mitchell Wall Architecture and Design will commence with Construction Documents, the technical drawings that instruct your builder exactly how to build your home. Structural and Civil Engineering services will be required and so we will incorporate their work into our Construction Documents. Our Construction Documents are thorough and complete and become a part of your legal document with your General Contractor.
Mitchell Wall Architecture and Design will act as your representative during the construction phase. We will make periodic field inspections during the construction of your home and hold meetings during construction. These are typically held on a weekly basis and include you, your Builder, and a Licensed Architect from Mitchell Wall Architecture and Design. We will be with you through final installation of your selections.
Generational Tradition of High Design
Mitchell Wall Architecture and Design was founded in 1976 as Mitchell Wall and Associates. Our founder, Mitchell Wall, created the firm in response to a growing need in St. Louis for high end residential design. With the aid of his wife Carol’s astounding business acumen the firm thrived and grew becoming the premiere residential architecture firm in St. Louis.
In 1999, with Mitchell’s passing, Carol was faced with a decision. Carol, who will be the first to tell you she is not an architect, decided to keep the firm going despite the loss of her husband and partner. For 12 years, she maintained and grew the business and despite all odds managed to keep it alive throughout the great recession.
In 2011, Mitchell and Carol’s son Thomas Wall returned to St. Louis to begin working with the firm. It was not long until Tom found his footing and began taking over the role that his father had once played: bringing Mitchell Wall Architecture and Design once again to the forefront of residential design.
In recent years, the business has grown beyond the borders of St. Louis with houses being commissioned all over America.
Mitchell Wall’s legacy continues to this day, thriving in client based residential design based on the philosophy that we exist only to serve you.