A good brief describes the life a house has to support as well as how it looks. At Forma, the site and the contract give that vision its practical edges.
We connect the design brief to a written scope.
Bring your land information, your priorities and an honest budget conversation to the first meeting. We explain how design decisions, allowances, approvals and changes are recorded, and who coordinates each trade responsible for them.
- What site information do you need before an estimate?
- How are allowances and selections described?
- How do design changes affect the agreement?
Put this perspective into practice.
Each guide below covers what the service involves and the questions worth bringing to your site assessment.
High-performance homes
Tighter envelopes, better windows, balanced ventilation and solar-ready roofs, documented and tested on every home.
- What should the site assessment and written scope establish for high-performance homes?
- How will site conditions, planning requirements and the design brief shape feasibility?
- Which specifications, allowances and change-approval steps will the building agreement document?
Custom home design & build
A single team from first sketch to keys: architecture, interiors, engineering and construction under one fixed-price agreement.
- What should the site assessment and written scope establish for custom home design & build?
- How will site conditions, planning requirements and the design brief shape feasibility?
- Which specifications, allowances and change-approval steps will the building agreement document?
Build on your lot
Our design-build process on land you already own, with a free lot review before you commit to anything.
- What should the site assessment and written scope establish for build on your lot?
- How will site conditions, planning requirements and the design brief shape feasibility?
- Which specifications, allowances and change-approval steps will the building agreement document?
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