STUDIO PROFILE
With twenty years of personal experience successfully delivering innovative architectural solutions for
clients including those of the region’s leading commercial architectural firms, Derek Rubinoff Architect
offers a full range of architectural and interior design conceptualization and production services while
personally attending to the goals of you and your enterprise. With our strong background in retail, restaurant, commercial shell, interiors, and residential work, we offer uncommon specialization with an active adaptability to new project types.
Beautifully shaping the built environment to fulfill the needs of our clients has always motivated our
passion for excellence in design. Yet, supporting and reinforcing our skill at creating incredible built
environments are the relationships we have with our clients, which motivate our empathy for their goals, both personal and professional. By fully enveloping ourselves in our client’s objectives, our work serves an instrument for your success. Attending to the needs of our clients is always our first priority.
We are keenly aware that the best design solution can only be affected when it is attainable within
a client’s stated budget. That is why Derek Rubinoff, Architect has a record of working with clients
to establish a budget at the onset of a concept, and then, working closely with clients’ construction
managers and contractors, delivering design work and documentation on budget and on time. While
our imagination seeks innovation, our experience grounds us in your practical and financial objectives.
Additionally, our artfulness, documentation, and productivity is augmented by top-tier technological
assets, offering the ability to fully integrate design with other members of a project team.
DESIGN APPROACH
Motivated by both cost-saving efficiencies for our clients and our fundamental desire to better quality
of life for the owners and users of buildings, we are keenly effecting architectural solutions to the
environmental challenges of our time. That’s why Derek Rubinoff has been actively involved in green
building organizations and is a LEED-accredited professional.
PHILOSOPHY
WHAT WE OFFER
RETAIL
-Brand conceptualization
-Store prototyping
-Prototype adaptation
-Prototype execution
-Roll-out
RETAIL SHELL
-Planning and site layout
-Full architectural shell services
-Leasing documents
-Repositioning
-Storefront design
-Wayfinding
-Signage program
-Facade standards
RESTAURANTS
-Brand conceptualization
-Store prototyping
-Prototype adaptation
-Prototype execution
-Roll-out
-Single unit concepts
-Fine dining
-Institutional dining
-Quick service/fast casual
COMMERCIAL INTERIORS
-Office environments
-Tenant relocation
-Lobby and common-space updates
-Wayfinding
CONSUMER ENVIRONMENTS
-Retail and Restaurants per above
-Health and Fitness clubs
-Nightclubs and music halls
-Shopping places
RESIDENTIAL
-Multi-family, architecture and interiors
-Single-family, prototypes, custom homes
URBAN DESIGN
-Massing Studies & planning
-Schematic Representation
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
-Consultant coordination
-Tenant requirements fulfillment
-Bid Issuance and Analysis
GREEN BUILDING
-LEED accredited professional
-Energy efficient architecture
ALL PHASES INCLUDE
-Planning
-Conceptualization
-Schematics
-Documentation
-Bid-ing/permitting support
-Contract administration.