Overview & Direction

Forward Designers & Builders is a full service architectural design and construction company. We focus on residential structures, and the families that call them home.

We approach our work and your goals in a much different manner than the traditional method of construction delivery, which features a "stand alone" architect and a "stand alone" contractor. While this method can be successful, it is often achieved over-budget, over-schedule, and with compromises to design. Having experiences in this traditional method has led me to pursue a better way.

I started Forward Designers & Builders in 1997 with a vision of combining outstanding design and quality construction into a system that ensures a realistic budget, realistic expectations, and outstanding craftsmanship, with no surprises. Our method is DESIGN/BUILD. We work in the tradition of the Master Builder, where the architect and the builder are one in the same, and own the project from concept to completion.

Jef Forward is the owner and founder of Forward Designers & Builders.