FOSTER DESIGN FARM is a contemporary Architecture studio located in Philadelphia, led by Carrie Foster, lead designer and Principal Architect with experience working closely with clients since 2012.
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Our passion lies in integrating the old and the new. We excel at uncovering the beauty and value in an existing space and site while creating smart, efficient, and playful design solutions that look to the future.
FOSTER
DESIGN
FARM
A personal passion to help people make their spaces beautiful and relevant to their needs
A finely tuned machine that generates place sensitive design output; A design studio that nutures unique solutions that feel as though they were meant to be
An homage to my family history and growing up around greenhouses and rice fields; A belief that we need to embrace and take care of our surroundings
Carrie Foster, AIA
Principal Architect
Carrie Foster has either been studying or working in architecture and design since 2000. She holds a Master of Architecture degree from Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and a Bachelors in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.
Carrie has worked on a diverse range of projects spanning both coasts. Projects include designing high-end residential and commercial spaces in New York and San Francisco, net-zero kit homes in the Silicon Valley, and a variety of residential, commercial, and public buildings throughout the Philadelphia region.
Since her youth in rural Northern California, Carrie has been drawn to the balance between built environment and landscape. Now firmly rooted in Philadelphia with her family, she is committed to restoring and designing exceptional spaces and details that will endure.
Licensed in PA & NJ.
PA - RA408918
NJ - 21AI02242100
New Construction & Additions
Renovations & Adaptive Reuse
Interior Design
Services
We love it all, but focus our practice on single-family residential projects. We uncover the beauty and value in an existing space and site. We work to create functional, efficient, and playful design solutions that look to the future.
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We provide the full range of professional architectural services including space planning, schematic conceptualization, materials and finish selections, visualizations, construction documentation and construction obervation support.