ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTS & PROTOTYPES

FOR EMERGING MARKETS = ARCHITECTURE FOR THE BETTER FUTURE

Custom Architectural Concepts to Modular Builds, with Professional Team Sourcing

OUR PROJECTS
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ABOUT US

We are a modular architectural and referral Agency, designing and prototyping Front-End Innovation, and experience-based buildings for your emerging market.

From residential DADUs (single + urban prototypes) to lakeshore developments, commercial community hubs to modular Pop-Ups, we drive site opportunities, experiences, and Prototypes to build your solutions, quickly, beautifully, and magnetically.

Our 4-Step Process + network + experience makes it possible: Site Viability, Creative Programming, Vision Design, and best-in-class Referral teams to build.

Building for Many = Architecture for the Better Future..‍

OUR PROJECTS

Outdoor seating area near our modular Starbucks Container Drive Thru prototype with tables, chairs, umbrellas, illuminated art storefront, and modern container building, during dusk.

COMMERCIAL SCALE + MODULAR

A vertical view of a modern, sleek, EV Charger for Apartment Buildings as a prototype electronic device with L2 cables attached, positioned for industry-standard multi-family apartment charging.

RESIDENTIAL + ADUS/DADUS

ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS

NEW MARKET CONSULTING

OUR SERVICES

Start Viability Report
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VIABILITY REPORT

Custom site land-use & permitting study. Recommendations & Process Outline with custom insight & options.

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OWNERS REP SERVICES

Optional implementation service on behalf of the Owner & Owners organization.

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CONCEPTS & DESIGN

Custom places and product Architectural Concept Design with experience, space, light & sustainability. Design Intent Package documentation.

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MODULAR CONSULTING

Representative & collaborative services. Program, product pitch & key-initiative consultancy services.

FUTURE-CREATIVE PROGRAMMING

Collaborative prototyping & custom-team sourcing for the best-vision realization delivering new target architectural thinking.

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BEST-IN-CLASS REFERRALS

Network, experience and collaborative based prototyping & custom-team sourcing for the best-vision-realization delivering new target architectural thinking

PRICING PLAN: ADU/DADU RESIDENTIAL STANDARD*

Start Viability Report
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$ (simple/complex)

  • Code & Jurisdiction Site Study

  • Jurisdiction Preferences

  • Covenants & restrictions

  • Modular vs Site-Built recommendation(s)

  • Options & opportunities

  • Timeline & cost brackets

SITE VIABILITY REPORT

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$ (site/type varies)

  • Program Review

  • Inspiration, PreDesign, Concepts

  • Design Studies; site/building/product process

  • Site Layout & Concept options

  • Project Visualization

  • Team Sourcing, referrals & Hand-off coordination

CONCEPT DESIGN

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$ (reduced)

  • Viability & Concept process bundled combinations & sets

VIABILITY & CONCEPT

*commercial & product Viability + Design available per program

**packages available

CURRENT NEWS

COMMERCIAL MOD + SITE - in final design development

MSC LAKESHORE LODGE - (with Mercer Builders + TBA)

RESIDENTIAL REGIONAL - Complete

MERCER ISLAND - Northend (with NorthWest Lifestyle Homes)

Modular, adaptive-reuse Public space with colorful vertical art structures of container material, trees, and an Asian cultural highlight in the foreground.

SEATTLE CID - Chinese Intrntl District (with Eco8 + Friends of I5 CID)

COMMERCIAL MODULAR - CULTURAL POP-UP - in construction

A modern modular winery tasting building for Lingua Franca with large glass windows, under construction on a sunny day with blue skies, surrounded by trees and open green fields.

COMMERCIAL MODULAR

LINGUA FRANCA - OREGON WINERY (Completed by SKYLAB)

OUR TEAM

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ANTHONY PEREZ, ra, aia, leed ap, fcmc Founder & Design Principal

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JON MEADE, Senior Creative & Design remote - UK

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NEGOTIATING, Senior Program Manager, Marketing

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SHARON PEREZ, Chief Marketing Officer

Unlisted, production + software, OR, US
Three manuals of Lotus EV car showroom blueprints showing design sketches and technical drawings on a gray cover.
Partially visible large lettering spelling 'ASTOUND' with a cityscape and colorful lights inside the letters. 
ExperienceMEDA, Remote production + design UK
A heart-shaped wall art piece made of red marble cubes with darker veins, mounted on a marble wall with gray and black veining. The text 'LuxeCraft Modular' is in the center of the image for modular creative collaboration partnership. 
ASTOUND group, design, production NV, US
LUXEcraft, design consortium WA US

Founder and design lead, Anthony Perez ra, aia, leed ap, fcmc, has three decades of experience in brand-led modular concepts and prototypes; design through roll-out and execution.

Having led with industry-leading architects, agencies manufacturers and global brands, he leads experience-design and concept-making focus for emerging markets.

Together, we focus on repeating elements - exploring whole buildings or product modules - to create full-advantage programs with manufacturer + design-centric product solutions.

THE PRINCIPAL

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ANTHONY PEREZ, ra, aia, leed ap, fcmc, noma

Client

Mercerwood Shore Club: Lakeshore Master Plan - modular progam to minimize seasonal construction impact. New Building and landscaping program master plan.

Partner: Mercer Builders

COMMERCIAL SCALE + MODULAR

Client

StartUp: Scale Outdoor Adventure-Lifestyle beverage company, Prefab roll-out with legacy cedar modular fabricator.

Partner: Lindal Cedar

A bright yellow LOTUS sports car parked outside a Lotus dealership, with the store sign and windows visible in the background.
A curved, modern interior space with white vertical slats forming a white semi-circular enclosure around a seating area in a Lotus EV car showroom. There's a TV or digital screen visible inside the enclosure.

Client - Lotus Cars - US EV showroom launch and international dealer rollout for upgrade & brand reposition - 167 scheduled locations

Brand Guardian (Owners Rep) rollout with UK HQ.

Credit: ExperienceMEDA UK

A modern outdoor display with a blue sports car inside a gray structure that has branding for Lotus EV car and AB, featuring an outdoor seating area with black chairs and white umbrellas and branding for Lotus, set against a background of greenery.
An outdoor scene showing a modern EV launch tradeshow booth for CES with orange and purple accents, plants, and several people.
View of an outdoor CES event space for VW top secret EV launch with a black structure featuring a planter with green ferns on top, orange and pink panels, and people gathered in the area, some sitting and some standing. Modular architecture.

Client
Schachzug, VW GA International EV launch. US Code compliance. Credit: ASTOUNDgroup

A Volkswagen EV car covered with a pixelated digital camouflage pattern, parked next to large illuminated letters spelling 'ID.7' at a nighttime outdoor event with purple and pink lighting.
Minimalist modern interior for Faraday Future EV showroom in Beverly Hills with white walls and flooring, a circular seating area with green potted plants, and a countertop with various items, in a spacious open-plan design.
Architectural drawing of a modern, elevated modular container-based Winery Tasting Room with large windows, outdoor seating areas, and a black metal exterior. The tasting room is built on stilts over a grassy landscape with trees. Designed modular.

Client
Faraday Future flagship for US EV launch - Beverly Hills CA

Schematic Design roll-out components with US HQ. Credit: ASTOUNDgroup

Night view of a modern car dealership for Faraday Future EV showroom in Beverly Hills with floor-to-ceiling glass windows displaying vehicles inside, including a red car, with bright exterior lighting and signage.
A woman filling a cup with a red fruit-infused beverage from new store prototype Teavana from a large dispenser at a tea-sipping station in a cafe. The station has multiple dispensers with colorful tea drinks and a menu on the wall.

Client
Lingua Franca Wine, OR

HQ wine-tasting room over vineyard

Credit: Skylab (OR)

A modern modular Lingua Franca Wine Tasting Room with glass walls under construction in a rural area with trees and a clear blue sky.
The Starbucks Coffee modular Container Store (launch prototype) at night with bright signage, city streets in the background, and a large illuminated billboard showing a silhouette of a tree with two hanging objects.
Launch prototype of new micro-Starbucks concept design with employee standing at counter with three other staff members in the background, inside a Starbucks coffee shop with wooden interior.

Core (1) & (2): Modular components & fast-serve, reduced menu modular solution for urban locations with high-peak. Designed to deliver Starbucks-level customer connections in new formats.

Interior of a modern Starbucks coffee shop designed in modules for fast and flexible assembly with a counter, seating area, and decorative wall art.
Interior of a modern launch prototype of new micro-Starbucks concept design establishment with a beautiful wooden ceiling, black accents, and a digital menu display board on the wall.
Two young women sitting on a bench outside a modular container-based Starbucks coffee shop with a black exterior.

Client
Starbucks Coffee - Retail - global

Exterior view of a Hammerhead Drive Thru modular container Starbucks Coffee shop at dusk with illuminated sign, drive-thru lane, parking area, and surrounding trees.
Exterior of a Starbucks store launch-prototype concept made from shipping containers at dusk. The store is lit from inside, with seating area and umbrellas outside. Two windows display the Starbucks logo and product images.
Exterior of a Hammerhead rollout container module-based Starbucks drive-through store at dusk with a drive-thru sign, a disabled parking space, and modern architectural design featuring dark wood siding and large windows.
A Hammerhead modular container based Starbucks Coffee rollout with a reclaimed wood exterior, a drive-thru sign, and an outdoor balcony.

Hammerhead drive-through and walkup. Prototype to (67) global locations. Scale drive-through Program with a 6-week site delivery to open timeline. Co-Launched Global Drive-Thru Evolved

Client
Teavana & Evolution Fresh for US launch flagship. Patent Holder: EU 13713608.1-1958 issued July 3, 2013

RESIDENTIAL + DADUS

Start: DADU Viability Report

Client

Mercer Island WA - MaxDADU Prototype

Schematic Design & team sourcing

Client

Mercer Residence + DADU - East Side

Concept Design & Team Sourcing

Partner: Northwest Lifestyle Homes

Client
Mercer Residence East Side: Concept Design + ADU Study

Partner: Quercus Landscapes

Client
Ohio Residence Kitchen Remodel - High Street North

Schematic Design

Client
Mercer Remodel - First Hill - The Perch

Remodel Team credit: Suzanne Zahr Architect/GC

Client

Mercer Residence + ADU - Mercerdale

Concept Design & Team Sourcing

Partner: Northwest Lifestyle Homes

MODULAR PRODUCTS

Client
Starbucks Coffee - Retail - global

Drive-Thru Evolved exterior physical DT Experience

Modular store systems, various scale programs for global use.

EVIA: vertical apartment EV Charger infrastructure. Confidential. Patent: US63/731,183

Client

Amazon-Fashion prototype for US /global flagship launch

Client

(Confidential municipality)

PV to EV Modular Program

Client

Nordstrom NYC + flagship Modular Digital + Dressing Program

CONSULTING MODULAR

Client

MI residential inspiration for center sanctuary for house organization

Client

HARBOR retail: prefabricated retail shops led by evolution of retail banking.

Client

MSC: COVID sheltering as permanent addition and experience.

Client

CallisonRTKL: InkSpot Retail Rollout customer circulation inspiration diagrams

Client

HARBOR retail: pitching Wework labs, NYC for roving digital white-boards as creative objects that capture process & distributes globally

Client

CallisonRTKL: Macquerie Group Limited programming for new subway station Sydney Australia

Client

Modular Design CoLab PLLC: original modular web page design.