Architecture & Design

We are Spatial Storytellers.

Formatena is an Architecture and Design studio that focuses on the narrative. We listen first, then let your goals unfold into form. What is your story?

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13years of experience
2,700+apartment units documented in prior roles
6building sectors
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Who we work with

Every client arrives with a different story and different pressures. We shape the work around what matters to yours.

Developers

Multifamily and mixed-use

Garden-style and mid-rise communities with a clear sense of place, planned around unit mix, site yield and the people who will live there.

Commercial

Restaurants, retail and workplace

Interiors that carry your brand's story from the front door to the back of house.

Homeowners

Custom homes and renovations

New homes, additions and rebuilds shaped around how you live, with budget goals discussed from the start.

Contractors

Design support for builders

Drawings, permit packages and RFI support for your team in the field.

Services

Every building has a narrative. We help you shape it, from early feasibility through construction.

Architectural Design

New buildings from concept through construction documents, each organized around a clear idea of the story it tells.

Interiors & Build-out

Restaurant, retail and commercial interiors that express who you are.

Renovation & Masterplanning

Reading the story an existing building already tells, then planning its next chapter: renovation, expansion or rebuild.

Project Coordination

Maintaining the narrative from concept to construction.

How a story takes shape

Three chapters, whether it's a kitchen addition or a 300-unit community.

01

Listen

A project typically begins with a site visit, a look at zoning and a conversation about your goals, program and budget.

02

Shape

We translate your story into form, from concept through construction documents, checking in with you along the way.

03

Build

Permitting, contractor bidding and construction administration, carrying the narrative into construction.

Contractors, brokers and realtors: let's work together.

If your client needs an Architect, let us help them tell their story.

Refer a client

Tell us your story: the site, the goals and what you hope to build.

Email
hello@formatena.com
Studio
Orlando, Florida
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