Design Build LLC is unique as an architect led design and construction company. Combining these skills and services is a great benefit to our clients and eliminates the cost of overlapping services. Founded in 1985, Design Build LLC provides services that are appropriate to our clients and their budget. A former union machinist and cabinetmaker, Steve Brown, the firm's principal, is a registered architect who studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Fine Arts and landscape architecture and Rutgers University's Cook College of Environmental Science, who still most enjoys hands on personal involvement in all projects. The firm's materials palette has expanded as the average size of our projects has grown, and we have added expertise in energy mana