Classical Proportions Belong Alongside Modern Building Science

I don’t believe being classical builders means we should only build the way people used to build. I want the beauty, the orders and the divine proportions that have guided design to come through new materials. That conviction leaves plenty of room to learn.

Innovation is our fifth value at Den & Burrow. For me, it connects directly to humility: recognizing that technology gives us abilities we shouldn’t dismiss. It’s augmenting how we work, and we’re open and ready to innovate as a company.

We’ve adopted AI tools and other digital tools. We’re constantly analyzing software to see if there’s something we can implement. That same openness extends to building practices and methods, because building science has improved tremendously.

We know so much more about how heat moves through a house, how insulation resists that movement, how humidity is managed and how sound travels between spaces. Those subjects deserve our attention. They can inform how we build future homes while we keep the classical character we value.

I want us to keep learning about both the tools we use and the materials we build with. Holding on to proportion and beauty doesn’t require us to set that knowledge aside.