Radix Design is a small architecture firm based in the historic Baker neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.
The word ‘radix’ is Latin for a root vegetable - for instance, a carrot or a radish. ‘Radix’ is also used in mathematics for the root or base of a number system.
In design, Radix stands for an architecture that is rooted in place, at home in the dirt; simple, elegant, and green.
Radix Design was founded in 2016 by Colorado architect Ozi Friedrich. Ozi's experience includes award-winning projects at scales ranging from small renovations to 100+ unit affordable housing developments.
Radix Design has based its business practices on B-Corp principles to help embed responsible and sustainable practices at every level.
RADIX DESIGN takes inspiration from the principles of the Slow Food movement: GOOD, CLEAN, and FAIR.
GOOD: Architecture of quality, beauty, and warmth.
CLEAN: Architecture which is healthy and beneficial for its inhabitants.
FAIR: Architecture that benefits the place around it - street, neighborhood, city, land, and people
As a small firm, Radix Design maintains a highly collaborative design process where each of our designers actively contributes to the discovery of design options. We seek opportunities to engage our clients creatively and treat everyone involved as a part of the same creative team.
We make sure to keep our design techniques ‘organic’. While we spend plenty of time building 3-D digital models inside the computer, hand sketches and study models remain a key component of our approach to design.
