MAYES OFFICE

MAYES OFFICE

Founded in 2004, Mayes Office (MO) is a multidisciplinary design practice creating thoughtful, context-driven buildings and spaces. Our work spans a range of types and scales, from custom residences and multifamily developments to hospitality, retail, workplace, cultural, and public projects.

We believe design should respond to its surroundings, perform with purpose, and serve the people who use it. Our work balances the practical needs of our clients with opportunities to create spaces that are engaging, enduring, and meaningful to their setting.

CLIENT COLLABORATION

We work closely with our clients from the earliest stages of a project to understand their goals, needs, priorities, and how they want to live, work, or use the space. Our design process is interactive, with ideas developed, reviewed, and refined together throughout the project.

We develop our projects through both two-dimensional drawings and three-dimensional models, using each to explore and communicate the design as it evolves. We guide clients through the three-dimensional model to experience their spaces, understand views and relationships, and see how the building functions before it is built.

This process allows clients to actively participate in the design and make informed decisions as the project develops. The result is work that is personal to the client, responsive to its setting, and carefully resolved from concept through completion.

OUR DESIGN APPROACH

Every project presents its own opportunities and constraints. We consider the character of a place, the environment, the program, materials, construction, and long-term performance as interconnected parts of the design process.

We seek solutions that are both practical and purposeful—responding to the specific conditions of each project while creating spaces that are expressive, lasting, and connected to their surroundings and the communities around them.

SCOPE OF SERVICES

PROJECT PHASES

Pre-design, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documentation, Bidding Coordination, and Construction Administration Services.

PERMITTING

Process and coordinate the Consruction Documents into the City for review and building permit approval.

PROJECT COORDINATION

Technical and logistical coordination between the Client, the City, project consultants and engineers.

Colby Mayes is the founder and Design Principal of Mayes Office, a design practice established in 2004. Raised in Paducah, Kentucky, Colby earned a five-year Professional Bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky College of Architecture in 1997.

Following graduation, Colby worked for Daniel Libeskind in Berlin before moving to Southern California, where he joined Frank O. Gehry and Associates in 1998. During his six years with the firm, he served as an Associate Designer and contributed to a range of internationally recognized projects, including the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Maggie’s Cancer Centre in Scotland, and the Marques de Riscal Hotel in Elciego, Spain.

In founding Mayes Office, Colby brought this experience into an independent practice focused on creating buildings and spaces shaped by place, performance, and function and the needs of their clients. His work spans residential, multifamily, hospitality, retail, workplace, and cultural projects in a variety of settings.

With decades of experience in design, construction, project development, and management, Colby works closely with clients from conception through completion, bringing together design ambition, technical rigor, and practical understanding to realize thoughtful and enduring projects.

Timothy Walsh was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He pursued his undergraduate degree at the University of Utah before moving to Eugene, Oregon, to attend a graduate program at the University of Oregon. Upon completing his undergraduate work, he moved back to Salt Lake City and specialized in residential projects. Timothy joined Mayes Office in 2018 and is currently a senior designer. He brings a focus on sustainability, and has been instrumental in organizing MO's virtual reality department.