Team - Mayes Office

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ABOUT MAYES OFFICE (MO)

Founded in 2004, MAYES OFFICE (MO) is a multidisciplinary boutique studio engaged in the design of thoughtful, context-driven projects across North America. Our diverse portfolio encompasses a wide range of typologies and scales—from custom residences and multi-family developments to hospitality venues, retail spaces, office environments, cultural facilities, and purposefully designed hardscapes. We believe that design should do more than serve a function—it should evoke emotion, elevate the human experience, and contribute positively to its context. Our goal is to craft spaces that meet practical needs while inspiring the senses, enriching daily life, and supporting the well-being of individuals and communities.

A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS

At MO, we view client collaboration as essential to every project's success. Each client is unique, and so is each project. From the earliest stages, we work closely with our clients to understand their vision, values, and aspirations. This dialogue-driven process ensures that their ideas and feedback are embedded into the design, resulting in spaces that are both highly personal and deeply responsive to their needs.

A HOLISTIC, ADAPTIVE APPROACH

Our design approach is holistic and grounded in a deep understanding of each project’s context—its goals, constraints, environment, and cultural setting. We see every project as a balance of challenges and opportunities, requiring a flexible, adaptive process to deliver the most thoughtful results.

By considering a project's entire lifecycle, we emphasize performance, sustainability, and wellness. We strive to create work that integrates harmoniously with its surroundings while addressing social and environmental impacts—producing buildings that is not only high-performing, but enduringly meaningful.

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 was raised in Paducah, Kentucky. He earned a 5 year-Professional Bachelor's Degree from the University of Kentucky, College of Architecture, in 1997.

In 1997 he worked for Daniel Libeskind in Berlin, Germany then moved to Southern California to work for Frank O. Gehry and Associates (FOGA) |from 1998-2004. During Colby's tenure at FOGA as Associate Designer, he participated in many of the firm's most innovative and award-winning projects both nationally and internationally. Most notably was Mayes's design and technical contributions to the Marques de Riscal Hotel in Elciego, Spain, which has become Frank Gehry's most recognized international hotel to date. Other national and international projects Mayes was involved in during his tenure at Frank O. Gehry's include: the New Guggenheim Museum, New York City; Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO); Canada; Astor Place Hotel, New York City; Maggie's Cancer Center in Scotland; and The Art of the Motorcycle exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, New York City.

In 2004, he founded Mayes Office and is the CEO and design principal. He brings decades of experience in design, construction, project development, and management to the office to assist our Clients in achieving their goals and realizing their 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.