About

Align Adjust Design Studio, Inc. was founded in March 2023 aiming to produce residences that are comfortable, healthy, and durable for their occupants.

The mantra, and goal for each project is as follows :

Clean, Simple, Useful –

Well Designed and Well Built.

High-performance architecture refers to the design and construction of buildings or structures that prioritize exceptional efficiency, sustainability, and functionality. This approach focuses on optimizing various aspects such as energy use, material efficiency, indoor environmental quality, and overall system performance to achieve superior outcomes. Key elements of high-performance architecture include:
  1. Energy Efficiency: Minimizing energy consumption through innovative design strategies, advanced insulation, and efficient HVAC systems.
  2. Sustainability: Using eco-friendly materials, reducing waste, and incorporating renewable energy sources like solar or wind power.
  3. Comfort and Health: Ensuring good indoor air quality, natural lighting, and thermal comfort to promote the well-being of occupants.
  4. Smart Technology: Integrating intelligent building systems for monitoring and controlling energy use, lighting, and security.
  5. Durability and Resilience: Designing structures to withstand environmental stresses, such as extreme weather, and to have a long lifecycle.

In essence, high-performance architecture aims to create buildings that are not only energy-efficient and environmentally responsible but also comfortable, healthy, and durable for their users.

As a small practice, founding principal, Martin Kropf, AIA handles all aspects of project design, client interaction and site visits.

As a Certified Passive House Designer (CPHD), a registered architect (California & New York) and active member of the American Institute of Architects, Martin has worked on numerous single family residences as well as commercial and institutional projects over the past 15 years of industry experience.

He received his Master of Architecture from Pratt Institute’s Graduate School of Architecture and Planning, and his Bachelor of Arts from New York University; majoring in Psychology.
His studies in psychology translate into an appreciation of how the human experience exists within the built environment — and how that experience can be enhanced through architecture and design.