Architecture | Form Has a Role to Play
- Beniamin Mascovici
- Aug 29
- 2 min read
At ABM, we believe architecture is not a style. It’s a stance.
Our work begins with form—but not as an aesthetic decision. For us, form is responsibility. It has to hold meaning, respond to context, and solve real-world constraints. We don’t build for effect. We build for intention. Architecture is the one discipline where structure, utility, and expression must always speak the same language.
This is how we define it.
Form as Logic, Not Trend
You won’t find us chasing visual statements for the sake of novelty. That’s not where our practice lives. Instead, we start with proportion, rhythm, and scale—the basic grammar of architecture—and we build upward from there.
When a building works well, when it sits naturally within its site, when its sections and thresholds resolve cleanly—it shows. The result might appear simple, but simplicity is the reward of disciplined thinking.
We don’t ask “what will this look like?”
We ask: “What is the logic that demands this form?”
Listening to Site, Structure, and People
Architecture exists in dialogue. Every site has something to say—about its orientation, topography, history, or use patterns. We listen carefully before we draw. Sometimes the building needs to retreat. Sometimes it needs to assert itself. The goal is always the same: harmony between purpose and presence.
We also build around people. Not personas. Not hypothetical users. Real people, doing real things. Our spaces are designed to be experienced on foot, in motion, in daily life—not just photographed.
The Details are Not Afterthoughts
We believe architectural thinking doesn’t end with a signed permit set. It continues into the construction phase, the material choices, the joints, and the transitions. It’s in how the light enters the space at 3:15pm in February. It’s in how a concrete edge meets glass—how it feels when you stand close to it.
The details matter because they reinforce the idea behind the form. They don’t distract. They support.
This level of authorship is part of the architecture. And we stay with it until it’s built.
What We’re Building Toward
Our architecture is not meant to be flashy or fashionable. It’s meant to last. And not just physically—but spatially, emotionally, culturally. We want our buildings to feel grounded five years from now, and fifty years from now.
Because buildings aren’t just forms.
They’re definitions.
And for us, form will always have a role to play.
Let’s Define Something Together.
Whether you’re shaping a space, launching a vision, or rethinking what your building can do ABM brings design clarity to complexity. We’d love to hear about your project.
