The most incompetent architect anyone could waste money on. She cost tens of thousands in Changes…read moreshe designed wrong. When I asked her before the inspections about these designs because I didn't think they would pass she started cursing and texting nasty. You would be more of a fool than her to even waste the time calling her. I don't know a good architect locally but I know she is the worst I have used in 30 years.

From the owner: Christine Balint has over 30 years of experience designing custom new buildings, additions and…read morealterations for residential and commercial clients. She is a very good listener and offers patient attention to each individual client's needs and designs innovative solutions to the unique challenges of every project. Your dreams and budget are respected while functional and aesthetic objectives are met.

I'm so happy that we found Kiro Engineering. We received an honest and extremely helpful assessment…read moreof our home. Mina was thorough, took his time to provide explanations for his recommendations and his fee was very reasonable. I highly recommend Kiro Engineering.

I wish there were an option for 50000 stars!!! This is an honest and above board company/owner!…read more Absolutely the most refreshing, high integrity, professional...the kind you rarely see these days!!! Mina (the owner) is amazingly kind, professional, and honest - a beautiful person who explains everything comprehensively and reviews with you the exact problems (if any) and viable options. He has given me a renewed faith in my fellow man! Incredible businessman who I would urge you to use because he can be trusted 100% and works to save you as much money as he can. He's got no ulterior motive as he doesn't do any of the work himself...he said he wouldn't do that because it would be a conflict of interest. Incredible!!!

Jim may seem like he knows what he is doing but in my case he made a massive error and I spent 18…read moremonths designing a massive addition only to find out again 18 months later that Jim determined that my home did not meet the local flood zone requirements. We spent hundreds and hundreds of hours on this plan that was tied to a full backyard design and so much more...along with 3 in person meetings to review the plans (2 hours each) to find out Jim skipped step 1!!!!....which would have avoided all of the wasted time and extensive cost to me financially. When I tried to obtain a full refund for just my outlay of dollars to Jim this was a monumental effort to correct his wrong. Jim blamed me for the error stating I as the homeowner stated the home did not need to be raised. While my home does not need to be raised as is the architectural addition required my home to be raised 1 foot for the addition which was a very specific zoning/architectural rule. This change would have cost 200k plus not to mention all the plans would have to be redone along with obtaining a height variance. Jim never did his proper due diligence and instead continued to blame me as I tried to get my money. I still as of today 6 months later have not received 2k back from Jim as he claims this is still owed to him even though step 1 was missed and if done properly the cost of the 2k would have never occurred along with everything else that his mistake cost me. Again while all may look fine from pics and the sales pitch, I would ensure you do extensive research as I would never recommend Jim/this business to do any such work specifically as a result of the poor business practices. If I could have given zero stars I would have as while mistakes happen there are standard business practices to be taken to make a correction and for Jim to still hold 2k of my money says it all. Jim,(reply to Jim's reply) You clearly have no concern about your clients time or money....your response below was ridiculous as in your last email to me you Assumed my home meets flood requirements!!! Then blame me.... I am not the expert...do your due diligence. Also, it says it all that for 2k you continue to have this public debate about your unprofessional business practices ..I am happy to speak to any person even considering using Jim to share my extremely poor experience and what was void in all that occurred in my case. I have tons of emails that show proof of all that is on this review....

From the owner: Our company specializes in residential and commercial architecture, as well as a design-build…read morefunction by partnering with Coastal Design Build to create custom homes and remodels.

I paid Axis Architectural nearly $10,000 (double the market rate) expecting premium service in…read moreMontclair NJ, but the entire project was handed off to Paulina from P&A2 Studios, who was rude, unresponsive, and poor at basic communication. It took over two months to get drawings because she kept re-measuring, and the final plans didn't reflect what we asked for. Questions were met with vague, delayed replies, and we ended up scrapping the entire plan and hiring another architect. Overall, a very frustrating and disappointing experience -- I would not recommend working with them. In hindsight, I should have looked at yelp for reviews.

This was the worst experience that I have ever had with an architect and this is my third…read morerenovation project. P+a2 studio came to the home and did their measurements and proceeded to draw up the plans. When they presented the plans to my contractor, he noticed that they had a lolly column that they wanted to go through the middle of my steam boiler. The boiler is brand new and instead of her stating that she made a mistake she tried to argue with my contractor that we could either move the steam boiler back or build another useless wall. This company is incompetent. They decided since they got the design wrong the first time that they would go back to the drawing board and try to come up with something else. If you are looking for a company that communicates well, creates designs that take all factors into consideration-please do not choose P+a2 Studio. Beware! P+a2 studio : located 972 Broad Street, 5th Floor, Newark, NJ, 07102