BUILDING HOUSES THAT WORK AS ONE

True Shelter exists to create healthy buildings, durable structures and efficient systems in service of beautiful design.

DEFINING WHAT GETS BUILT

We test the site, the budget and the client’s goals against each other, so the project begins with a number that holds.

PROVING IT ON PAPER

A dedicated pre-construction phase in which we learn the design in depth, build the budget from real bids, and work side by side with our clients until every detail is settled.

BUILDING ONE SYSTEM

A thousand things done extremely well, each fitted to the next, until structure, envelope and mechanical systems perform as one.