Our office is located on Congress Street on the ground floor of a building dating to the turn of the last century. The conscious choice to situate ourselves in downtown Tucson reinforces the firm’s primary objective to be involved with the revitalization of the city core, the activation of the central urban environment and to maintain close relationships with the city officials and urban development. The local development services department and many of our projects are within walking distance. This Green Choice is a major step towards contributing to smart growth and to a more sustainable range of alternatives for inhabiting the Sonoran Desert.

Some of the green choices that we make every day at Rob Paulus Architect:

• Focus on LEED certified projects
• Focus on infill building, renovations + adaptive reuse:
  • Ice House Lofts
  • Barrio Metalico
  • indigoMODERN Lofts
  • One North Fifth (former MLK Jr. Apartment Building)
  • Julian Drew Warehouse + Condominium conversions
  • Tiberon Condominium conversion
  • La Placita Exterior Renovation / Residential conversion study
  • Dos Pedros Lofts
  • Orange Row Condominiums

• Many of us commute via bike or on foot to work
• 100% of office paper is recycled
• RobPaulus.com is hosted on a solar-powered web server (AISO)
• Use of compact fluorescent light fixtures throughout our office
• Use of all natural, chemical free products for office maintenance and cleaning
• Purchase of 100 Kilowatt hours of green power a month through Tucson Electric Power
• Support of local businesses and activities (i.e. haircuts @ the local barber shop, tamales from the farmer’s market)
• Support of local restaurants and bars within walking distance