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Teall Messer Architect is a Bay Area architectural design firm.  Our friendly size and over 30 years of design work ensure a client experience based around your unique needs.   We listen.  We listen to our client's challenges and make those our own.   We can work with any budget.  In true Santa Cruz tradition, we believe that design is fun;   serious fun but fun nonetheless.

Successful design is a seamless blend of function, beauty and sustainability.  Teall Messer Architect balances this dynamic vision with a proven understanding of building codes and planning department requirements.  We look forward to helping you make your dream a reality.

Teall Messer Architect has completed several large and small projects pro bono.   The CASA of Santa Cruz offices, LIbrary Friends bookstore and the addition at the Dientes Dental Clinic are three outstanding pro bono projects.  Teall runs a service that connects non-profits needing pro-bono help with willing designers.  http://probonoarchitectsantacurz.org