What We Design
LAT34° is a Wilmington, NC-based architecture firm licensed in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida, specializing in residential architecture, commercial architecture, custom homes, renovations, and additions. Each project is approached with thoughtful design, practical expertise, and a clear understanding of how spaces should look, feel, and function in real life.
Spend enough time around southeastern North Carolina, and you’ve likely seen our work in real life. We’ve had the honor of designing notable homes and spaces along this stretch of coast we call home.
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From custom homes to thoughtful renovations, LAT34° designs residential spaces that feel personal, functional, and rooted in the way people actually live. Whether it’s a new build, coastal home, addition, or full-scale renovation, each project is shaped around the site, the client’s goals, and the details that make a house feel like home.
This may include: custom homes, coastal homes, renovations, additions, detached garages, guest houses, outdoor living spaces, and residential planning.
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Commercial spaces need to work hard without feeling overworked. LAT34° designs office spaces, retail environments, hospitality projects, mixed-use spaces, and other commercial architecture throughout Wilmington, NC and the surrounding coastal region, with a focus on thoughtful design, efficient planning, and spaces that serve the people who use them every day.
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Good renovations do more than add square footage. LAT34° designs renovations and additions throughout Wilmington, NC and the surrounding coastal region, helping clients rework existing spaces, improve flow, and create additions that feel intentional, functional, and connected to the original structure.
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Not every project starts with a fully formed plan. LAT34° offers planning and design consultation for clients who are exploring a site, considering a renovation, weighing project feasibility, or simply need clear guidance before moving forward. This early-stage support helps define the next right step before the design process begins.
How It Comes Together
I. Start with the Why
Before drawings begin, we take time to understand what the space needs to hold: the people, the routines, the goals, and the way life or work will move through it. From there, we study the site, how the sun moves across it, where the light comes in, what the views are, and how each detail can shape the way the space feels.
II. Shape the Plan
This is where ideas become direction. Through concepts, drawings, materials, details, and collaboration, each phase brings the project into clearer focus, shaping a plan that feels thoughtful, buildable, and true to the way the space is meant to be lived in day after day.
III. Stay with the Build
Once construction begins, our role is to help carry the design intent through the decisions, details, and questions that come up along the way. We stay involved so the finished space reflects the care, thought, and purpose that shaped it from the start.
