For Architects & Designers | Levitate Construction

Why architects work with us.

A commercial construction background means real preconstruction discipline: constructability review, honest budgeting before ground is broken, and a schedule that holds. That protects your design from the value-engineering conversations that happen when a budget was never realistic to begin with.

On site, that same rigor means fewer unapproved deviations from the drawings and clearer communication when a field condition genuinely requires a decision.

We also build with insulated concrete forms from footings to roof, engineered around large openings, vaulted spaces, and open plans. See how we build with ICF.

Details we build.

Design intent lives in the details. Here are a few from The Retreat.

Covered deck framed by board-and-batten wood siding at a custom home in Wasatch County, Utah — Board-and-batten siding

Exterior-grade wood siding with 2×2 battens at 6½" on center.

ICF exterior walls rising to the roof line of a custom home in Wasatch County, Utah — ICF to the roof line

Every exterior and interior bearing wall in insulated concrete, engineered around large openings for floor-to-ceiling glass.

Heavy timber posts and beams for the covered deck of an ICF custom home in Wasatch County, Utah — Heavy timber structure

Exposed timber posts and beams at the covered deck.

Floor-to-ceiling screen wall of matte black aluminum battens rising beside a lit staircase in a custom home in Wasatch County, Utah — Floor-to-ceiling screen wall

Matte black Knotwood 2×6 aluminum battens at roughly 3½" on center, separating the primary suite from the family room while keeping light and openness between the spaces.

Custom built-in bunk room with integrated lighting, ladders, and storage in a custom home in Wasatch County, Utah — Built-in millwork

Custom bunk room with integrated lighting, ladders, and storage.

Engineered boulder retaining walls on the hillside site of an ICF custom home in Wasatch County, Utah — Hillside site work

Engineered boulder retaining walls on a steep lot.

Black acoustic rubber mat laid across the main level of a custom home under construction in Wasatch County, Utah, before the sheathing layers go down — Decoupled acoustic floor

Main level built as a floating sound floor: ½"–1" self-leveling underlayment, ½" acoustic rubber mat, and two layers of ¾" T&G sheathing. The first layer is glued to the mat, and the layers are screwed together but never through the mat, so no fasteners bridge the isolation layer.

Section diagram of the decoupled acoustic floor: engineered wood flooring over two layers of 3/4-inch tongue-and-groove sheathing, a 1/2-inch acoustic rubber mat, and self-leveling underlayment on the structural floor, with screws stopping above the mat — Decoupled acoustic floor

Main level built as a floating sound floor: ½"–1" self-leveling underlayment, ½" acoustic rubber mat, and two layers of ¾" T&G sheathing. The first layer is glued to the mat, and the layers are screwed together but never through the mat, so no fasteners bridge the isolation layer.

From structure to finish.

Great room structure with vaulted ceilings in an ICF custom home under construction in Wasatch County, Utah — Framing

Finished great room with a two-sided fireplace and vaulted ceilings in an ICF custom home in Wasatch County, Utah — Finished

How We Collaborate

What working together looks like.

Preconstruction Input

Brought in early, we pressure-test constructability and budget before the design is finalized — not after.

Direct Communication

You work directly with the person managing your project, not a rotating cast of supers and PMs.

Site-Specific Experience

Steep lots, mountain access, and HOA and architectural review in Summit and Wasatch County.