The professionals of High Plains Architects develop projects as Urban Frontier Development Services, LLC. We are better developers because of our architectural design experience, and we are better architects because of our development experience.
our mission
Using our design and development skills, Urban Frontier Development Services translates the market potential for high-performance housing and commercial spaces in walkable districts into constructed, occupied buildings that create economically vibrant, robust communities.
our vision
The towns and cities of Central and Eastern Montana have thriving, walkable neighborhoods and downtowns populated with quality, high-performance buildings that provide housing and a variety of commercial services.
Core Values
Community Orientation: We are driven by a genuine interest in improving the vitality and quality of life for communities of all sizes in Montana. While profit is necessary for the financial sustainability of the business and growth in support of the mission, the firm’s primary motivation is the betterment of the communities in which we work.
Integrity: While we are not perfect, we conduct our business with the utmost fidelity to truth and financial accuracy.
Homegrown Economic Vitality: Our philosophy of economic development is to support the ecosystem of local commercial exchange and investment by rebuilding human-scaled places with timeless community design patterns and high-performance buildings that do not depend on importing outside resources.
Environmental Regeneration: Healthy biosystems are the fundamental basis for life as we know it, and each and every project shall have dramatically better environmental performance than conventional practice and shall improve the local environment in the community.
Innovation: Using lessons learned from our experience, research in industry best practices, and metrics to gauge success, we continuously improve our development practices and product performance to achieve project goals and meet the growing challenges of the 21st century.