Rise Design & Co

Rise Design & Co works out of 711 Atlantic Ave in Boston and files itself on Houzz under building designers and drafters — though its own text calls the practice Rise Architecture. Either way this is a drawing-and-engineering shop first: architectural design and drawings, floor plans, 3D rendering, structural engineering, accessory dwelling units, and design-build work up to custom homes and new construction. The 14 published projects show unusual range for a small practice — mosque architecture, a mid-century modern multi-family design build, a waterfront beachside project, a French country retreat and a custom modern craftsman. The credentials it lists are worth pinning down. Alongside a Master of Architecture, the profile claims an HIC registration and an unrestricted construction supervisor licence, but neither carries a number, so neither can be checked from the listing. Ask for both numbers and confirm them with the state. Houzz publishes no reviews for the practice, so there is no rating here. The right call if you want drawings, permits and engineering for an addition, an ADU or a new build in Greater Boston or on the North Shore — Nahant is among the 44 places it lists. Worth asking which of those projects it designed only, and which it also built.