deMx architecture is a young design-oriented architecture firm in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The firm was founded by Tim de Noble, former department head of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, and our managing principal, Tim Maddox, AIA.
We were founded with a belief that vernacular building types are the buildings that we could learn our greatest lessons from. Vernacular buildings, such as barns, sheds, silos, and local houses all exhibit our most essential responses to the environment. They are built, almost by definition, with context and function being priority. These buildings are not built with style or prestige in mind, and therefore they age with grace, gaining value over time and do not reflect trends or dated values.
Our other inspiration, Modernism, is dependent on the ideals of material production and assembly. Like vernacularism, Modernism was absent of an Architectural Style and the market forces that drove those styles. Modernism focused on appropriate and efficient material use and the design's response to its site.
Our practice combines these two design approaches, which allows us to pursue sustainable practices rooted in efficiency, appropriate material choices, and contextual response. We strive to make efficient, rational decisions that are not dictated by style. It is our belief that an architecture of dignity emerges from these ideals.