With headquarters spanning two continents, serving diverse communities across a gamut of geographic and sociocultural contexts, Gilbert Balinda Architects is dedicated to designing architectural, structural and spatial programmes that respond to the critical challenges of contemporary real world experience. The studio'swork is deeply informed by cultural context, collective memory and human connections. We undertake all our work, irrespective of scale or sector, in the pursuit of value creation. We achieve this by way of four criteria – efficiency, impact, sustainability and innovation.Beyond the technical and aesthetic responsibilities of an architect, we see our role as that of a changemaker and custodian – representing the interests and identity of people, understanding how place forms an intimate part of their social, emotional and environmental wellbeing, and finding ways to positively shape collective experiences.