Interior · Landscape · Architecture · Louisiana
Drafting Buddies delivers architectural, interior and landscape design for Louisiana homeowners, developers, architects and contractors - coordinated as a single design process built around the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code (LSUCC), parish zoning and the Gulf Coast's wind and flood realities.
Drafting Buddies · Louisiana Design Studio
Coordinated
Architecture · Interior · Landscape
One coordinated design, Louisiana site
ARC
Architectural Design
INT
Interior Design
LND
Landscape Design
ARCH · INTERIOR · LANDSCAPE - COORDINATED SET
in-house drafters
projects delivered
typical turnaround
Coordinated Design
Most firms hand a Louisiana project between three separate teams - an architect for the shell, a designer for the interiors, a landscaper for the yard - and the seams show. We keep architectural, interior and landscape design under one roof, so a floor plan, its finishes and the site around it are developed together from the start, and every discipline already accounts for the parish setback lines, drainage requirements and hurricane-zone detailing your project has to answer to.
That process is built around the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code (LSUCC), parish zoning and the wind and flood conditions Gulf Coast sites have to meet, from early concept through construction documents in Revit, AutoCAD and SketchUp.
Statewide coverage is listed on our Louisiana drafting services page.
What We Design
Twelve services across three disciplines - architecture, interior and landscape - each delivered by designers who work Louisiana projects daily.
01 · Architecture
Custom home, addition and renovation design for Louisiana homeowners, from early concept through construction-ready plans. We design floor plans, elevations and envelope details that already account for LSUCC requirements, elevated-foundation conditions in flood-prone parishes, and the roof and glazing detailing coastal wind zones call for.
02 · Architecture
Office, retail, hospitality and mixed-use architectural design for Louisiana developers and business owners. We take a project from schematic design through design development, coordinating massing, egress and code-driven layout decisions early so the design holds up through parish plan review without major rework.
03 · Architecture
Full permit and construction drawing sets - plans, elevations, sections, details and schedules - prepared to the submittal standards individual Louisiana parishes require. We tailor documentation to each jurisdiction's checklist, whether that's Orleans Parish, East Baton Rouge or a smaller parish office with its own review process.
04 · Architecture
CAD drafting and BIM modeling in support of any architectural design phase, from hand sketches converted to digital plans through fully coordinated 3D models. We hand off clean, well-organized files your team can keep building on, or manage the full documentation set ourselves.
05 · Interior Design
Space planning, finish selection and furniture layout for Louisiana homes, developed with the architectural floor plan so finishes and the shell stay aligned. Plans account for humidity, elevated foundations in flood-prone parishes, and the actual building footprint, whether it is a New Orleans renovation or a new home in Baton Rouge.
06 · Interior Design
Office, retail, hotel and restaurant interiors for Louisiana developers and business owners. Layout, egress and finish packages are coordinated with the architectural shell so the interior holds through parish plan review without a separate redesign.
07 · Interior Design
Kitchen and bath design for Louisiana renovations and new homes - cabinet elevations, fixture placement and plumbing coordination drawn to the actual building footprint, including clearance and elevation conditions flood-prone parishes require.
08 · Interior Design
Standalone space planning and CAD drafting when a project needs accurate layouts without a full design package - furniture layouts, adjacency studies and reflected ceiling plans in AutoCAD, Revit or SketchUp, ready for a parish reviewer or a construction team.
09 · Landscape
Front yard, garden and outdoor-living design for Louisiana homes. Planting, grading and drainage are selected for high rainfall, humidity and, in some parishes, flood-prone soils, and coordinated with local stormwater and landscape ordinances.
10 · Landscape
Landscape design for office, retail, hospitality and mixed-use sites across Louisiana. Planting, screening and grading plans are coordinated with the architectural set and the parish drainage requirements the site has to meet.
11 · Landscape
Patios, walkways, outdoor kitchens and site hardscape drawn as dimensioned plans. Materials, grading and drainage are detailed for Louisiana rainfall and, on coastal lots, the wind and flood conditions the parish will review.
12 · Landscape
Construction-ready landscape CAD drawings - grading, planting schedules, irrigation and detail sheets formatted for parish submittal. When a concept already exists, we convert it into a buildable set checked against local stormwater and landscape ordinances.
Industries We Serve
From New Orleans residential renovations to Baton Rouge corporate campuses, our design teams work the sectors that define Louisiana development.
Custom homes, additions and full-home renovation design.
Apartment and townhome architectural and interior design.
Office, retail and mixed-use design and space planning.
Hotel and restaurant architecture and interior design.
Clinic and medical-office architectural and interior design.
Workplace design and office space planning.
School and campus architectural and landscape design.
Municipal and public-building design services.
Why Drafting Buddies
Architecture, interior and landscape design coordinated together instead of handed off between separate firms.
We design to LSUCC and account for the zoning, setback and design-review variation that differs by parish.
A large enough bench to staff multi-discipline projects without bottlenecking on one person.
Track record across residential, commercial, hospitality and institutional design nationwide.
Fast cycle times that keep design and permitting schedules moving.
Material, planting and drainage choices suited to Louisiana's humidity, rainfall and hurricane-season conditions.
Software We Work In
The platform is matched to the discipline and the deliverable. Production runs in Revit and AutoCAD, landscape documentation in Vectorworks Landmark, and visualization in SketchUp, 3ds Max, V-Ray, Lumion and Enscape.
Built Around Louisiana's Codes
Louisiana design work is shaped by statewide code adoption plus parish-level zoning, drainage and review requirements. Our designs account for these from the start.
Statewide code based on the 2021 IBC and 2021 IRC with Louisiana-specific amendments, enforced by parish building officials.
Zoning classifications, setback lines and lot-coverage limits vary by parish; we design site plans to the applicable local requirements.
Flood-zone parishes require finished-floor elevations tied to base flood elevation data, which we factor into residential and site design.
Coastal and near-coastal parishes fall in high design-wind-speed zones, shaping roof, glazing and structural connection decisions.
Districts such as New Orleans' historic neighborhoods carry their own design-review criteria, which we design to when a project requires it.
Drainage, screening and landscape ordinances vary by municipality; we coordinate planting and grading plans to meet local requirements.
Where We Work
We serve homeowners, developers, architects and contractors statewide, with remote delivery available anywhere in Louisiana. See related work in our portfolio.
Orleans Parish
East Baton Rouge Parish
Caddo Parish
Lafayette Parish
Calcasieu Parish
Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish
Bossier Parish
Ouachita Parish
Rapides Parish
Terrebonne Parish
St. Tammany Parish
Client Feedback
Having architecture, interiors and landscape handled by one team meant the finish schedule and planting plan actually matched the floor plan - no chasing three vendors to fix conflicts.
Design-Build Owner
Residential renovation firm, New Orleans
The restaurant interior came back already coordinated with the architectural shell and the parish review notes we had flagged.
Operations Manager
Hospitality group, Baton Rouge
The landscape plan for our site accounted for drainage and flood elevation before we had to ask for it.
Development Manager
Multifamily developer, Lafayette
Common questions about our Louisiana design services
Yes. Our architectural teams design to the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code (LSUCC), based on the 2021 IBC/IRC with state amendments, and account for parish-level zoning, setback and historic-district review requirements that vary across Louisiana.
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