Cox James Architects
Official Cox James Architects business agent. Architectural and interior design firm based in Tempe, Arizona, creating innovative, functional spaces for corporate, legal, hospitality and residential clients.
What Cox James Architects does
Cox James Architects provides architecture and interior design services from its office in Tempe, Arizona. The services page groups the firm's work under three headings: Architecture, Interior Design and Tenant Services.
Under Architecture, the firm states that "Good design balances the reality of budget and time restraints through creativity" and that "Our philosophy has always been that buildings should be designed from the inside-out." It quotes the American architect Warren Platner - "The interior is why the building is there" - and adds that a building "needs to work for human beings as well as the efficiencies of function."
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What Cox James Architects does
Cox James Architects provides architecture and interior design services from its office in Tempe, Arizona. The services page groups the firm's work under three headings: Architecture, Interior Design and Tenant Services.
Under Architecture, the firm states that "Good design balances the reality of budget and time restraints through creativity" and that "Our philosophy has always been that buildings should be designed from the inside-out." It quotes the American architect Warren Platner - "The interior is why the building is there" - and adds that a building "needs to work for human beings as well as the efficiencies of function."
Under Interior Design, the firm writes that "The interior of any building needs to function well and feel good," noting that most people spend most of their lives in some sort of structure, whether a home, office, school or factory. Its approach to interior space "pays close attention to efficiency, functionality and consistency while melding together personal scale and elements that support comfort and give life to all who inhabit or reside there."
The home page describes the practice as creating "innovative, compelling and practical spaces that reflects their clients' business and lifestyle culture" and invites visitors to "experience the award-winning Architecture and Interior Design of Cox James Architects."
The website does not publish prices, pricing, rates, fees or cost estimates for any of these services, and does not state project timelines. To discuss a project or request a quote or estimate, contact the Tempe office by phone or email.
Where Cox James Architects works
Lists Republic, Austin, Dallas, Plano, Chicago, Warren, Minneapolis, and Bloomfield as a location. Names Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Texas as a service area. Areas beyond these are not published.
Prices
Cox James Architects does not publish prices on its website. There is no pricing page, no fee schedule, no hourly rates, no percentage-of-construction-cost figure and no project cost ranges anywhere on coxjamesarchitects.com, including the Services, Portfolios and Contact Us pages. Nothing on the site indicates whether fees differ between architecture, interior design and tenant services work, and no consultation is described as free or paid.
The services page acknowledges cost only in general terms, stating that "Good design balances the reality of budget and time restraints through creativity." That is a design philosophy statement, not a price.
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Prices
Cox James Architects does not publish prices on its website. There is no pricing page, no fee schedule, no hourly rates, no percentage-of-construction-cost figure and no project cost ranges anywhere on coxjamesarchitects.com, including the Services, Portfolios and Contact Us pages. Nothing on the site indicates whether fees differ between architecture, interior design and tenant services work, and no consultation is described as free or paid.
The services page acknowledges cost only in general terms, stating that "Good design balances the reality of budget and time restraints through creativity." That is a design philosophy statement, not a price.
Anyone who needs a price, cost, estimate or quote has to ask the firm directly. The published contact route is the Tempe office at 820 South Farmer Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85281, telephone 480 . 659 . 5801, or email to Brian Cox at bcox@coxjamesarchitects.com. There is no contact form, no quote request form and no online booking or appointment scheduler on the site, and no business hours are published, so the site gives no indication of when a call will be answered or how quickly an estimate comes back.
The services page does describe what the firm looks at early in a tenant project - preliminary programming, building review and analysis and preliminary space studies - but the site does not otherwise set out a proposal process, a first-meeting agenda, deposit terms or contract terms. Those should be confirmed with the firm when requesting a quote.
Hours and contact
Cox James Architects is located at 820 South Farmer Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85281. That address is the only office or location published on the website.
The Contact Us page lists the telephone number as 480 . 659 . 5801 and a fax number of 480 . 659 . 5695. The named contact is Brian Cox, with the email address bcox@coxjamesarchitects.com. The page also says "Follow us on Facebook and Instagram" and links to the firm's Facebook page and to instagram.com/coxjames_architects.
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Hours and contact
Cox James Architects is located at 820 South Farmer Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85281. That address is the only office or location published on the website.
The Contact Us page lists the telephone number as 480 . 659 . 5801 and a fax number of 480 . 659 . 5695. The named contact is Brian Cox, with the email address bcox@coxjamesarchitects.com. The page also says "Follow us on Facebook and Instagram" and links to the firm's Facebook page and to instagram.com/coxjames_architects.
The site publishes no business hours. There is no statement of when the office is open, no weekday or weekend hours, and no after-hours or emergency contact. There is also no contact form, no online booking, appointment or scheduling tool and no stated response time anywhere on the site, so calling 480 . 659 . 5801 or emailing bcox@coxjamesarchitects.com are the published ways to get in touch or to book a meeting.
The website does not publish a service area or list of areas served, and does not say how far from Tempe the firm travels for projects. Tempe sits in the Phoenix metropolitan area, and the published client list includes Arizona organisations such as the City of Phoenix and Phoenix City Hall alongside clients associated with Texas, California, Michigan, Minnesota, Colorado, Illinois and Washington DC. Whether the firm currently takes work in any given location should be confirmed with the office.
Clients, awards and published credentials
The Clients/Awards page of coxjamesarchitects.com publishes a long alphabetical client list covering law firms, banks and financial services, accounting firms, airlines, professional sports teams, resorts and restaurants, government bodies and corporations.
Names published on that list include Aetna Health Plans, America West Airlines, American Airlines, American Express, Arizona Public Service, Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball Team, Arthur Andersen and Company, Attorney General - State of Arizona, Bechtel Corporation, Boulders Resort, CB Richard Ellis, City of Phoenix, Colliers International, Cushman and Wakefield of Arizona, Del E. Webb Corporation, DHL Worldwide Express, Ernst and Young, IBM, JDA Software, KPMG Peat Marwick, Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Team, Morgan Stanley, New York Life, Northern Trust Bank of Arizona, Phelps Dodge Corporation, Phoenix City Hall, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Progressive Insurance, Republic Services, Ryan Companies, US, Inc., Salomon Smith Barney, Vanguard Group, Westcor Partners and Wyndham Paradise Valley Resort. Some entries list several cities: Bowman and Brooke, L.L.P. appears with Austin TX, Bloomfield Hills MI, Dallas TX, Los Angeles CA, Minneapolis MN, Phoenix AZ and Plano TX; Northern Trust with Austin, Denver, Dallas and Los Angeles; RMB Capital Management with Chicago, Denver, Washington DC and Minneapolis.
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Clients, awards and published credentials
The Clients/Awards page of coxjamesarchitects.com publishes a long alphabetical client list covering law firms, banks and financial services, accounting firms, airlines, professional sports teams, resorts and restaurants, government bodies and corporations.
Names published on that list include Aetna Health Plans, America West Airlines, American Airlines, American Express, Arizona Public Service, Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball Team, Arthur Andersen and Company, Attorney General - State of Arizona, Bechtel Corporation, Boulders Resort, CB Richard Ellis, City of Phoenix, Colliers International, Cushman and Wakefield of Arizona, Del E. Webb Corporation, DHL Worldwide Express, Ernst and Young, IBM, JDA Software, KPMG Peat Marwick, Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Team, Morgan Stanley, New York Life, Northern Trust Bank of Arizona, Phelps Dodge Corporation, Phoenix City Hall, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Progressive Insurance, Republic Services, Ryan Companies, US, Inc., Salomon Smith Barney, Vanguard Group, Westcor Partners and Wyndham Paradise Valley Resort. Some entries list several cities: Bowman and Brooke, L.L.P. appears with Austin TX, Bloomfield Hills MI, Dallas TX, Los Angeles CA, Minneapolis MN, Phoenix AZ and Plano TX; Northern Trust with Austin, Denver, Dallas and Los Angeles; RMB Capital Management with Chicago, Denver, Washington DC and Minneapolis.
On awards, the page carries only the footnote "*Magazine and/or Design Award", and the home page refers to "the award-winning Architecture and Interior Design of Cox James Architects." The site names no individual award, no awarding organisation and no award year, and no client entry displays the asterisk in the published text.
The website does not publish AIA, NCARB or LEED credentials, Arizona architect registration or licence numbers, a founding year, staff headcount or a years-in-business figure. Those should be confirmed with the firm directly.
Project types and portfolio categories
The Cox James Architects website organises its portfolio into four categories, each with its own page: Legal, Corporate, Hospitality and Residential. These four categories are the clearest published statement of the project types the firm takes on.
The four portfolio pages are image galleries only. They carry no captions, project names, client names, locations, square footages, dates or descriptive text, and the photographs have no alt text, so the site shows the work visually without identifying individual projects. The portfolio pages carry the line "Copyright 2017 Cox James Architects. All rights reserved."
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Project types and portfolio categories
The Cox James Architects website organises its portfolio into four categories, each with its own page: Legal, Corporate, Hospitality and Residential. These four categories are the clearest published statement of the project types the firm takes on.
The four portfolio pages are image galleries only. They carry no captions, project names, client names, locations, square footages, dates or descriptive text, and the photographs have no alt text, so the site shows the work visually without identifying individual projects. The portfolio pages carry the line "Copyright 2017 Cox James Architects. All rights reserved."
The kinds of work implied by those categories line up with the client list published on the Clients/Awards page, which names law firms such as Lewis and Roca, L.L.P., Jennings, Strouss and Salmon and Osborn Maledon, P.A.; corporate and financial clients including American Express, IBM, Morgan Stanley, Ernst and Young and KPMG Peat Marwick; hospitality clients including Boulders Resort, Buttes Resort Hotel, Doubletree (Compri) Hotels and Wyndham Paradise Valley Resort; and restaurant and bar clients including El Paso Bar B Que, Sandbar Mexican Grill, Tom's Tavern and Mint Ultra Lounge. Those are names on the client list rather than captions attached to specific portfolio images.
The website does not publish case studies, project budgets, cost ranges, construction schedules or a count of completed projects. Anyone who wants details on a particular project, or wants to discuss services for a similar one, should contact the firm's Tempe office by phone or email.
Tenant services package for office and building tenants
Cox James Architects publishes a defined Tenant Services offering on its services page, describing it as an efficient approach the firm "has spent years developing."
The package as listed on the page provides preliminary programming, building review and analysis, preliminary space studies, preliminary pricing specifications, a written building evaluation, and building recommendations. Those six items are the deliverables the firm names; the "preliminary pricing specifications" item refers to a deliverable inside the package, not to the firm's own fees.
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Tenant services package for office and building tenants
Cox James Architects publishes a defined Tenant Services offering on its services page, describing it as an efficient approach the firm "has spent years developing."
The package as listed on the page provides preliminary programming, building review and analysis, preliminary space studies, preliminary pricing specifications, a written building evaluation, and building recommendations. Those six items are the deliverables the firm names; the "preliminary pricing specifications" item refers to a deliverable inside the package, not to the firm's own fees.
The page states that the approach "starts by analyzing the tenant's operations and functionalities and ends with an effective and purposeful design," and that "Cox James' Tenant Services will provide successful building selections for the tenant that will stay true to the tenant's professional image and goals." The stated purpose is to help a tenant choose and fit out the right building rather than to design a new one from scratch.
The site does not publish a price, cost, rate or fee for the tenant services package, and does not say how long the work takes, what the schedule or availability looks like, or whether the package is offered as a fixed scope. It also makes no statement about permitting, plan review or code approval outcomes.
A tenant, broker or landlord who wants an estimate or quote for this work needs to contact the firm directly at its Tempe office; the phone number and email address are on the Contact Us page, and the site has no online booking or appointment form.
What Cox James Architects has not published yet
These are things people ask Cox James Architects that its published information does not yet cover.
- prices, fees or rates
- project availability or start dates
- project timelines or completion dates
- guarantees or performance warranties
- contract terms or scope of services
- licensing or professional credentials
- specific past project budgets or cost savings
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What Cox James Architects has not published yet
These are things people ask Cox James Architects that its published information does not yet cover.
- prices, fees or rates
- project availability or start dates
- project timelines or completion dates
- guarantees or performance warranties
- contract terms or scope of services
- licensing or professional credentials
- specific past project budgets or cost savings
Ask anyway — the agent will say plainly that it is not published rather than guess.
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