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About us

Founded by Charles Markham in 2015, Corten Studio was established based on his keen interest in furniture, architecture, and design.

Approach

Approach

Cultivating collaborative relationships is at the heart of our approach to design and business. We see clients as partners who come to Corten Studio to help them meet challenges and fully realize their design vision. We bring extensive expertise in metalworking, design, and the landscape architecture industry to the table, with an attitude that anything can be done and done well.

Ethos

Ethos

It is part of our DNA and company culture that “No” does not exist. “I have been made to figure things out and to do something new and different all the time.” says Charles. “’No’ does not exist here. Come to us with your project challenges, and we can figure it out.”

Designed by us — shaped by you

Values

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Design

We’re committed to working with our customers to connect great products with great design through great people! Together, we build new and ground-breaking brands by keeping true to our values:

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Trust

We build Trust with our clients and partners.

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Process

We promote Teamwork throughout every stage of all our projects to provide the best service.

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Innovative
Products

We challenge the status quo through Innovation in our products.

Process

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Working with Corten Studio is a very simple process typically starting with a project consultation at your office or virtually. This is where we review your project and learn your vision for your landscape or roof terrace project.

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We then work closely with your design team to find out what products from the Corten Studio offering will be the best fit and obtain drawings when ready so we can put together preliminary costings and provide value added solutions to help maintain budget without compromising design vision.

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After preliminary budgets are presented and approved, we assist with specification and providing all necessary terminology and product codes for the contract documents. Even on some of the most complex custom projects, we can assign a specific specification number for that planter. This greatly improves the bid time and allows the contractors to call out a simple reference code that we can cost out.

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Once the contract has been awarded to a contractor, we finalize the contract and move into the shop drawings stage. This is where we field verify that everything is correct compared to the drawings, get the approval and sign off on the shop drawings, and move the planters into production. Once complete, we palletize the product and ship to site anywhere in North America. We look forward to working with you soon!