ARTEFACT studio Inc. is an architectural design firm comprised of engineering and architecture experts, headquartered in Southwest Florida.
We provide comprehensive architectural design services, including feasibility studies, planning and interior design with a focus on corporate, educational, retail, residential, hospitality, transportation and master planning.
Ask our clients what made them choose us and you’re likely to get many different answers. There’s one thing they all agree on: We deliver outstanding results in record time and on budget.
Approach
At ARTEFACT studio, our balanced design approach and collaborative process allow us to design projects that improve the way people live, work, and learn.
Projects get their start based upon scope, budget, and timeframe. New ideas, functionality, and a superior level of client service bring every project to life.
We do not impose pre-conceived design solutions or stylistic tendencies. Instead we listen and understand the vision and needs of each client.
We take on challenges—such as site conditions, schedules, and budgets—as opportunities that can spark the most innovative and unique solutions.
Every project is guided from schematic design through the successful completion of construction.
The results are distinctive, practical designs that realize the project intention at the highest standards.
TEAM
Fabian Behague
Managing principal Fabian Behague was born and raised in Brussels, Belgium. He began his formal study at Institut St. Luc in Brussels, where he earned his professional degree in 1998.
Immediately upon graduation, Mr. Behague's entrepreneurial spirit led him to open his own firm, handling numerous commercial projects throughout Europe.
Relocating to the U.S. in 2004, Mr. Behague settled in Miami, where he gained invaluable experience and acclimation to the procedures and building process used in the U.S. His work included projects in collaboration with world-known architectural firms Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) and TEN Arquitectos.
Prior to becoming managing principal at ARTEFACT studio, Mr. Behague was a partner at a well-known Southwest Florida architecture firm where he played a prominent design and management role.
Some of his key projects include all Chico’s Corporate, Chico’s Distribution Centers, White House Black Market Headquarters, Boston Proper, Florida International University Graduate School of Business, Miami Parks and Recreation, Port of Miami Provision Building, Port of Barcelona Cruise Terminal C, PLC Lincoln Road Loft, and Maine International Ferry Terminal.
With high-profile work in Florida, Georgia, and several cities in Europe, Mr. Behague has become a respected leader in design practices.
Jackie Drake Interior Desinger
Jackie is a Florida Registered Interior Designer and brings sixteen years of commercial and residential design experience with her. Mrs. Drake is a graduate of West Virginia University and holds professional accreditation from both ASID and IIDA. As a leader within both associations, Jackie recently served as Chapter President of the Florida South Chapter of ASID and Vice President liaison of Advocacy/Government Regulatory Affairs for the South Florida Chapter of IIDA.
Mrs. Drake contributes her skills to a wide range of projects including: Corporate, Higher Education, Worship spaces, Bar/Restaurant/Retail, Spa/Hospitality/Country Club, Healthcare/Long-term Living, condominiums and single family residences.
Her design expertise is supported by extensive research initiatives, product knowledge on codes and compliance, establishing budgets, and specifications for lighting, furnishings, fixtures and finishes.
Locally, Mrs. Drake supports Habitat for Humanity (Woman Build) and the Junior League of Fort Myers (AJLI). In 2015, Jackie was a recipient of Gulfshore Business Magazine’s “Forty Under 40.”
ARCHITECTURE
ARTEFACT studio’s work reflects the knowledge of how people experience places. We work closely with clients, communities and tenants to create architecture that works well on every level. With every project, we aim to deliver the highest standards of service and results.
PROJECT CONSULTING
We deliver successful, idea-driven solutions that are both realistic and actionable. Whatever the size of the organization, we provide the tools needed to enable future change. Our consulting services include strategic planning, real estate & portfolio analysis, repositioning & relocation analysis, change management, and data management.
INTERIOR DESIGN
ARTEFACT studio designs interior spaces for living and working. Interior performance can be measured in human and organizational terms: Higher productivity, greater creativity and innovation, increased patronage or sales.
We work to deliver innovation, quality, and performance. Our projects range from offices and retail to academic and civic buildings.