Architects in Costa Rica For Your Investment
We help property owners and investors develop sustainable projects in Costa Rica with more clarity from the beginning. Our work can include architectural design, feasibility, technical coordination, contractor comparison, and construction administration from the client’s side.
Selected services can be started online. Preliminary project estimates available in minutes. Secure digital process.
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Get a Preliminary Full-Project Estimate Online
This tool helps you understand what it may take to complete your project properly. It is designed to give you a fast planning reference before moving into full scope definition.
Immediate result · No mandatory calls · Secure data for a properly completed project.
Express Finished Project Cost
This estimate is designed to help you make earlier, better-informed decisions. It can include what is commonly associated with developing the project correctly, such as professional services, permits, stamps, institutional fees, required insurance policies, and project-related taxes.
Choose your preferred unit of measurement.
Enter the approximate interior area. You can refine this later.
This reflects the project’s finish level and complexity. It affects both budget and timeline.
Basic refers to a standard, functional solution aligned with options commonly available on the market.
Luxury refers to a solution with a higher level of complexity, detail, customization, and design requirements.
Please indicate the current status of your land/property.
We work from the owner’s side. We help define scope, coordinate design, support decision-making, compare contractor options when needed, and oversee execution so the project stays aligned with what was approved.
Get Your Quote Online
Clear pricing and a simpler way to start
Choose a service, share your measurements or references, and receive a professional proposal with a defined scope and a clear next step.
For selected services, you can review pricing online and move forward without unnecessary meetings. Scope, revisions, and delivery format are defined from the beginning.
Our goal is to make the first stage of your project easier to understand, easier to compare, and easier to start.
Services You Can Start Online
Preliminary Design
A practical first step if you want to shape the concept, organize the layout, and define the direction of the project before moving into full design.
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Best for early-stage residential, rental, hospitality, and mixed-use ideas
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Helps turn a general idea into a clearer architectural direction
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Delivered digitally with a defined scope and review process
From USD $1,800
Integrated Design Package
A structured next step if you want to move from idea to a coordinated design path with architecture and key technical systems aligned from the start.
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Best for projects with a defined intended use, and location
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Helps reduce rework by coordinating design
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Built around a clear scope, coordinated deliverables, and review process
From USD $ 59/m²
From USD $5.10/ft²
Pre-Feasibility Express
Useful when your priority is understanding whether the project makes sense financially before moving further into design and execution.
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Best for rental, hospitality, mixed-use, or investment-driven projects
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Helps evaluate the project with more decision-making clarity
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A strong starting point when budget logic matters early
From Free
How It How It Works
Packages designed so you know what’s included, how long it takes, and how much it costs before talking to anyone.
We turn your ideas into reality through comprehensive architectural, structural, mechanical, and electrical design services, along with professional construction management.
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Choose Your Starting Service or Quote One
Select the service that best matches your stage, or use the quick estimator to receive a guided recommendation.
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Share Your Project Information
Measurement, photos, sketches, or references. If you don’t have anything yet, we’ll guide you with a simple checklist.
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Move Forward With A Clear Next Step
We review your information, define the best starting path, and help you continue with the right service scope for your project.
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Entire process can be completed online
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Milestone payments available for selected scopes
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Organized digital delivery
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Secure online payment available for online services
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Response within 24 hours
Who is this for?
- You want better visibility and control while managing the project remotely.
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You want to compare options and protect your budget, quality, and timeline more carefully.
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You want a team that can lead the full process from design to execution, while helping you compare contractors and protect your interests during construction.
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First-time buyers navigating local bureaucracy and environmental restrictions.
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You want to develop a house, hospitality project, or commercial property in Costa Rica.
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You are prioritizing sustainability, site and climate-adapted architecture.
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You prefer working with a team that helps protect your resources instead of pushing construction without enough clarity first.
Why Corbán
Better decisions before bigger commitments
We combine sustainable design, feasibility, technical coordination, and execution support so your project can move forward with more clarity and fewer blind spots.
Owner-side project support
Corbán works from the client’s side to define the project, structure decisions, compare contractors, and help keep development aligned with what was planned.
Better control before and during execution
Our process can include feasibility, integrated design, technical coordination, contractor comparison, and construction administration, depending on the project stage.
Sustainable architecture with practical criteria
We apply passive design logic, climate response, natural ventilation, daylight use, site adaptation, material selection, and long-term maintenance thinking.
From Design into Execution with Better Client Protection
Corbán does not approach construction as a one-size-fits-all builder model.
Instead, we help the client move from design into execution with more structure. That can include preparing the project properly, helping compare contractor options, supporting selection, and administering construction from the owner’s side so the work stays aligned with what was approved.
Construction is carried out by the contractor selected for the project.
This model gives the client a more independent layer of control during execution while reducing the risk of decisions being driven only by the contractor’s convenience.
Sustainable Architecture
We design for Costa Rica’s climate, topography, and long-term use.
In humid areas such as Uvita, Ojochal, and Ballena, we prioritize ventilation, shading, and moisture-aware detailing. In cooler or higher-altitude areas such as Rivas, Monteverde, Los Santos, and Jardín, we pay closer attention to solar gain, thermal behavior, and material performance.
Our sustainability approach is practical. It is about better orientation, better airflow, better daylight, lower maintenance, more appropriate materials, and more thoughtful use of resources over time.
Architecture Firm in Costa Rica
We turn ideas into coordinated project development through architecture, structure, mechanical and electrical design, and owner-side construction administration.
Our role is to help you start with the right step, then add the right level of support as the project becomes clearer.
How We Support Our Clients Projects
Objective
We define the project’s intended use, priorities, budget logic, timing, design direction, and level of development.
Feasibility
We review variables such as market assumptions, regulations, permits, costs, schedule, microclimate, access, and site conditions when applicable.
Integrated Design
We coordinate architecture and the required technical disciplines so the project can advance with more consistency.
Execution
We help represent the client during execution through reporting, quality follow-up, schedule review, and control of alignment with the approved scope.
Why clients choose this model
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Clearer project route from the beginning
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More transparency in scope and next steps
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Sustainable design with concrete criteria
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Better coordination between planning and execution
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A structure that helps reduce costly rework and decision drift
Clients usually come to Corbán because they want more than drawings. They want a better-organized process.
They want to understand whether a project makes sense before committing too much money. They want design that responds to the site and the investment logic. They want support during permits and execution without losing control. And many of them want to do all of this while living abroad or managing the process remotely.
That is why our service model combines architecture, feasibility, and owner-side project support instead of treating them as disconnected tasks.
Recommended Services to Start
For early-stage projects
If you are still testing the idea, the first step may be a preliminary quote, an early design package, or a feasibility-oriented review.
For defined projects
If you already know the project type, area, and intended use, the best starting point is often an integrated design path that helps architecture, engineering, permitting logic, budgeting, and execution move in the right order.
For more complex developments
Projects with multiple units, hospitality logic, mixed-use conditions, or larger site strategy may need a more structured path that starts with concept definition and feasibility before full design coordination.
Architecture and Project Leadership in Costa Rica
Corbán helps clients move from design to completed execution with more clarity, control, and protection of their resources.
We develop the project, coordinate the technical path, support permitting, compare contractor options, and oversee execution from the client’s side so the work stays aligned with what was planned.
Construction is carried out by the contractor selected for the project.
Corbán helps structure that selection, evaluate options, and supervise the process so the client has better visibility, stronger control, and fewer opportunities for deviation in cost, quality, or scope.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you build the project? Corbán supports the project from design through execution. The construction work itself is carried out by a contractor selected for the project, while Corbán helps compare options, coordinate the process, and oversee execution from the client’s side.
How does construction work with Corbán? We help define the project properly, prepare the technical path, compare contractor options, and support the client in selecting the most suitable team. During execution, we can continue with owner-side representation, coordination, and construction management according to the scope.
Why is this model an advantage for the client? Because it gives the client better visibility and better control. Design, decision-making, contractor comparison, and execution oversight are handled with the client’s interests in mind, helping reduce confusion, hidden deviations, and avoidable rework.
Can I hire Corbán only for design? Yes. Our services are modular. Some clients begin with preliminary design or integrated design only, while others continue into permits, contractor selection, and execution oversight.
What does the preliminary estimate include? The Pre-Feasibility Express is meant to show the likely scale of the full project, not only professional fees. It is an early planning estimate for what it may take to complete the project properly.
Can I start without meeting in person? Yes. You can start remotely, share information digitally, review recommendations, and move through key stages without needing an in-person meeting to begin.
How do you help during construction if you are not the builder? We support the client from the owner’s side. That can include reviewing scope, tracking progress, helping control changes, organizing communication, and supporting contractor comparison and coordination
How long does design take? It depends on the project scope, level of definition, and technical requirements. The right timeline should be confirmed once the scope is clearer.
Does that mean this is a turnkey offer? No. The estimate is not a turnkey offer. It is a structured planning estimate to help you understand the likely overall investment required to complete the project properly.
Why is contractor selection part of the process? Because choosing the right contractor affects cost control, quality, timing, and risk. Comparing options before execution helps the client make a more informed decision.
Can you stay involved during execution? Yes. Depending on the project, Corbán can continue with owner’s representation, technical direction, reporting, and construction management from the client’s side.
How does construction work with Corbán? We help define the project properly, prepare the technical path, compare contractor options, and support the client in selecting the most suitable team. During execution, we can continue with owner-side representation, coordination, and construction management according to the scope.
