Interior Design + Architecture

Design that looks great and works even better.

TOBEmotive is the collaboration between TOBE DesignGroup and Emotive Architecture. Two award-winning DMV firms. One unified team for clients who want luxury interiors, smart buildings, and results that last.

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Featured: Winston House, Washington, DC

Selected Work

Projects from both firms, built to last.

From DC's first net-zero affordable housing building to luxury multifamily renovations and historic adaptive reuse, this is what we build together.

Park 7, Washington, DC

Project 3, Washington, DC

The Envoy, Washington, DC

Winston House, Washington, DC

Peninsula 88, Washington, DC

Project 6, Towson, MD

About TOBEmotive

Fifteen years of friendship. One shared standard.

Jason Grant and Todd Ezrin have known each other for over 15 years. They share the same values around client service, craft, and getting the details right. TOBEmotive is the natural outcome of that relationship.

TOBE DesignGroup brings 30 years of award-winning interior architecture to every project. Principal Todd Howard Ezrin, NCIDQ, LEED AP, is known across the DMV for interiors that are beautiful, functional, and built to work for the people who actually live and work in them.

Emotive Architecture handles the building itself. Founded in 2011 by Aubrey Jason Grant, AIA, a third-generation architect and Howard University graduate, Emotive has delivered over one million square feet of multifamily, mixed-use, and institutional projects valued at $107 million and counting. DC-certified MBE. Zero change order policy.

Together, they cover everything. Structure to space planning. Building systems to soft furnishings. That coordination, handled in-house, is what keeps projects on budget and on schedule.

30+

Years Combined Practice

$150M+

Projects Delivered

1M+

Square Feet Completed

Years of Partnership

What We Do

Every type of project. One point of contact.

New Construction

We design and deliver new multifamily residential, mixed-use, and commercial buildings from the ground up. Architecture, interiors, and building systems coordinated from day one.

Renovation + Occupied Buildings

Historic buildings, occupied renovations, and complex phased projects are a specialty. We understand how to keep residents and operations running while the work happens around them.

Adaptive Reuse

Existing buildings repurposed for new uses. We assess what is there, figure out what is possible, and design spaces that attract better tenants and lower long-term operating costs.

Client Voices

Straight from the people we work with.

I hope there is not a character limit here, because I do not think I will ever be able to fully sing Jason's praise. He was always available and made me feel like I was his only client. Jason is more than my architect. He has truly become a family member.

Verified Client

Row House Renovation, Washington DC

Todd and his team listen and really got to the heart of our needs and preferences. The results speak for themselves. The design of our home is elevated and far more functional than it was before.

Verified Client

Residential Interior, DMV

Emotive's approachable style is great. Having a designer who knows how to work with a team while being clear about what the building needs, and open-minded when finding solutions, is what leads to success.

Harvey C. Beckham, PE

Managing Principal, GPS Partners

Get In Touch

Tell us about your project.

Whether you have a fully formed plan or just an early idea, fill out the form and someone from our team will follow up within one business day.

New construction, renovation, adaptive reuse, interior design only: we want to hear it.

Design that looks great and works even better.

Projects from both firms, built to last.

Fifteen years of friendship. One shared standard.

Every type of project. One point of contact.

New Construction

Renovation + Occupied Buildings

Adaptive Reuse

Straight from the people we work with.

Tell us about your project.

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Two practices. One standard of work.

TOBE DesignGroup

Emotive Architecture