Escher GuneWardena's work addresses issues of sustainability, affordability and the dialogue between form and construction.  They seek to establish simple formal manifestations of the complexities of each project, investigating the sublimated characteristics intrinsic to the work itself. 
Published internationally, among the firm’s distinctions are inclusion in the 2003 National Design Triennial (Cooper Hewitt Museum), the 2004 Dwell Home II winning competition entry, and the 2006 exhibition entry for OPEN HOUSE: Intelligent Living by Design (the future house and digital technologies), organized by the Vitra Design Museum and Art Center College of Design. 
The firm’s interest in contemporary art has led to various collaborations with artists and art related projects, including numerous installations for Sharon Lockhart, Olafur Eliasson (Emi Fontana Gallery’s 2005 West of Rome series), Mike Kelley (Sculpture Projects Muenster 07), and the new Blum & Poe Gallery, Los Angeles. Current projects include exhibition designs for Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art (Japanese American National Museum) and Between Earth and Heaven: the Architecture of John Lautner (The Hammer Museum) co-curated by Frank Escher and Nicholas Olsberg.