We believe that the best architecture engages people across the full breadth of their humanity – their minds, their hearts, and their senses.
The desire to belong is a fundamental human need and buildings structure our relationships to each other, the communities in which we live, and to the natural world around us. They can pull us apart or draw us together. Like us, everything we build is connected to something larger. When mindfully orchestrated, architecture can foster a sense of belonging and draw people together – whether as a family, a neighborhood, a workplace, a campus, a city, or a community of ideas.
Austin ISD—Sánchez Elementary School Renovation and modernization of elementary school to merge three campuses to address declining enrollment and create 21st-century learning environments. The project included significant involvement from community and campus representatives to ensure the new facility was a reflection of the populations it serves. |
Texas School for the Deaf—Welcome Center and Early Learning Center  The Texas School for the Deaf provides publicly funded Pre-K–12 education for deaf and hard of hearing students from across the state. The new Welcome Center and Early Learning Center combines administrative offices, meeting spaces, and early childhood classrooms in a campus flagship. A series of intensive dialogues and meetings, focused on Deaf culture and held between the design team, school administrators, and the support community, laid the project foundation. |