AW-ARCH is committed to an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged to share their perspectives–our partners, our colleagues, our clients. Our team comes from all over the globe, bringing with them a variety of experiences. We embrace the differences that shape people's lives, including race, ethnicity, identity, and ability. We come together around the drawing board, the monitor, and the lunch table, immersed in the free exchange of ideas and synthesizing the diverse viewpoints of creative people. It stimulates innovative design and makes our work possible.

 

Mentorship is key to engagement within AW-ARCH, energizing our studio and feeding invention. It's our social and professional responsibility, and helps us develop and retain a dedicated team. This includes offering internships that introduce young people to our profession, as well as supporting opportunities for our people outside the office—teaching, volunteering, exploring.

 

COMMUNITY

Sharing our creative interests and professional goals enriches our work and helps us engage the public realm in ways that speak to diverse audiences and support community. We believe in the power of dialogue to shape a project's trajectory and in the power of design to create a sense of belonging. They are essential to architecture that is both culturally and physically accessible, sensitive to context, resonating deeply with place. We take pride in working with clients who are equally intent on engaging and expanding their communities. We are inspired by the work they do.

 

IDENTITY

Every member of our firm shares a passion for design and a commitment to technical expertise. We integrate these touchstones with intensive analysis of program and context, and with material and spatial research. This allows for a process of interaction and discovery, giving voice to design solutions that reveal a project's ethos, and, ultimately, its identity. It invites us to make places that are visually inspired, that provoke the imagination and foster creativity.  

 

RESILIENCE

The endurance of a project's identity is determined by its ability to remain meaningful as it absorbs change. Fundamentally rooted in its context, our work is of its time. It integrates varied sustainable practices and encompasses a capacity for cultural, environmental, and technological durability. It is responsive to evolving needs, invites adaptation. It is resilient.