Mass Timber: Growing Sustainability
Mass Timber is a modern reimagination and expansion of the traditional construction material of Heavy Timber. Its present-day form is...
Ulm Münster
Ulm Münster Age: 646 (c. 1377-1890) On a family reunion trip this Summer, we visited the city of Ulm, located in...
Universal Design, ADA & Preservation
"Boldly going where everyone else already goes" is the slogan of the disability activist group ADAPT. They began their work...
Design As Therapy
In DRAW’s mission towards achieving/implementing positive impact design, understanding how architecture and the built environment influence human health and wellbeing...
Richard Rogers (1933 – 2021)
Last year, right around the holidays, I heard the news of Richard Rogers' passing. A few days later, I woke to...
A Punk Rock Message
Earlier this year, Spitboy, one of the bands I played in during my college days, released our complete catalog in...
Sustainable Design: A Unified Process
DRAW’s mission of POSITIVE IMPACT DESIGN supports sustainability, net positivity, and carbon neutrality. To this end, we implement a holistic...
Incentive for Innovation
Tax credits continue to be an untapped source of revenue for many architecture firms. Whether unutilized due to a lack...
Evicted
"Millions of Americans remain out of work and unable to pay their financial obligations, so it’s no surprise that our...
Crossroads Study
In the fall of 2018, DRAW was tasked by the Crossroads Community Association with compiling an assessment of the Crossroad...
Affordable Housing Summit
In July DRAW attended the First Suburbs Coalition Regional Housing Summit, an event gathering urban planners, elected officials, policymakers, and...
Adaptive Reuse
Why we love adaptive reuse as urban revitalization projects! At DRAW, our “why” is to create positive impact design. Positive impact...
Prototype Housing
Hired by the City of Kansas City, MO to design five prototype homes that will be situated on scattered sites...
Touring the Tenement Museum Reveals the Ongoing Struggle Americans Have with Immigration
We all know the stories of Ellis Island and the famed words enshrined on the Statue of Liberty: "Give me your...