Civic and cultural buildings and spaces are signifiers of shared community values.

What makes an exceptional civic building?

We succeed when architecture succeeds for the organization, campus and neighborhood it serves. In any opportunity to work with a public building, we look for the ways we can deliver a building that expresses identity and aspirational values while meeting pragmatic requirements. Our habit of active listening gives our clients an open channel to communicate the exact needs of each specific use type.

In every engagement with a civic structure, we believe in giving back to the community with exceptional design. Our partnership with civic clients has resulted in memorable architecture that transcends the design expectation of basic functionality. For example, our recent parking garage addition to the San Antonio Zoo campus is now the welcoming public gateway, a prominent brand asset for the organization. In a contrasting example, our Amenities Building for Civic Park at Hemisfair responds to the Park’s elegant landform with a subtle materiality. In an early project for the City of San Antonio, the Maury Maverick, Jr. Branch Library and Fire Station 49 engages the street with whimsical public art, making this dual utility truly more than the sum of its parts

Our multidisciplinary approach creates a strong foundation for our work. Teamwork among architects, interior designers, planners and landscape architects offers our clients access to a broad range of expert perspectives, and we find that engaging our clients in our collaborative process consistently sparks innovation.

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