The San Antonio Humane Society Adoption Center opened to the public in 2002, welcoming visitors into a new campus of contemporary vernacular buildings organized around open interior courtyards. Offering a higher standard of compassionate care for stray animals, the Center also prioritized the wellbeing of staff, visitors, and volunteers.

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What sets our design strategy apart? A multidisciplinary approach, bringing together experts in planning, architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design to solve for innovation. Phase Two development of the San Antonio Humane Society campus offered a rich opportunity to build on earlier success, and to continue to innovate. Our master plan sites the Leeu Naylor Medical Building adjacent to the Adoption Center. The buildings are connected by an interior corridor of landscaped courtyards along the gently sloping landform, a key characteristic of campus circulation.

Since its early planning phase in the late 1990s, the San Antonio Humane Society (SAHS) campus was envisioned to be a warm, welcoming center for pet adoption. The Phase 1 Adoption Center and Clinic (2002) transformed the organization with its open, accessible format. Phase 2, the Leeu Naylor Medical Building (2021) expanded the organization’s impact through spay/neuter services. The proposed Phase 3 Education Center will complete a decades-long journey of development by creating a highly visible bridge to community.