TKWA is a collaborative team of creative thinkers, craftspeople, and advocates who are passionate about designing regenerative places that strengthen communities. Our story started in 1980 with a belief in living places created by the harmonious union between human activity, nature, and built space. From the beginning, co-founders Tom and Allen made this one of the core values of our practice.
Over the four decades that followed, the firm grew, attracting like-minded clients and employees, while creating a body of site-sensitive, environmentally responsible, community-enriching buildings. Since those early days, a philosophy of Wholeness has been at the heart of every decision-from the projects we undertook, to the people we hired, to the way we managed our operations.
Our commitment to socially and environmentally responsible practice led us to restate our Articles of Incorporation in 2018, becoming the first design firm to be a Wisconsin Public Benefit Corporation. With feet planted firmly in both practice and advocacy, TKWA continues to expand its influence and thought leadership through built work, public policy, and research.
Over the four decades that followed, the firm grew, attracting like-minded clients and employees, while creating a body of site-sensitive, environmentally responsible, community-enriching buildings. Since those early days, a philosophy of Wholeness has been at the heart of every decision-from the projects we undertook, to the people we hired, to the way we managed our operations.
Our commitment to socially and environmentally responsible practice led us to restate our Articles of Incorporation in 2018, becoming the first design firm to be a Wisconsin Public Benefit Corporation. With feet planted firmly in both practice and advocacy, TKWA continues to expand its influence and thought leadership through built work, public policy, and research.
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We are one studio, one practice.
Many of our staff have specialized expertise, yet we don't keep them in silos dedicated to one building type or one part of the design process.
We want our staff to stay engaged, learning, and sharing.
By gaining skills in diverse areas of practice, our design teams can remain consistent throughout your project.
We develop a unique written narrative for each project.
Authored collaboratively and written in plain language, this narrative describes the mutual understanding of project requirements between architect and client.
Many of our staff have specialized expertise, yet we don't keep them in silos dedicated to one building type or one part of the design process.
We want our staff to stay engaged, learning, and sharing.
By gaining skills in diverse areas of practice, our design teams can remain consistent throughout your project.
We develop a unique written narrative for each project.
Authored collaboratively and written in plain language, this narrative describes the mutual understanding of project requirements between architect and client.
We believe that schools are places to encourage creative, independent, innovative young people to become the stewards of our future.
And yet, the design of learning environments, more often than not, emphasizes division; schools divide by age, ability, subject matter, and assigned roles-teacher, student, parent.
Our approach emphasizes undivided learning-enhancing both formal and informal education, creating connections between the built and natural environment, school and community, and recognizing the humanity of students and faculty alike.
And yet, the design of learning environments, more often than not, emphasizes division; schools divide by age, ability, subject matter, and assigned roles-teacher, student, parent.
Our approach emphasizes undivided learning-enhancing both formal and informal education, creating connections between the built and natural environment, school and community, and recognizing the humanity of students and faculty alike.
Our religious work is concerned with supporting a healthy and inviting environment that contributes to the life of the congregation and its community.
Our consensus-based Pattern Writing design approach helps reconcile the diverse needs and wants of faith organizations-creating beautiful places that work.
Our consensus-based Pattern Writing design approach helps reconcile the diverse needs and wants of faith organizations-creating beautiful places that work.
The reasons for going to camp and the types of camp experiences are as numerous and varied as campers themselves.
Camps are in a constant state of change-the experiences of today's campers are different in countless ways from those of their parents.
Nevertheless, an essential quality connects these places.
We help the people who care most about camps to create places that preserve and enhance that quality.
Camps are in a constant state of change-the experiences of today's campers are different in countless ways from those of their parents.
Nevertheless, an essential quality connects these places.
We help the people who care most about camps to create places that preserve and enhance that quality.
TKWA has deep experience in navigating local, state, and national historic registration and rehabilitation processes.
From complex and sensitive projects like an award-winning addition to Frank Lloyd Wright's First Unitarian Society to small adaptive-reuse efforts, historic work is a natural extension of our approach to design.
A critical component of our commitment to environmental responsibility is a belief that the most sustainable building is one you save from demolition.
From complex and sensitive projects like an award-winning addition to Frank Lloyd Wright's First Unitarian Society to small adaptive-reuse efforts, historic work is a natural extension of our approach to design.
A critical component of our commitment to environmental responsibility is a belief that the most sustainable building is one you save from demolition.
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