Thought Leadership

By Brian Konczak

Director of Science + Technology

As life science development accelerates, hazardous material management has become one of the most critical and complex aspects of facility planning and operations. From pharmaceutical research to diagnostics and advanced manufacturing, life...

By Katie Vander Putten

President | Director of Healthcare

The adolescent mental health crisis in Colorado has reached a critical juncture, with suicide now tragically the leading cause of death among young people. Over the past decade, systemic challenges—such as reduced...

By Kasia Bulkowski

Associate Principal

Client stakeholders and the design team recognized that making Traverse Academy a safe environment was paramount to the success of the facility. The team sought to minimize the potential risk for students’...

By Kasia Bulkowski

Associate Principal

By Katie Vander Putten

Director of Healthcare

The kids are not alright. A recent report from the Clarify Mental Health Institute, based on a sample of health insurance claims for 20 million American children aged 1-19 from 2016-2021, presented...

By Rick Arriaga

Senior Associate | Architect

We can all agree that the era of 2D “mono-disciplinary” information is dead—we are firmly in the age of data-rich, real-time multi-disciplinary models. With clients immersed in 3D design review processes and...

By Rick Arriaga

Senior Associate | Architect

Today, more than ever, architects face the need to embrace a “digital transformation journey.” A wide-ranging suite of tools and technologies are continually generating new possibilities for collaboration and innovation. Those teams...

By Rick Arriaga

Senior Associate | Architect

Collaboration is at the heart of what we do as a firm. Given the value we place on client engagement and overall client experience, our team has eagerly embraced opportunities to leverage...

By Rick Arriaga

BIM | Technology Manager

In 2009, MOA won the design competition for DaVita’s new world headquarters, to be located at the western end of Denver’s 16th Street Mall. The 14-story, 450,000-SF tower would be the largest...

By Katie Vander Putten

Director of Healthcare

In the past two decades, healthcare providers have declared war against wait time. Study after study has shown that wait time has an outsized impact on patient satisfaction, which can have a...

By Chris Schilling

Senior Project Architect

Over the past decade, several of MOA’s PK-12 school clients have considered more inclusive, gender-neutral restrooms in their projects. A major driver of the interest in gender-neutral restrooms lies in the growing...