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Announcing Katie Vander Putten as New President
Firm’s first female president brings people-first leadership and a legacy of studio-building to the role. MOA ARCHITECTURE is proud to announce the appointment of Katie Vander Putten, AIA, EDAC, NCARB, LEED AP...
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Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Bob Outland
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Robert “Bob” Outland, AIA, AICAE, LEED, AP, one of the founding principals of MOA ARCHITECTURE, who passed away on April 7, 2025....
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Little Raven Elementary Wins 2024 Peak Design Award from A4LE Rocky Mountain Chapter
Photo: The Unfound Door We are thrilled to announce that MOA ARCHITECTURE has received the prestigious 2024 Peak Design Award from the A4LE Rocky Mountain Chapter for our work on Little Raven...
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Celebrating New Schools / New Spaces 2023
In the fall of 2023, thousands of students will walk into seven brand new schools designed by our team at MOA. This marks the most new schools MOA has ever opened in...
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Design strategies to mitigate risk of self-harm
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’...
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Designing a Day Treatment Center that Functions as a School
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...
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6 Questions to Ask about a Laboratory Conversion
By Brian M. Konczak
Director of Science + Technology
When clients ask us whether they can turn an existing office space into a laboratory, we always tell them the same thing: It depends. The truth is that we can’t offer a...
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Adding mothers’ rooms (lactation rooms) to every workplace
By Kasia Bulkowski
Associate Principal
Mothers’ rooms—also known as lactation rooms or nursing rooms—are dedicated spaces in a workplace where breastfeeding employees can comfortably, conveniently, and privately express breast milk while at work. A 2019 survey conducted...
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