Design for where you want to be
Architectural Design
PWA offers customized architecture tailored to your lifestyle and community. Whether it is an office building, a school, a community development, or a fire station, you can count on our design team to deliver innovative design solutions for your project.
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Team Approach to Design
Thoughtful interaction between design team members and our clients throughout the entire design process leads to quality architecture. Our Architects begin by asking the appropriate questions and pursuing the best strategies to achieve our clients’ project goals.
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Sustainable By Design
We strive to incorporate sustainable design into all of our projects. Architects, working with clients, create opportunities to trim utility costs, reduce energy usage, conserve water, minimize waste, and promote the health and satisfaction of a building’s users/visitors.
Our Sustainable Design Approach
Seasoned Expertise
Since 1978, PWA has maintained a consistent Mid-Missouri presence, providing local project leadership to public and private institutions in our region on hundreds of projects. Through this work, we have gained considerable practical knowledge and experience in designing various types of facilities. More importantly, we have established relationships that have helped us develop a keen sense of the process required to successfully plan, design, and construct modern spaces.
Featured Projects:
VAC Opportunity Campus
The Voluntary Action Center Opportunity Campus—widely known as The Hub—is designed to streamline services for unhoused and housing-insecure individuals in Boone County, Missouri.
Boone County Nature School
Students attend classes at the Boone County Nature School to experience a unique place-based curriculum. Columbia Public Schools has shared this time-lapse video of the project.
Columbia Independent School
Columbia Independent School celebrated the Grand Opening of the 94,000 SF Upper School wing addition and renovation to their campus in September 2024.
Leadership with Creative Guidance
The talented architects at PWA offer a wide range of services and extensive experience across various building types, successfully integrating aesthetics, cost-effectiveness, and scheduling to meet clients’ needs and preferences.
