Year in Review: 2025 Project & People Awards
2025 brought a number of recognitions for our work, our people, and our growth as a firm. From project awards to individual honors and business...
Hoefer Welker recently completed the design for the five-story, 95,000-square-foot Northland Innovation Center (NIC), an urban, vertical education campus designed to advance learning for students from kindergarten through post-secondary education. The new five-acre campus is located in Gladstone, Missouri.
“Campus ecosystems are increasingly shaped by the confluence of business and academic activities,” commented Richard Miller, FAIA, Hoefer Welker’s national higher education practice leader. “As evidenced by the maker movement, a more self-directed, interactive approach to learning both reinvents vocational pathways for future workforce talent pools, and strengthens ties between education and the workplace. A new emphasis on non-traditional, experiential settings better reflects the world where students are headed as high-quality skill sets trump credentials.”
Leadership in Practice: How 40 Under 40 Alumni Foster Collaboration and Culture
Mara Sabatini, Vice President and Senior Project Manager, was recently featured in BD+C’s article, Leadership in Practice: How 40 Under 40 Alumni...
Giving Back to Local Communities Through Design
At Hoefer Welker, we know that architecture plays a key role in enhancing local communities. Effective design not only beautifies a community and...