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...
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Resiliency has become a buzzword in sustainability circles and the green industry. Although used often, resiliency has many connotations and means different things. Recently, resiliency has been paired alongside climate change. According to the Resilient Design Institute, resilience is “the capacity to adapt to changing conditions and to maintain or regain functionality and vitality in the face of stress or disturbance.” In the context of architectural design, resiliency refers to the design intent of ensuring a structure’s ability to withstand environmental, sociopolitical, financial, and cultural impacts.
When contemplating resilient design, more and more questions continue to emerge. How should design best practices and standards be revised if 100-year storms are now happening every 10 years? It is a good question to ask, but is weather the biggest adversary in the pursuit of resilience? Or are there other factors one needs to ‘future-proof’ the buildings from?
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...