AREA Chicago Issue 10: Institutions & Infrastructures
Katherine authored this early article in AREA Chicago on Fresh Moves Mobile Produce Market before it was even known as Fresh Moves. The mission of the organization and design intent of the bus are...
View ArticleSOILED - Collaborated Filth - Groundscrapers
SOILED is an architectural periodical. It investigates latent issues in the built environment and the politics of space.As an alternative to the proliferation of digital media, SOILED is an interactive...
View ArticleKatherine recognized by i4Design Magazine
i4design proudly presented the 5th annual Suite Sixteen award to Katherine. Suite Sixteen is where the magazine showcase's the Midwest’s most innovative design pros who are pushing old boundaries,...
View ArticleKatherine presents Zero Dollar Park at Chicago Ideas Week
Katherine presented at Chicago Ideas Week the story of the first ACTIVATE! Public Space Design Competition. Link to a short 6 minute video of the presentation.
View ArticleSOILED - Collaborated Filth - Platescrapers
SOILED is an architectural periodical. It investigates latent issues in the built environment and the politics of space.Issue 3: Platescrapers probes edible encounters at the intersection of inhabited...
View ArticleKatherine awarded AIA Illinois Buckminster Fuller Award
Uses her insights, talents, training and experience to contribute meaningfully, beyond self, to the improvement of the community and human condition. Stays informed on local, state and federal issues,...
View ArticleKatherine receives IIT Outstanding Young Alumni Award
Katherine receives the Illinois Institute of Technology Outstanding Young Alumnus/Alumna Award. Each year, this prestigious award goes to an individual age 40 or younger who has advanced rapidly over...
View ArticleSpontaneous Interventions at Venice Biennale
Two of our projects, Fresh Moves Mobile Produce Market and the 2010 winner of our ACTIVATE! Public Space Design Competition titled Cut. Join. Play. have been included in "Spontaneous Interventions:...
View ArticleKatherine Awarded 2013 AIA Young Architects Award
The American Institute of Architects annual Young Architects Award honors is given to individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession in an early...
View ArticleCreative Chicago Expo Small Projects, Big Impact
Some creative projects require years of planning, large staffs, and extensive fundraising campaigns. Others don’t – but that doesn’t mean that smaller projects are easy to accomplish or that they are...
View Article1% for Youth Service Project
Youth Service Project, Inc. (YSP) is a predominately Latino and African-American community-building youth based organization in the Greater Humboldt Park community of Chicago. YSP’s mission is...
View ArticleFresh Moves wins Architizer A+ Award
Fresh Moves is the winner of the inaugural Architizer A+ Awards that celebrated projects where noble ambitions match their formal sophistication and they represent the best architecture from across the...
View ArticleChicago Women in Architecture Scholarship Luncheon
Each year the Chicago Women in Architecture [CWA] administers a scholarship to an eligible woman studying architecture at one of the accredited schools in Illinois. The winner of the $2000 scholarship...
View ArticleTrial By Public Interest Design
"Starting an architecture firm during a severe recession wasn’t Darnstadt’s first choice, but it might have been her best choice." The opening line from a recent AIA Architect article on the business...
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Spontaneous Interventions in Chicago
Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good makes U.S. debut at the Chicago Cultural Center May 24 to September 1, 2013. The City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and...
View ArticleAIGA Chicago and Design For Good
AIGA Chicago is the professional association for design, is committed to advancing design as a professional craft, strategic advantage and vital cultural force. The annual meeting on June 13 will focus...
View ArticleSeven Minutes in Heaven
Katherine was recognized as one of the 2013 AIA Young Architects at the AIA National Convention in Denver. She also introduced keynote speaker Blake Mycoski, founder of TOMS Shoes for his talk on...
View ArticleExperience Institute Partnership
Extracurricular, project based learning experiences defined how our practice is structured. We believe the intersection of our informal and formal economies shapes the way we learn to create impact...
View ArticleMeet Summer Associate Taylor Holloway
A big welcome from a small firm to Taylor Holloway! Taylor has joined us for the summer until she heads over to South Africa to develop social impact metrics with Scale Africa as part of her Roche...
View Article30 Years of Social Impact Design in 30 Minutes
Katherine presented at the inaugural symposium for the newly founded Integrated School of Building [InSB]. InSB is a new student-centered market-driven alternative cirriculum model for an AEC+ Higher...
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