Events
BAC Externs: The Next Generation of Boston Architects and Designers
>Events||Social Justice
2023 Women's Leadership Summit
>Events||Sustainability
SCUP 2023 Annual Conference
>In 2023 three women at WRA were asked to speak at the Society for College and University Planning Annual Conference. Each presenter represented the firm and its work sharing topics that ranged from mitigating the second year slump, sustainability and inclusion on campus, and reinvigorating student life communities through architecture.
Sustainability
Helping Institutions Move Towards Net Zero
>Social Justice
Firm Commitments on Justice, Equity, Diversity, + Inclusion
>Process
Our Process: Engagement for a New Age of Design
>By focusing on listening first, engaging with our clients, and building consensus together we not only make the design process smoother, but we also make informed decisions earlier to create more successful end products.
Sustainability
Designing Architecture Around Health + Wellness
>Social Justice
2022 Philanthropic Focus
>Social Justice
Whose Pipeline is it Anyway?
>Sustainability
Designing a Net Zero School
>Process
Our Practice
>Cultural + Civic Realm
Architecture and Acoustics in an Era of Experimentation
>Architecture and acoustics are inextricably intertwined. This remains true for well-established building types like concert halls, theaters and opera houses. It is also true for new, emerging types that respond to changing client demands.
Sustainability
Carbon Sequestering through Mass Timber Construction
>Process
Transparency
>Process
Immersion
>A new building type presents an architect with a chance to learn and think rigorously and creatively about something new. Coming to understand this and translating this in design is fundamental to our love of architecture.
Sustainability
A Double Skin Facade System: Transparency in the Age of Building Energy Use Reduction
>Cultural + Civic Realm
Patterns of Place
>Cultural + Civic Realm
BPL Central Branch Transformation Book
>Sustainability
Revitalizing a Brownfield Site: The Lofts at Washington University in St. Louis
>Delmar Boulevard is a vibrant urban corridor in St. Louis designated as one of the “10 Great Streets” by the American Planning Association. Fondly known as “The Loop” by locals and students from the nearby Washington University, this street boasts dozens of restaurants, shops, performance venues, and places to convene.