Atkin Olshin Schade Architects is an architecture, interiors and planning firm that designs buildings, campuses and communities across the United States.
We approach architecture and site planning as a means to give life and purpose to new and existing buildings. We engage with the culture and history of our clients and the sites we are asked to work with, and we explore their contemporary uses and contexts. We celebrate the diversity of our clients and find inspiration in the specific goals and conditions of each project we undertake.
AOS Architects holds a deep commitment to environmental and cultural sustainability, whether the project is urban or rural, historic or contemporary. Every member of our team is closely involved with our clients and committed to meeting budget, environmental and scheduling objectives, while creating places that enrich and sustain the lives of those who use them.
Since beginning our practice in 1979, we have had the privilege to work with many academic, religious, and cultural institutions as well as local communities who want to balance growth with a commitment to the preservation of the character and scale of their existing buildings and site. We have designed significant contemporary buildings for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Santo Domingo Pueblo, and the Penn Alexander School, which has been a national model for university-affiliated public schools, as well as new faith buildings and workplaces for nonprofits and developers.
Our renovations of historically significant structures for cultural, academic and civic organizations has led us to devise new approaches to historic preservation. We embrace community renewal as a primary criterion for a project’s success. Some of these projects include renovations to Brown Hall at Princeton University, renovations to College Hall at the University of Pennsylvania, a master plan for Eastern State Penitentiary, and the community revitalization and preservation of the Ohkay Owingeh pueblo near Santa Fe, New Mexico. As we have grown, Atkin Olshin Schade Architects has established a wide geographic presence, with projects across the United States, and offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
