On May 22, join Associate Principal Sonja Bochart, IIDA, LEED AP, LEED AP BD&C, WELL AP, LFA, at American Alliance of Museums 2026. She'll lead a workshop with Richard Piacentini, president and CEO, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical...
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Living Future 2026: Designing the Next 100 Years
Join Associate Principal Sonja Bochart, IIDA, LEED AP, LEED AP BD&C, WELL AP, LFA, at Living Future 2026 Conference. She will participate in two sessions.First, on April 15, she will be joined with Johanna Collins from Perkins &...
Designing in Relationship: How Collaboration with Indigenous Communities Shapes Place Based Futures
By Associate Principal Sonja Bochart, IIDA, LEED AP, LEED AP BD&C, WELL AP, LFA, and Designer Nicholl Hubbell, Assoc. IIDA, WELL APCofrin Technology and Education Center, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. Rendering © Shepley...
Bad Bunny’s Casita: When Architecture Becomes a Cultural Symbol
Mariela Ortiz and Omar Bailey, AIA, LEED AP, NOMAAs architects, we’re trained to read form the way others read language. We look for meaning in scale, in material, in the way a space holds memory. But every so often, architecture shows up...
Strategic Planning in Uncertain Times
by Sonja Bochart, IIDA, LEED AP, LEED AP BD&C, WELL AP, LFA and Annelise Pitts, AIA, LFAIn a world that feels increasingly unpredictable, strategic planning may feel useless. How can you chart a course when the landscape is constantly changing? But that...
Celebrating Culture, Community, and Connection
by Natalie Shutt-Banks, AIA, NOMA and Sonja Bochart, IIDA, LEED AP, LEED AP BD&C, WELL AP, LFA Embodying the values of cultural pride, community resilience, and regenerative design, the Lake City Collective Cultural Center is taking...
Essence as Compass: Starting with the Climate Toolkit
by Sonja Bochart, IIDA, LEED AP, LEED AP BD&C, WELL AP, LFA, and Natalie Shutt-Banks, AIA, NOMA In the face of a rapidly changing climate, our responses can easily become reactive—driven by urgency rather than clarity. That’s why we...
Climate Toolkit Symposium 2025
Director Sonja Bochart, IIDA, LEED AP, LEED AP BD&C, WELL AP, LFA, continues our partnership with Phipps Conservatory supporting the conservatory’s Climate Toolkit program.The Toolkit's inaugural in-person symposium will support...
Healthcare to Higher Education: Workspaces that Foster Connection and Well-being
NeoCon highlighted the expertise of Director Amanda Vigneau, IIDA, NCIDQ, and Senior Interior Designer, Associate Scott Steffes, IIDA, NCIDQ, LEED. Together they dive into principles of wellness-focused design. From empowering end users to...
Unlocking Potential with Place-Based, Indigenous and Ecological Approaches
Director Sonja Bochart, IIDA, LEED AP, LEED AP BD&C, WELL AP, LFA, joined by Designer Nicholl Hubbell, Assoc. IIDA, WELL AP, continues our partnership with Phipps Conservatory with a session at Greenbuild International...
Eurogard10: The Climate Toolkit
Director Sonja Bochart, IIDA, LEED AP, LEED AP BD&C, WELL AP, LFA, continues our partnership with Phipps Conservatory for a workshop on the conservatory’s Climate Toolkit program.The two hour learning experience, “The Climate Toolkit:...
Designing for Feedback: How Occupancy Evaluations Shape Better Spaces
by Andrea Hardy, AIA, EDAC, and Natalie Shutt-Banks, AIA Recently, Natalie and I delivered an informative presentation titled “Developing a Qualitative Occupancy Survey That Is Applicable Across Project Types” at the EDRA56 Conference that...