“LEED”ing Green Design – Part 3
April 5th, Twenty ThirteenUpdate on MKSD’s first LEED submission! After an extended design journey and some significant progress on the construction of Northampton Community College’s New Monroe Campus in Tannersville, PA, …
Read MoreSt. Luke’s West End Medical Center Wins Real Estate Award
March 26th, Twenty ThirteenAdaptive reuse repurposes older and existing buildings for a purpose other than which it was built or designed for. These projects look to make alternations to the building …
Read MoreNCC Monroe Campus: From Chipboard to Concrete
March 8th, Twenty ThirteenApril 2008, I again find myself among the sleepless third-year architecture students anxiously awaiting the year’s end, with high expectations for the forthcoming summer. In addition to enjoying …
Read MoreArchitect Undercover
February 15th, Twenty ThirteenHow often does an architect get to experience and utilize a type of space they design? As a firm, we design many healthcare projects from medical office building, …
Read MoreDo What You Love.
July 26th, Twenty TwelveThere is a big question that looms large almost as soon as we are able to form our first words. It follows close behind us, breathing down our …
Read MoreWhat Today’s Health Care Consumer Wants
June 9th, Twenty ElevenThe delivery of health care has changed dramatically in the last decade. No longer is the hospital a place known for its antiseptic smell and the green tiled …
Read MoreMKSD Wins Excellence in Business Award!
May 5th, Twenty ElevenWe are pleased to announce that MKSD architects has won the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce’s 2011 Excellence in Business Award presented to a company with fewer …
Read MoreJill ‘Jet-Set’ Hewes- Associate Partner
May 3rd, Twenty ElevenJill began her pursuit of Architecture when she took drafting classes in high school and continued her studies at Philadelphia University. The decision to attend Textile was an …
Read MoreTodd Chambers – Associate Partner
March 31st, Twenty ElevenTodd is an Associate Partner at MKSD where he not only acts as a Project Architect but is also the Partner in Charge of Computer Disasters. Todd is …
Read MoreSilvia "Spitfire" Hoffman, Partner
March 24th, Twenty ElevenAround the office, Silvia is known as the Partner-in-Charge of Cookies. As you can probably guess, she enjoys cooking and has a great analogy of how cooking is …
Read MoreGabrielle ‘Gabe’ Rizzi- Associate Partner
March 1st, Twenty ElevenIf you didn’t know, Gabe was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. We were lucky that she decided to stay in the states after meeting her husband at …
Read MoreMark Thompson- Partner
February 14th, Twenty ElevenMeet the ‘M’ in MKSD. Mark is a founding partner of MKSD architects and has been a partner at two other Pennsylvania firms since moving here from Oklahoma …
Read MoreMKSD architects Wins AIA Awards
December 6th, Twenty TenWe’re proud to announce that we’ve just won two American Institute of Architects (AIA) Eastern Pennsylvania 2010 Design Awards, at the December 2, 2010 AIA Eastern Pennsylvania President’s …
Read MoreMKSD Office Wins AIA Award of Excellence
December 4th, Twenty O EightMKSD architects’ corporate office won a 2008 Design Award of Excellence in the commercial design category at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Eastern Pennsylvania President’s Night program …
Read MoreVictory Firehouse Wins AIA ‘Eclectic’ Award
December 4th, Twenty O EightMKSD architects’ design of the Victory Firehouse building in Bethlehem won a 2008 Merit of Eclectic Design Award at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Eastern Pennsylvania President’s …
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