Exploring Wellness in Design: A Stradista Charette
Wellness in the workplace has had a buzz in the last few years, and is a strong focus for Gen Z. But what does wellness mean to you? We asked …
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Strada Goes Back to Middle School with DesignPhiladelphia
So many of us at Strada can trace back to the moment we wanted to become architects and designers. Whether it was a character in a book, a renovation in …
The Journey to Strada: Diving Deep with Founding Partner Alan Cuteri
In 1998 and 1999, Alan Cuteri was busy with three young children, working nights and weekends to grow his practice, Cuteri Architectural Group. For Alan and his eight team members, …
Preservation Alliance’s Building Philadelphia Spring Speaker Series: The Battery
The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia is hosting a digital Spring Speaker Series this year, with exciting opportunities for insight on preservation topics across several projects and initiatives. We’re particularly …
Principal Q&A: Womens’ History Month Edition
In honor of Women’s History Month, we sat down with the two female principals of Strada. Meet Abby Mountain and Dina Snider, who have over 40 years of combined experience …
Transforming Buildings and Spaces for Life Sciences
Philadelphia has lab fever. Seemingly every week a new announcement hits the press heralding a biotech company with new equity financing, or a developer dipping their toes into the life …
Breaking Down Common Misconceptions of Design
The design field’s subjectivity is what Megan Conceicao likes most about it. How wonderful is it that there is never ONE RIGHT answer or ONE PERFECT solution, but many …
Why Community Engagement is vital to designing cities of the future
People naturally gravitate towards safe and familiar environments, but history proves to us that the most groundbreaking ideas and impactful changes are born when we step out of our …
Cross-Office Collaboration
Cross-Office Collaboration: Establishing trust and creating a collaborative culture across the miles Establishing trust and building collaborative relationships is an essential part of architectural practice and is sometimes a challenging …
The Integrated Design Practice
As a landscape architect, I tend to think in ecosystems. Ecosystems are systems comprised of interacting parts (for example: trees, water, animals, insects) that support a whole (in this example …
