How I Spent My Summer Vacation
This summer, Strada welcomed two architecture interns—Rovina George, a student in the Carnegie Mellon University Masters program, and Rye Ahronson, a Senior at Marywood University. Eager to delve into the …
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Strada Launches Newly Refreshed Website to Enhance User Experience
We are excited to share that we’ve launched a newly refreshed website to provide visitors with a more intuitive and user-friendly experience. Our goal with the new website was to …
IIDA Fashion Meets Finish 2023
Fashion Meets Finish (previously Product Runway) is a bi-annual event organized by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA). This couture fashion show pairs designers with material manufacturers to challenge the …
Strada Celebrates Take Your Child to Work Day 2023
2023 Take Your Child to Work Day was a huge hit in the Strada Pittsburgh studio! Our Happenings Team guided these future designers, soccer stars, and fashionistas through a full …
A Year in the Life of a Stradista: Dani Oriol
I’ve known I wanted to be an architect since the summer of 2005. My parents had bought me Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, whose main female character Annabeth studies architecture, …
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 …
Interior Design: Transformer of Space, or Mindset?
The short answer is both. Interior Design is a multi-faceted practice, part rooted in physicality, part deeply psychological. In order to evoke broad scale shifts, designers must put themselves …
Our Street: Favorite Interactions in the New Philadelphia Office
I was 7 or 8 when I realized I remembered my home address. I was proud thinking, “man, this grown up thing isn’t too bad, bring on more addresses!” …
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 …
Don’t Waste – Donate!
Conversations about sustainability and environmental stewardship in relation to architecture, design, and construction typically lead to the hot topic of waste management and the nearly 500 million tons of Construction …
