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MOA’s Stanley Hotel Expansion and New Film Center Projects Showcase How Hospitality Design Creates Memorable Spaces
Best known for its work in healthcare and educational spaces, MOA Architecture has long worked in the world of destination design. Their latest and most ambitious hospitality project is the expansion of...
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Bridging the Gap Between Education and Healing: How MOA Reimagined Mental Health Support at the Traverse Academy
In a time where children face not just academic pressures but increasing mental health crises, from anxiety and depression to the unimaginable trauma of school shootings and suicide loss, architecture would rarely...
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Announcing Katie Vander Putten as New President
Firm’s first female president brings people-first leadership and a legacy of studio-building to the role. MOA ARCHITECTURE is proud to announce the appointment of Katie Vander Putten, AIA, EDAC, NCARB, LEED AP...
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Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Bob Outland
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Robert “Bob” Outland, AIA, AICAE, LEED, AP, one of the founding principals of MOA ARCHITECTURE, who passed away on April 7, 2025....
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Care for Health Outside Healthcare: Designing Schools for Neurodiversity and Behavioral Health
By Katie Vander Putten
President | Director of Healthcare
When healthcare design is discussed, the focus is often on hospitals, clinics, and outpatient facilities. Yet health and wellness extend well beyond traditional healthcare settings. Schools, particularly those serving neurodiverse students or...
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Protecting Patients, Staff, and Facilities: Hazardous Material Management in Healthcare Design
By Katie Vander Putten
President | Director of Healthcare
Hospitals, ambulatory care centers, and outpatient clinics manage hazardous materials daily, including chemotherapy drugs, anesthetic gases, radiopharmaceuticals, infectious waste, and sterilants. Safely handling these materials is not just a regulatory requirement. It...
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Protecting People, Process, and Property: Designing for Hazardous Material Management in Life Science Facilities
By Brian Konczak
Director of Science + Technology
As life science development accelerates, hazardous material management has become one of the most critical and complex aspects of facility planning and operations. From pharmaceutical research to diagnostics and advanced manufacturing, life...
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Adding mothers’ rooms (lactation rooms) to every workplace
By Kasia Bulkowski
Associate Principal
Mothers’ rooms—also known as lactation rooms or nursing rooms—are dedicated spaces in a workplace where breastfeeding employees can comfortably, conveniently, and privately express breast milk while at work. A 2019 survey conducted...
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