Whether you live in downtown Rockford or visit frequently, chances are you’ve asked yourself: “What’s going on with the downtown library?” Since 2014, Studio GWA and Engberg Anderson Architects have been working on a new replacement library, one that improves...
Quick: What’s the first image that comes to mind when you hear the word ‘green’? Perhaps you think of a greenhouse, an arboretum, or maybe even a building with solar panels. Or, if you’re like us, you think of the garden that you’ll be tending to in a few short...
People Saving Places for People. That’s the tagline of Landmarks Illinois, and I must tell you: I am proud to be one of those people. Landmarks Illinois is a nonprofit preservation advocacy organization whose mission is to preserve, protect, and promote architectural...
Ever notice how so many holiday movies are set in small, quaint downtowns? Sure, in classic holiday movie style, the same premise has been spun over and over again. Maybe these premises sound familiar: The downtown mom-and-pop diner is threatened by the big chain...
If life is like a play, then our work at Studio GWA is like one big performance where we’re all playing multiple parts. Take our Development Services work, for example; when it comes to helping our clients with adaptive reuse projects, we become historians, technical...