BLOG

AO icon Black w clear background square

Subscribe

Sign up with your email address to receive news, updates & best practices for industries.

We respect your privacy.

Merry Christmas from AO!

  As we close out 2023, and look forward to the opportunities of 2024, we want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Your friends at Architect One

Read More »

Welcoming Another WildCat

Please welcome our newest member of the Architect One, Inc. professional creative team, Alexandrea Gales! Alexandrea is from Topeka, Kansas, and is a recent graduate from College of Architecture, Planning & Design at Kansas State University (We bleed purple!). She joins us with her master’s degree in Interior Architecture and Product Design and joined AO…

Read More »

Back to her Roots!

  Please welcome our newest member of the Architect One creative team, Morgan Gales! A graduate of Hayden Catholic High School, Morgan originates from Topeka, Kansas, and holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from College of Architecture, Planning & Design at Kansas State University!! (EMAW!). She joins our team at AO having recently obtained her…

Read More »

Family Service & Guidance Center

  The new Youth Crisis & Recovery Center will be completed and opening their doors this fall. Our team at Architect One was commissioned to review the existing facilities at Family Service and Guidance Center to find a solution for their growing need to better serve the demand for the services they provide throughout the…

Read More »

Kansas School for the Blind (KSSB) Breezeway

Kansas State School for the Blind (KSSB) is an agency that is constantly evolving and growing to meet the needs of students who are blind/visually impaired in Kansas. We see ourselves as a “network of services” that includes both a robust Field Services (outreach) team to serve students across the state as well as a…

Read More »

Ivan King Announced as New President of AIA Topeka

We are proud to announce one of our valued employees, Ivan King, has been elected as the President of AIA Topeka! AIA is the “American Institute of Architects” It is a body of architects and architectural professionals. The goal of the organization is to protect, improve, and enrichen the architectural profession and by extension the…

Read More »

PEMB

One-size doesn’t always fit all on pre-engineered metal buildings. When clients request our team at Architect One assist them with options to transform their basic pre-engineered metal building into more than a box, we enjoy providing solutions for their budget and preferences.Pre-engineered metal buildings are incredibly versatile and offer a wide range of benefits. They…

Read More »

Salina Airport Authority Hangar 626

  Hangar 626 on the Salina Airport Authority campus was built by the War Department in 1945. Through the years it has had many uses for companies such Beechcraft, Schwan’s, and now is moving to its next phase of life. Teaming up with Hutton Construction, Architect One provided design and construction document services to modernize…

Read More »

Potwin Lofts

Potwin Presbyterian Church is a staple of the community. As the Church moved away from using their education wing (built in 1959), Historic Landmark Development, Inc. saw and opportunity to provide Topekans a chance to call home a central location in a wonderful historic neighborhood. The education wing was separated from the original church (built…

Read More »

Walters-Morgan Construction Inc.

  Walters-Morgan Construction, Inc (WMCI) is a locally-owned general contractor specializing in the construction of water and wastewater treatment plants along with other municipal utilities. The owners and Executive Team of WMCI are highly-decorated and experienced civil construction professionals that are dedicated to continuing the founding WMCI principle of innovative excellence. In 2017, Architect One…

Read More »

New Smiling Face for AO

  Please give a warm hello to the newest face of Architect One, Sonya! Sonya, born in Watertown, NY, moved to the Midwest as a child, grew up in Scranton, KS, and now resides in Topeka, KS. After graduating from Santa Fe Trail in Carbondale, KS, she attended Allen Community College in pursuit of a…

Read More »

Auburn Hills Clubhouse and Management Office

The new owners of Auburn Hills are in the middle of a complete renaissance and the Clubhouse is their Crown Jewel. The new 5,400sf clubhouse will offer upgraded amenities for residences, including Work From Home spaces, and comfortable places to escape the summer heat or set up for the perfect pool party.   One of…

Read More »

Tracz Family Band Hall | Kansas State University West Memorial Stadium

  After completion of construction last spring, the Kansas State University’s Marching Band ‘The Pride of the Wildcats’ has had a chance to settle into their new home and are ready to cheer on the Cats this fall. When it was time for them to find a permanent home on campus, we were honored to collaborate and…

Read More »

স্বাগতম আমাদের নতুন অভিযাত্রী তাকরিম কে!
Welcome Our New Member, Takrim, to our Team! 

Welcome our newest member, Takrim Rimon to the Architect One, Inc Team! Takrim joins Architect One as an Architectural Designer/Associate Project Manager. He is originally from Dhaka, Bangladesh and spent some time in KL Malaysia. He then ventured to the States to pursue his bachelor’s degree in South Dakota. While attending school, Takrim interned in…

Read More »

LOCKED!

The Architect One team ventured out to the Manhattan KS AO office ! Architect One took a 1/2 day to Manhattan KS to take a step back from work and enjoy each other. But, with every great adventure, it must begin with food. The team started the afternoon with a delightful lunch in Aggieville. Afterward,…

Read More »

Say Howdy to our Newest Face!

Give a warm welcome to Kennedy Rietzke! Kennedy is originally from Kensington, Kansas and is a recent grad from Fort Hays State University. She graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design. In addition to graduating with her bachelors, she also obtained two certificates – one for architectural technology the other in construction…

Read More »

Wszystko, co musisz wiedzieć o naszym nowym pracowniku | All You Need To Know About Our New Hire

Please welcome Nicole Rzadkowska to our Architect One, Inc Team! Nicole, originally from Poland, immigrated with her family as a young child and grew up in Clifton, New Jersey. She began her professional journey studying Architecture at Pratt Institute School of Architecture in Brooklyn, NY. Journeying to the Midwest to visit friends in Kansas City, Mo. a few…

Read More »

The Villages

  The Villages, Inc. was founded by Dr. Karl Menninger in 1964 with their first home opening in the winter of 1969. Menninger’s strong principles of healing for those who had been abused, neglected, and abandoned, became the foundation and model for The Villages, Inc. This model believed in the benefits that abandoned and abused…

Read More »

West Coast To Midwest

Extend a warm welcome to Brittney Lewis, our new Director of Marketing, for the Architect One, Inc Team! Brittney is a native Kansan, who was living on the west coast (California) for the past 5 years. She began her professional career   while studying at a small college in Kansas in pursuit of her Bachelor of…

Read More »

Colorful Colorado meets the Sunflower State

Please welcome Architect One’s newest Architectural Designer Tyler Duggan! Tyler is originally from Aurora Colorado and decided to join our team early June. He relocated to Kansas and attended the University of Kansas, School of Architecture and Design, for his undergrad and master’s degree. In addition to Tyler’s extensive studies – he was able to…

Read More »