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Turn up the volume 🔊 A building’s footprint defines where it meets the ground. Its volume establishes presence—curves that soften its mass, cutouts that slice through it. 📍 University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN 📍 Redcar Properties 14th Street | Santa Monica, CA 📍 CentraCare | Redwood Falls, MN 📍 California State University | Fullerton, CA 📍 College of St. Scholastica | Duluth, MN 📍 Marvin | Warroad, MN 📍 Aurora Health Care | Pleasant Prairie, WI 📍 Museum of the North | Fairbanks, AK 📸: 1, 2, 8, 9. Corey Gaffer, 3, 5, 6. Eric Staudenmaier, 4. Brandon Stengel, 7. Dan Jandl, 10. Nic Lehoux

It’s a little empty without them... Beautifully designed campus buildings and adaptive learning environments only go so far. It’s the students, staff, faculty, families, and friends who bring life to those hallowed halls. Keep enjoying summer, but hurry back! 📍 University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR 📍 Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH 📍 University of Dayton | Dayton, OH 📍 Texas A&M University | Kingsville, TX 📍 University of California | Riverside, CA 📍 College of Charleston | Charleston, SC 📍 Bowdoin College | Brunswick, ME 📍 Normandale Community College | Bloomington, MN 📍 University of Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI 📸: 1. Kendall McCaugherty, 2. Anton Grassl, 3. Brad Feinknopf, 4, 5, 9, 10. Corey Gaffer, 6. Kim Rodgers, 7. Keith Isaacs, 8. Michael Moran, 11. Brandon Stengel

The team at ThedaCare came to us with two goals: close the healthcare gap in northeast Wisconsin, and build a repeatable model for small community hospitals. Without becoming institutional. What followed was a collaboration—HGA, Miron Construction Co., Inc., and Hplex Solutions Inc—that baked flexibility into every decision, from design to delivery. With fifty years of adaptability in mind. Hear how the team did it ↓ 🎥: Joseph Sliker

Color in healthcare isn't a finishing touch. It's a design variable with real weight. From patient rooms to corridors and common spaces, hue, saturation, and light impact how people feel. Across our Healthcare portfolio, color is treated as a clinical and experiential tool—calibrated to context, informed by evidence, and specific to the people who occupy a space. Bringing color to care 🎨 📍 ThedaCare/Encircle Health | Appleton, WI 📍 Norman Regional Health System | Norman, OK 📍 MetroHealth | Cleveland, OH 📍 Children's National Hospital | Washington, DC 📍 University of California, Riverside | Riverside, CA 📍 Bellin Health | Green Bay, WI 📸: 1, 7, 8. John Magnoski, 2, 3, 5, 10. Corey Gaffer, 4. Nic Lehoux, 6. Kim Rodgers, 9. Jasper Lazor

This month, we're recognizing a number of colleagues across HGA who have been promoted to Associate and Senior Associate, or stepped into new functional titles—spanning practice areas, specialties, and regions. Each promotion reflects a distinct achievement: relationships built through consistency, discernment honed in over time. Work that drives us forward. Meet those elevated at the 🔗 in the comments ↓

Cities are placing bets on their arts organizations. Not just as cultural drivers, but as economic ones. E. Tim Carl, FAIA discusses why they're paying off, what he's learned from decades of leading this work at a national scale, and how we're supporting institutions as they navigate their evolving role in the urban fabric. "Bringing a community together to improve and deepen the quality of civic life is my favorite part of being an architect." → Full conversation linked in the comments. 📸: Paul Crosby

Scale is straightforward. Belonging isn't. Over the years, we've grown to 12 offices. But what we've really fostered is a stake in 12 communities. A vested interest in the places where our people actually live, listen, and build. That's the difference between a footprint and a presence. Say hello to Local Pulse: stories from each of the distinct regions we call home📍 🔗: https://hga.com/locations/

It’s intern season 📅 Step into Lana Xu’s shoes (and our Boston office) to get a feel for the fun this Worcester Polytechnic Institute student is up to over the summer. As a Fire Protection Engineering Intern, she’s gaining real insight into active projects across markets, geographies, scopes, and scales.

Established in 1992, the Founders' Award honors the legacy of HGA's founders—Richard (Dick) Hammel, Curt Green, and Bruce Abrahamson—and their belief in the power of design, collaboration, and service. Presented annually in each of our coast-to-coast offices, this award recognizes colleagues nominated by their peers for the lasting impact they make on their teams, their communities, and our firm. Please join us in celebrating the 2026 Founders' Award recipients 🎉 🔗: https://lnkd.in/ew7Ps5wu

There's nothing quite like good design framing an even better view. Bringing inspiration in from surrounding contexts, connecting occupants to the outside world. This summer, enjoy the vista. But don't forget to get out there and experience it firsthand. 📍 Spokane Falls Community College | Spokane, WA 📍 Bowdoin College | Brunswick, ME 📍 Breck School | Golden Valley, MN 📍 Confidential Client | New York, NY 📍 Marquette University | Milwaukee, WI 📍 California State University, Fullerton | Fullerton, CA 📍 ThedaCare | Appleton, WI 📍 HGA Boston | Boston, MA 📍 Marvin | Warroad, MN 📸: 1. Albert Vecerka, 2, 10. Michael Moran, 3. Jasper Lazor, 4, 8. Connie Zhou, 5, 9. Corey Gaffer, 6. Eric Staudenmaier, 7. John Magnoski