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Places of Value. Value of Place. We use the power of design to enrich lives and strengthen communities.

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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 15/09/2026
Today at #PlanNewHampshire Fall Conference, our founder Donald Powers explores what it means to re-learn those principles now, when the need for housing is urgent and the question of where matters as much as how much. The answer, he'll argue, is already written into the places we care most about.
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 12/08/2026
We've been designing for: housing, heritage, resilience, and community. Our first half of 2026 recap. unionstudioarch.com/newsletter/2...
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 15/07/2026
On Taunton Ave in East Providence, an angular, raised building — a child of the 1970s, with all the swagger of its era — is finding a new groove. More than half of Union's Providence office recently walked the Center City Apartments site with our project leads... 1/3
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 13/07/2026
Traditional Building Magazine's June issue features our reconstruction of Nantucket's Veranda House—rebuilt after a 2022 fire with 19th-century character intact. 🔗 unionstudioarch.com/2026/06/30/t...
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 06/07/2026
We broke ground on Union Street Mixed Use in #NewBedford — a site neighbors have long called "the hole" on Union Street. Architect Taylor Hughes, shared: "we're not just patching a hole in the streetscape, but offering a link between the past and the future of New Bedford." #MA #Architecture
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 01/07/2026
At the @growsmartri.bsky.social "Power of Place Summit," Joel VanderWeele shared a story about a resident in one of our projects, someone he worked to house for three years but had never actually met. Her story opened: "she was unpacking for the first time in her life." That's who this work is for.
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 23/06/2026
Ben Willis Associate Principal and the Director of Union’s Philadelphia office, has been featured in the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2026 Business of Pride series, an annual recognition highlighting LGBTQ+ leaders driving meaningful impact across the region’s business community. Read more below
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 01/06/2026
Ribbon Cutting | Meshacket Commons, Edgartown, MA Martha's Vineyard has long struggled to house its year-round community. Meshacket Commons is a real step forward — 38 affordable units in Edgartown designed to fit the fabric of the island. #affordablehousing #marthasvineyard
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 26/05/2026
Welcome, Peter Bontempo! 🎉 Peter believes good architecture serves the people who live, work, and grow within the places it shapes. Rooted in traditional design, grounded in history, and driven by community, we couldn't be more excited to have him at Union.
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 22/05/2026
Kara Babcock, our Associate Principal, is joining the Advancing Resilient Communities Innovation Lab at Mystic Seaport, 🌊 She leads our coastal climate adaptation work, including a masterplan for the House of the Seven Gables in Salem, MA. #HistoricPreservation #ClimateAdaptation
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 12/05/2026
Our @unionstudioarch.com team is heading to Northwest Arkansas for CNU34, May 13–16! Catch two sessions Thursday 5/14 — one on firm culture & the transect, another on streamlining housing with pre-approved plans. See you in Bentonville & Fayetteville! #NewUrbanism #CNU34 @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 24/03/2026
🎨 United in Design 2026 is now accepting applications through March 30! Our 8th annual scholarship/internship supports emerging architects & planners from diverse backgrounds. Apply: unionstudioarch.com/UiD #DEI #Architecture #Internship
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 11/03/2026
Victoria joined WURD Radio live at the For Love to Thrive Cultural Heritage Celebration to discuss the Tanner House design process — the history, the architecture, and what comes next. Listen to the full conversation here: unionstudioarch.com/2026/03/03/t...
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 06/03/2026
Five years in the making, the Ade Bethune House on Bristol Ferry Road is nearly ready to open its doors. 54 affordable apartments for older adults. A fully reimagined senior center. One site, one community.
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 17/02/2026
What has occupied our hands and minds of late? Herein, a faithful record. (link in thread) "Easy reading is damn hard writing!" - Nathaniel Hawthorne, Author of The House of the Seven Gables
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 10/02/2026
Jeremy Lake, our Principal & Director of Community Design, recently served on the 2026 @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social Charter Awards Jury—and came away inspired by the breadth of great work advancing equitable, sustainable, connected communities. #CNU34 #NewUrbanism
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 04/02/2026
"This project sets a clear precedent, and is the first of many as we continue shaping a more sustainable built environment." Joe Haskett, Principal & Director of Sustainability, UNION #phius #passivehouse
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 13/01/2026
We're so pleased to announce the promotions of Alanna Jaworski to Associate Principal and Joel VanderWeele to Senior Associate. 🎉
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 19/12/2025
"I feel definitely supported by the things we have in place here that I think make us a little unique from other firms." - Nicole Pearson, Designer Developing the next generation of architects is central to who we are. We're honored that AIA continues to recognize this commitment.
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 10/12/2025
@dwell.bsky.social Magazine featured UNION’s Co-Founder Douglas Kallfelz in a piece on designing affordable housing that feels truly part of its neighborhood. As Douglas notes: “People want affordable housing that doesn’t feel separate from the community.” Read more here: unionstudioarch.com/251210
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 04/12/2025
“The Jury loved the connection and impact the preservation of this building had to the community. Not only is SCLT a wonderful and important organization, the architectural and urban response was impressive yet humble.” - AIA Philadelphia 2025 Design Award Jury ... 1/3🧵
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 26/11/2025
With gratitude for the people behind our work—those who make it possible and those who make it matter. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at UNION.
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 20/11/2025
Projects, people, progress and press - see what we've been up to! unionstudioarch.com/newsletter/q...
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 04/11/2025
Eighteen of us from Union toured the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County renovation, seeing months of design work take shape—from new interior layouts to the preserved 1873 Thayer School facade.
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 24/10/2025
ChatGPT said: Tiverton Public Library is celebrating 10 years! 🎉 “Ten years on, our library remains the heart of the community Union Studio helped bring to life — a welcoming, functional, and lasting asset for Tiverton.” — Catherine Damiani, Library Director
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 20/10/2025
Welcome Esteban Salazar! 🎉 A first-gen Colombian American, Esteban brings a deep belief that housing shapes identity & community. With experience from Notre Dame to Berkeley, Rome to Pasadena, he’s dedicated to reimagining resilient, sustainable neighborhoods. Thrilled to have him at Union!
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 26/09/2025
In 2016, we joined Thrive Collaborative for a design charrette that would become Veridian at County Farm — now making headlines as one of America's first #netzero communities. We're thrilled to partner with Thrive, serving as master planner & architect for this groundbreaking development in Michigan
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 22/09/2025
Welcome Scott Toth! Scott brings design sensitivity, technical rigor, and environmental awareness to Union, with experience in affordable housing and historic preservation. Outside the studio, he’s often outdoors—backpacking, surfing, climbing—or making music. Thrilled to have him on the team!
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 19/09/2025
“At UNION, our mission has always been to shape spaces of meaning and belonging... The Tanner House is a vessel of memory, a testament to Black brilliance and resilience... We are humbled to stand alongside The Friends of the Tanner House.” —Victoria Bryant, Union Studio
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Matt Grocoff @mattgrocoff.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Veridian is leading the way and getting international recognition for answering the simple question: what does good look like? In the past couple of weeks it’s been written about in over a dozen media outlets! Here’s the latest from today www.homes.com/news/free-of... @unionstudioarch.com
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 16/09/2025
"Getting to Yes!" Our Managing Partner Douglas Kallfelz presents 25 years of attainable housing and community design wins at OneCape Summit tomorrow. You can catch his presentation at 1:15 PM as part of the afternoon plenary session. #OneCape #AttainableHousing #CapeCod #MA
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NLIHC @nlihc.org · 16/09/2025
Today #NLIHC celebrates #NationalVoterRegistrationDay! You can get #VoteReady by: 🔵 Registering to vote 🔵 Updating your registration 🔵 Checking your status 🔵 Signing up for election reminders Read more about how to engage here: nlihc.org/resource/o...
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 28/08/2025
2010 brought us the completion of something unprecedented – the first phase of what would become the first LEED-rated neighborhood of its kind in Washington state's Puget Sound. #throwbackthursday 🧵1/3
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 14/08/2025
Launched: Union’s Guest Lecture Series We kicked off with RI Historian Laureate Keith W. Stokes, who connected local African American history to national housing discrimination, revealing how centuries of policy still shape neighborhoods today. @keithstoke
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 08/08/2025
"I had to take the picture, the view from inside the mill was so unexpectedly beautiful!" Taylor, an architect from our office captured this unexpectedly stunning view from inside the historic Daniel's Mill in Vernon, Connecticut's Rockville section... 🧵
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 21/07/2025
Union continues to show up with our commitment to empathy, equity, inclusion, and community. In this Q2 recap, we share how those values have taken shape in our work. We look forward to continuing that work alongside you. Explore our Q2-2025 Newsletter — unionstudioarch.com/newsletter/q...
Union’s Q2 2025 newsletter graphic, titled ‘IDEAS.’ Features a rendering of the Hyannis Public Library project at the top, followed by the newsletter title and tagline ‘Union’s Latest Projects, People & Ideas — Link in Bio.’ Below are images highlighting team members, a United in Design scholarship recipient, and two projects in development.
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 07/07/2025
Philly is at a critical juncture regarding housing. As costs rise and displacement pressures intensify, the city aims to construct and preserve 30,000 affordable homes within the next four years. Strategic preservation of existing affordable units is essential for protecting vulnerable residents.
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 03/07/2025
The most sustainable move isn't always the most obvious one. 🌿 2020 brought us this opportunity to help a local company plant deeper roots in their community while breathing new life into an existing structure. Sometimes the best design solution is the one that honors what's already there.
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 27/06/2025
In celebration of Pride month, Union is highlighting our Aldersbridge at East Point project, the first senior housing development in Rhode Island designed specifically for the LGBTQIA+ community and their allies. #pride2025 #pridemonth #affordablehousing #attainablehousing #architecture
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 18/06/2025
What a remarkable milestone—Union brought home four Charter Awards from CNU33 in Providence! Our quarter-century journey with the Congress for the New Urbanism has been one of constant inspiration, learning alongside an extraordinary community of practitioners who share our vision for...
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 06/06/2025
Design + Drinks + Downcity = Perfect Friday! Fri, June 13 | 5:30–7:30 PM @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social, Union & @neighborswelcomeri.bsky.social host a casual mixer at Union’s Downcity studio—sip, nosh, and network with designers, planners & architects in a space carved from two historic buildings.
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 04/06/2025
Join Douglas tomorrow, June 5 at 10 AM at AIA 2025 for the Regional Design Community Forum session: East Coast Rising – Adaptation and Retreat (Two Stories from the Ocean State). Hope to see you there. #aia25 @aianational.bsky.social
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Congress for the New Urbanism @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Cape Cod Resiliency: Missing Middle changed the perception and implementation of housing on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Union Studio Architecture & Community Design won a 2025 CNU Charter Award in The Region: Metropolis, City and Town category. #CNU33 @unionstudioarch.com
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Modeling Missing Middle across an unaffordable region
Cape Cod Resiliency: Missing Middle changed the perception and implementation of housing on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Union Studio Architecture & Community Design won a 2025 CNU Charter Award in The Re...
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 30/05/2025
How can historic communities adapt to climate change without losing their soul? Join Kara Babcock on June 2 at 6:30 pm for community-driven, context-rich strategies that unite architecture, preservation, and local values for true climate resilience.
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 23/05/2025
There’s something special about hosting today’s leading urbanists in our own backyard. Providence is rolling out the red carpet for #CNU33, and we couldn’t be more thrilled! Union will present in six sessions—from climate-adaptive and affordable housing design to coastal resiliency.
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Congress for the New Urbanism @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Preserving History: Assessments and Climate Adaptations at The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, MA. Union Studio Architecture & Community Design won a Merit Award in the Block, Street, and Building category of the 2025 CNU Charter Awards. #CNU33 @unionstudioarch.com
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Block-scale urbanism adapts historic campus to climate change
Preserving History: Assessments and Climate Adaptations at The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, MA. Union Studio Architecture & Community Design won a Merit Award in the Block, Street, and Building...
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 15/04/2025
Ensuring housing for all takes collective action. @nlihc.bsky.social has led that charge since 1974. We’re proud to support their work—and to have designed 150+ affordable housing projects since 2001. #HousingIsAHumanRight Take action: nlihc.org/take-action
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 18/03/2025
We're a mission-driven firm committed to the improvement of the built environment and people's lives. With a focus on designing with purpose and prioritizing community impact, our work makes communities, neighborhoods, blocks, and homes a little bit better for everyone. #Architecture #Community
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 14/03/2025
Wanamaker Building (Philly, by Thompson, Starrett & Daniel Burnham). Macy’s closes its historic store in March. Ben Willis, Associate Principal at Union, said: “Stopped by to hear one of the Grand Court Organ’s last Friday concerts. Eager for future uses that preserve public access.” #ValueOfPlace
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Union Studio Architecture & Community Design @unionstudioarch.com · 12/03/2025
United in Design 2025 Scholarship: Now Accepting Applications! Our 7th annual United in Design scholarship/internship is open! We're committed to fostering diversity in architecture by supporting emerging designers from all backgrounds. #Architecture #Scholarship #DEI unionstudioarch.com/UiD
United in Design 2025 scholarship, apply at unionstudioarch.com/UiD by March 20, 2025
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