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About

Atkin Olshin Schade Architects is an award winning architecture, interiors, and planning firm that designs vibrant and sustainable places.

We approach design as a means to give life and purpose to new and existing buildings. We celebrate the culture and history of the buildings, sites, and institutions we work with and explore the possibilities of their contemporary context and use. We are inspired by the diversity of our clients and the ambitions and circumstances of every project we undertake.

Since our founding in 1979, we have worked with academic, religious, and cultural institutions, as well as communities and individuals, to create significant new buildings and transformative renovations. Each project we undertake thoughtfully addresses our client’s current and future needs while embracing the character of their physical and cultural settings.

We are dedicated to environmental and cultural stewardship. From each project’s conception, we balance sustainability with design, craft, and historical and ecological context. As an AIA 2030 Commitment signatory firm, we lead by example and are working toward carbon neutral buildings and renovations within the next decade. Learn more about sustainability at AOS.

Our future-oriented preservation approach is as grounded in the life of contemporary communities as it is in caring for buildings of the past. We believe that preservation is compatible with new uses and improvements that enrich significant structures of all eras.

Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, our collaborative team provides clients with the highest quality service, while creating places that enrich and sustain the lives of those who use them.

Learn more about the firm’s first 40 years.

People

Awards

2023

2022

2021

2020

  • AIA Pennsylvania Honor Award for Richards Medical Research Labs
  • AIA Pennsylvania EPiC Firm Recognition for Firms Fostering Emerging Professionals
  • AIA Pennsylvania Honor Award for The Met
  • Docomomo US Modernism in America Citation of Merit for Richards Medical Research Labs
  • ABC Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter Excellence in Construction Merit Award for Temple Adath Israel
  • ABC Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter Excellence in Construction Merit Award for Episcopal Academy Dining Hall
  • Delaware County Heritage Commission Preservation Award for Lansdowne Theater Facade Restoration
  • Preservation Pennsylvania, Construction Award for Rehabilitation for Richards Medical Research Labs
  • Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Grand Jury Award for First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia

2019

2019 cont.

2018

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2005

  • Faith & Form Magazine's Religious Architecture Design Award for Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
  • AIA Philadelphia Chapter Design Award for Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
  • New Jersey Future Smart Growth Award for The Senator Frank Lautenberg Transportation Opportunities Center and Independence House
  • New Jersey State Historic Preservation Award for The Senator Frank Lautenberg Transportation Opportunities Center and Independence House

Clients

  • Academy of Music, PA
  • Acoma Pueblo, NM
  • All Saint’s Episcopal Church, FL
  • Arch Street United Methodist Church, PA
  • Avon Old Farms School, CT
  • Baca County, CO
  • Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art, PA
  • Broad Street Ministry, PA
  • Brooklyn Museum, NY
  • Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, PA
  • Camelot Schools, PA
  • Care 66, NM
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, PA
  • Cathedral Christ the King, ON
  • Center City District, PA
  • Center for Contemporary Arts, NM
  • Chapelgate Presbyterian Church, MD
  • Cherokee Castle, CO
  • Chippewa Cree Tribe, MT
  • Christ Church of Bradenton, FL
  • City of Espanola, NM
  • City of Santa Fe, NM
  • Cliveden of the National Trust, PA
  • Colorado College, CO
  • Community Legal Services, PA
  • Congregation Beth Harmedrosh, PA
  • Congregation Kesher Israel, PA
  • Cornell University, NY
  • Dartmouth College, NH
  • Deerfield Academy, MA
  • Duke University, NC
  • Easter Seals El Mirador, NM
  • Eastern State Penitentiary, PA
  • EB Realty Management, PA
  • Elfreth’s Alley, PA
  • Elisabeth Morrow School, NJ
  • Episcopal Academy, PA
  • Fairmount Park Commission, PA
  • First Presbyterian Church, PA
  • First United Methodist Church, NC
  • Fleisher Art Memorial, PA
  • Fort Apache, AZ
  • Fort Mifflin, PA
  • Fort Stanton, NM
  • Franklin & Marshall College, PA
  • Free Church of Saint John, PA
  • Friends Select School, PA
  • Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
  • Grand Canyon Trust, AZ
  • Hamilton College, NY
  • Haverford College, PA
  • Jupiter Christian School, FL
  • Lafayette College, PA
  • Lawrenceville School, NJ
  • Lehigh University, PA
  • Lindy Property Management, PA
  • Loomis Chaffee School, CT
  • Los Poblanos Historic Inn, NM
  • Lower Merion Conservancy, PA
  • Lower Merion Township, PA
  • Lyman Allyn Museum, CT
  • Make it Right Foundation, MT
  • Manzano Day School, NM
  • Midwood Management Corp, NY
  • Modern Elder Academy, NM
  • Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, PA
  • New Mexico State University, NM
  • NJ Community Development Corporation, NJ
  • Ohkay Owingeh, NM
  • OLIN, PA
  • Parish of Christ Church, MA
  • Paterson Free Library, NJ
  • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA
  • Pennsylvania State University, PA
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
  • Princeton University, NJ
  • Pueblo de Cochiti, NM
  • Pueblo of Isleta, NM
  • Pueblo of Laguna, NM
  • Pueblo of Picuris, NM
  • Pueblo of Santa Ana, NM
  • Pueblo of Santa Domingo, NM
  • Pueblo of Zuni, NM
  • Renfrew Center, FL, PA
  • Rhoads Industries, PA
  • Rhode Island School of Design, RI
  • Rio Grande School, NM
  • Rosenbach Museum and Library, PA
  • Russell Byers Charter School, PA
  • Rutgers University, NJ
  • Saint David's Episcopal Church, PA
  • Saint David's Episcopal Church, TX
  • Saint John on the Mountain, NJ
  • Saint John the Evangelist, PA
  • Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, FL
  • Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, IN
  • Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, PA
  • Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, SC
  • Saint Paul's School, NH
  • Saint Peter's Church and School, PA
  • Salmon Ruins, NM
  • Sandia Pueblo, NM
  • Santa Fe Botanical Garden, NM
  • Santa Fe Chabad Center, NM
  • Santa Fe County, NM
  • Santa Fe Opera, NM
  • Santiago Christian School, Dominican Republic
  • School District of Philadelphia, PA
  • School District of Santa Fe, NM
  • Seminary of the Southwest, TX
  • Shiloh Baptist Church, PA
  • South Orange Public Library, NJ
  • Southern Methodist University-in-Taos, NM
  • Spirit Lake Nation, ND
  • Springside School, PA
  • Swarthmore College, PA
  • Temple Adath Israel, PA
  • Temple Chayai Shalom, MA
  • Temple University, PA
  • Thomas Jefferson University, PA
  • Tishman Speyer Properties, PA
  • Town of Branson, CO
  • Town of Hurley, NM
  • Trinity Church, NJ
  • Trinity Memorial Church, PA
  • Union League of Philadelphia, PA
  • United World College, NM
  • University of Denver, CO
  • University of New Mexico, NM
  • University of Pennsylvania, PA
  • University of Pennsylvania Museum, PA
  • Usdan Center for the Performing Arts, NY
  • Wesleyan University, CT
  • Wharton Esherick Museum, PA
  • White Mountain Apache Tribe, AZ
  • YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School, PA