Strada

Architecture is at its best when it brings people together. The Christian Brothers Residence at La Salle University was designed around community with a central Great Hall for gathering, dining, and daily life, and a landscaped courtyard creating a quieter space for reflection and worship.

A few details we love: vaulted ceilings, exposed wood trusses, a small chapel tucked into the courtyard, and a simple palette of stucco and wood siding that reflects the Brothers’ unpretentious aesthetic.

A very warm welcome to our newest Stradista in North Carolina! Emilie Krysa has joined our Chapel Hill Studio as an interior designer. Emilie is expanding our multidisciplinary practice as our first interior designer in North Carolina.

A few members of Strada's team attended Langan's women's networking event at Matt's Pickle and Padel. We had a great time learning a new game with new and old friends! Matt's Pickle and Padel

Strada is hiring in our Philadelphia and Pittsburgh studios!

Interior Designer - Philadelphia, PA
Landscape Architect/Designer - Pittsburgh & Philadelphia, PA

Our cross-disciplinary approach to design is immersive, human-centric, and diverse. We actively leverage the expertise and talents from the variety of disciplines within our three studios to achieve exceptional results for our clients. We look for individuals who are talented and passionate about their work. We help you cultivate your talents as part of the design team.

Instructions for application can be found on our Careers page: https://stradallc.com/careers/

We had a great time hosting the annual AIA Pittsburgh Young Architects Forum (YAF) YAFapalooza and PALM Mentorship Program celebration last week! 🎉

It was great to welcome local designers and students from across Pittsburgh into the Strada studio for an evening of connection, conversation, and a quick tour.

Thanks to everyone who came out and helped make it such a fun evening! 🥂

AIA Pittsburgh

The former R.J. Reynolds headquarters, an Art Deco beacon in Winston Salem, makes a stunning backdrop for our renovation of the Cardinal Hotel and its dashing restaurant called The Katharine.

Julia Morrison, Landscape Architect at Strada, spent a splendid day at Ernst Seeds learning about the seed harvesting and processing that allows her and her fellow practitioners to paint the ground with fields of color. The PA-DE ASLA helped facilitate the event, which was attended by practitioners, students, and flower enthusiasts alike!

Ernst provides seed mixes for a wide variety of projects in Pennsylvania. Strada specifies Ernst Conservation Seeds mixes for projects where site conservation and ecosystem restoration are priorities. We’re so grateful to have had the opportunity to understand the work they do and the innovation they pursue every day.

Take a walk through the farm with us!

2: Welcome to the Ernst family farm in Meadville Pennsylvania. Established in 1964, the family started with a focus on utility right-of-way reseeding. With the Highway Act of 1999 requiring a focus on native ecosystems, Ernst began to bloom!

3: Mark Fiely, horticulturalist extraordinaire and seed mix designer at Ernst, stands in front of a field of Cup Flower (Silphium perfoliatum) as he shares stories of trial and error in the field at the start of the tour.

Mark is always incredibly generous with his knowledge, and his passion for plants and pollinators is contagious.

4: Ernst Seeds handles all their own equipment and frequently tests new strategies for harvesting and planting. One such victorious innovation involved adapting a tomato seed extractor to extract more types and configurations of seeds. Let there be no doubt; this is a heavy-duty agricultural operation for harvesting tiny little seeds.

5: Many different types of seed threshers remove plant pulp and sift the seeds through various shaped sieves dependent on the species.

6: We cooled off in one of the many climate-controlled warehouses full of commercial seed mixes ready to ship to suppliers and installers throughout the east coast.

7: One of many cool cats who keeps the seed sacks safe from rodents and birds.

8: Landscape architects, Penn State students, Ernst staff, and flower lovers alike meander in a meadow of Blazing Star (Liatris).

9: Ready for the close-up: Blazing Star Flower!

10: Another close up: “Upland Meadow Mix” from Ernst Seeds includes a variety of seasonal blooms: Coneflowers (Echinacea) and Black-Eyed Susans (Rudbeckia) are currently abuzz with pollinators at a Strada project!

All in all, a great day in the field!

B+Labs, Brandywine Realty Trust's flagship incubator at Schuylkill Yards, has expanded opportunities for life sciences innovation by converting the lower floors of the iconic Cira Centre from office to lab space for emerging companies.

Convene at CityView reimagines the workplace as a destination for connection, collaboration, and flexibility. Designed to support constantly evolving ways of working, the two-phase renovation seamlessly brought together meeting, event, and coworking spaces through a central communicating stair anchored by artist Isaiah Zagar's vibrant mosaic. From panoramic city views to thoughtfully layered gathering spaces, every detail encourages movement, interaction, and moments of connection.