Great projects start with great stories.
We take a narrative approach to design - whether imagining the flows and rhythms of how users occupy a space, or emphasizing the unique identities of brands and organizations: great projects start with great stories.
A strong conceptual framework gives us a road map for creating spaces and places that have liveliness, meaning, and lasting appeal.
This process leads us to compelling and sometimes unexpected results: an academic squash facility with geometries inspired by the game of squash, a prefab take on the rigorous logic of Cape Cod modern, or taking Boston’s hottest food truck brick-and-mortar with an inside/outside strategy that brings elements of the city into the restaurant.
We work at the intersection of design and construction.
WADE / KEATING began in 2008 as the award-winning architectural office of integrated design and construction firm Stack + Co., and launched as an independent architectural practice in 2023. Because of our unique hybrid background at the intersection of design and construction, our architectural delivery is grounded in industry best practices across the whole project life cycle.
In addition to architecture and design, we provide a number of services related to innovative delivery methods, including architect-led design/build, consulting for design/build companies, owner’s design consultant (ODC), and owner’s project management services (OPM) for design/build delivery.
Using the power of design for good.
We choose to use our design superpowers for good, building with good energy practice - including to Passive House standards - and an emphasis on healthy spaces and environments. We strive to include diverse viewpoints and practitioners on our teams and in our collaborators, and to engage with communities and all stakeholders as we fulfill our responsibility as designers to improve the built environment and the lives of those around us.
Studio
Andrew Wade Keating, AIA
PrincipalAndrew is a registered architect in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He has been listed among the 15 Best Architects in Boston, is a Boston Society of Architects Design Awards winner, an American Architecture Awards winner, a Best of Boston Home winner, and a New England Home Rising Star.
He holds a Master in Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a Masters from the EDGE Institute for Advanced Study at Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI_Arc).
He is an Adjunct Professor and Lecturer at the Boston Architectural College.
Andrew has been an invited panelist/presenter at ABX Boston, the AIA Emerging Architect’s forum, AIA BIM Forum, and A Better World by Design Conference. He has served as a visiting critic at RISD, MassArt Architecture, Roger Williams University, and Brown University; and for several years organized the Associated Schools of Construction Design Build competition.
His professional experience includes William Rawn Associates Architects, where he worked on Boston-area higher education projects, and Shawmut Design and Construction, where as a Project Manager he ran lab and science, historic preservation, and large scale academic projects. Prior to founding WADE / KEATING, Andrew founded Boston-based integrated services firm Stack + Co.
Andrew’s hybrid experience of applied construction expertise and design-forward architectural approach is unique in the marketplace.
Oka Bavuudorj
Designer
Ashley Hlibok
Project Manager / Designer︎