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The Story of an Artifact’s 100 Year Journey at the Baha’i Temple
While the Baha'i Temple Welcome Center has been open for a few months now, we’re still completing some important final details. Last week, without fanfare, a little-known, but significant historical story came to a...
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A new client recently expressed happy surprise with the many detailed questions we asked them during our discovery process for their new house design. They were excited by the questions we posed to encourage thoughtful dialogue about their project. They explained that a previous designer...
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One World Architecture has designed a prototype house intended to provide a base plan for sustainable living in an urban context with affordability, flexibility, and good design as the primary criteria. The house is intended to fill a void in the current housing market that...
A new residence designed to accommodate a young, growing family in a bucolic setting.
We were approached by a young couple who enjoyed living in the rural areas outside Louisville, and wanted to build their dream home out in the countryside near properties owned by other close...
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A Visual Timeline of the Construction
For the last few years, One World Architecture has been working on the design for a new Welcome Center at the Baha'i Temple in Wilmette, Illinois, a religious destination of profound spiritual, historical, and architectural significance. Working near such a...
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At One World Architecture, we’re big fans of the LEGO Architecture series, a diverse range of recreations of classic works of architecture. The building sets include some iconic world landmarks — crowd pleasers like the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower — and they are...
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One World Architecture is excited to announce our westward expansion with a new office in San Diego, California. Our office in Louisville, Kentucky will continue to serve as a stronghold, as we fortify our operations in San Diego and Chicago. We’re excited about our growth...
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One World Architecture is excited to announce that we’re finalists in Louisville Metro’s "Lots of Possibility" competition, which invited innovative proposals to redevelop city property that suffers from vacancy or blight. Louisville, Kentucky has one of the highest concentrations of shotgun homes in the U.S....
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One World Architecture (OWA) is excited to announce that we are winners in the 2013 Faith & Form International Awards Program. Our submission for the restoration of the Baha’i House of Worship Gardens and Terraces received a Merit Award in the category of Sacred Landscape. The Faith...
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by Ken Parel-Sewell
One World Architecture recently attended Dwell on Design in Los Angeles, one of the biggest annual expos on modern design and architecture. We checked out the cutting-edge of green design and technology.
The expo marked the culmination of Dwell’s LEGO Modern Home Design Competition, which challenged...