“Pijashig kakina. Welcome everyone. Welcome to our beautiful, collective space to share stories. Ādisōke speaks to telling stories, tales and fables. Let’s open our ears, our minds and hearts to all stories respectfully now and in the future."

Della Meness, Manager of Education, Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation

“Today, we have a campus that is vibrant and exciting, an expression of the community’s needs and an example to others of how to produce a building at a value that far exceeds its actual baseline costs.”

Dr. Ron Burnett, President + Vice-Chancellor, EMERITUS

“Dreams sometimes do come true. It has been a dream of our musicians to have a great home, one in which we can make the best music possible for you, our public. Our collective wish is now being granted, and we are very grateful to all who have brought this project forward."

Jaap van Zweden, Music Director, New York Philharmonic

Enabling a growing university to launch an expanded campus and creating the context for its business, economics, and mathematical communities to do pioneering work.

“The design solution is rigorous and uncompromising, highly appropriate and smart. The lighting effects, while in other circumstances often gratuitous, here speak dynamically to the building’s character and use.”

Toronto Urban Design Awards

An exquisite renovation that restores a classic train station and converts it into a gracious, public-facing home for Canada’s Senate.

“There is hardly a college today that isn’t rushing to build its own version of Papadakis.”

Philadelphia Inquirer

Revitalizing the home for performing arts in Canada by welcoming the city in, day and night.

“The result of the combined interior and exterior inventions is a new set of algorithms for how performance spaces should be considered, devised and executed."

Indesign (Australia), Vol. 29

“[DSA’s] design for the Mariinsky II transcends the perceived boundaries of classical versus modern. Its acoustic and spatial design is taking the standard of performances to whole new levels.”

Hinge Magazine

An urban research institute that inspires renowned scientists to find new collaborative ways to solve children’s health problems.

“Diamond Schmitt deeply understood our community’s dream to create a performing arts campus that promotes entertainment for our region, while also serving as an arts education hub and a cornerstone for downtown revitalization. The result is a beautiful, world-class space unlike anything in our area that will bring our community together and create a new destination for the arts in Lubbock.”

Tim Collins, Chairman of the Board of the Lubbock Entertainment and Performing Arts Association