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Today is World Environment Day. A good day to share this.Adam Jarosik recently earned his LEED Green Associate credentia...
06/05/2026

Today is World Environment Day. A good day to share this.

Adam Jarosik recently earned his LEED Green Associate credential. He's been thinking about sustainability since college, not because someone asked him to, but because he genuinely believes the built environment is one of the best levers we have for positive change.

We couldn't be prouder. Read about Adam's journey in the link down below.

We wrapped up the week doing something we don't do often enough: spending time together before the holiday weekend scatt...
05/25/2026

We wrapped up the week doing something we don't do often enough: spending time together before the holiday weekend scattered us in different directions.

Some of us headed to backyard barbecues. Some to graduation open houses. Some to the 500. And some of us just needed the quiet.

It's easy to forget that the people you work with are part of the rhythm of your life, not separate from it. We design spaces where people live and work and heal and gather. We talk about belonging and community and connection in every project. And then we get so buried in deadlines and markups that we forget to practice what we preach with each other.

This weekend was a reminder to step back. To actually rest. And to remember what Memorial Day is really about: the people who gave everything so we could have weekends like this one.

Happy Memorial Day!

Last night a few of us got dressed up for the Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan Gala. Good food, good people, and...
05/21/2026

Last night a few of us got dressed up for the Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan Gala. Good food, good people, and a night built around raising support for kids at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.

It's easy to forget how much work happens behind the scenes to make care like that possible. Events like this remind you that world-class pediatric care doesn't just show up. It takes a whole community showing up first.

Grateful to be a sponsor this year and to have Lillian Kusmierz (Corewell Health) join us for the evening. It's good to support a health system that shows up for the people of West Michigan every single day.

Thanks to Jerry, Andy, and Rachel for being there, and to Hans Nelson (Synergy) for the great company.

Good night. Good cause. Glad we could be part of it.

Yesterday we celebrated the reopening of the LaSalle Branch Library on the west side of South Bend.There's still this id...
05/13/2026

Yesterday we celebrated the reopening of the LaSalle Branch Library on the west side of South Bend.

There's still this idea that libraries are supposed to be quiet tombs filled with old books. That a stern librarian will shush you if you talk above a whisper. That you tiptoe through the stacks and leave as fast as you can.

But that's not what libraries are anymore. They're community spaces where kids hang out after school. Where you use equipment you don't have at home. Where you gather with friends, make art, play games, figure things out.

St. Joe County Public Library gets that. So we designed a flexible programming room that works like a home base: movable furniture, art supply lockers, a video game lounge, a fold-down air hockey table. We added a cool wood grille ceiling and a colorful mural that runs the length of the vaulted ceiling. The kind of details that make you want to stay and come back the next day and the day after that.

Libraries aren't quiet anymore. And they shouldn't be.
Grateful to work with Veridus Advisors and The Robert Henry Corporation for their partnership in bringing this vision to life.

And a huge shout out to St. Joseph County Public Library Director Stephanie Murphy and her team for trusting us to design for what the community actually needed, not what libraries are supposed to look like.

That's the kind of project that reminds you why this work matters.

Thirty-three years ago, the MKM founders went back to Ball State with an idea: give students a reason to push beyond the...
05/12/2026

Thirty-three years ago, the MKM founders went back to Ball State with an idea: give students a reason to push beyond the required work and see what happens.

The MKM Steel Competition has been running ever since. The prize money has grown. It's a permanent endowment now. But the reason hasn't changed — we wanted to give something back to the place that shaped us.

This year's winners didn't just design buildings. They told stories. Railway bridge geometry as a framework for dance. A Detroit auto plant rebuilt around circular economy. A parking garage reimagined as adaptable community space.

Creative work everywhere. But the projects that stood out were the ones with actual ideas behind them.

Today is National Nurses Day. The start of National Nurses Week.Feels like a good time to say something that doesn't get...
05/06/2026

Today is National Nurses Day. The start of National Nurses Week.

Feels like a good time to say something that doesn't get said enough.

Nursing is hard. Not just emotionally hard. Physically hard. The kind of hard that lives in your feet and your back and your legs at the end of a twelve-hour shift. And the numbers back it up. Nurses walk an average of 750 miles a year. That's Indianapolis to New York City. Every single year.

And that number doesn't account for the double-backs. The supply room that's on the wrong end of the hall. The nursing station positioned so you can't see half your patients. The little inefficiencies baked into a building that add steps, add time, and add to an already impossible job.

We can't fix the hard parts of nursing. Nobody can.

But we spend a lot of time thinking about the parts we can do something about. Where the supply room goes. How a unit is laid out. What a nurse can see from where they stand. Small decisions that don't show up in a portfolio photo but matter at hour ten of a twelve-hour shift.

To every nurse out there this week: we see the work. All of it. Thank you.

Now please, sit down for a minute!

We've never had a Director of Corporate Well-Being before. That's not an oversight. It's just where we are as a firm. Or...
04/30/2026

We've never had a Director of Corporate Well-Being before. That's not an oversight. It's just where we are as a firm.

Or, more accurately, where we were.

We're growing. The work is getting bigger. More complex. And the team we're building deserves the same intentional thinking we bring to every project we take on.

And that's where Lauren comes in.

This role is about people. Recruiting, developing, and building the kind of culture that makes people want to be a part of our team and to help us do even better work. Lauren has been part of MKM long enough to understand what makes this place different. That matters more than any job description.

Excited to see where Lauren takes this. And where she takes us.

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Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly recently named Megan Zwick to their 40 Under 40 list. Honestly, our only question is ...
04/20/2026

Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly recently named Megan Zwick to their 40 Under 40 list. Honestly, our only question is - what took so long!

We've known who Megan is for nearly 12 years. She's the person who does exactly what she says she'll do. Every. Single. Time. She's the one who shows up on Monday already knowing what she's wearing Thursday (accessories included). She's the ECO Fest board member. She's the woman whose cubical looks like dopamine and a design museum had a very stylish, very cohesive baby.

But here's a couple of things that wasn't mentioned in the profile the paper wrote about her. She's magnetically beloved by every child she's ever met, which tells you something important about a person. It doesn't mention that she's married to an actual rock star. Or that she has three cats. Or that her taste in Taylor Swift is impeccable and non-negotiable.

Fort Wayne Business Journal recognized Megan for what she's accomplished. We're proud of her for who she is and what she adds to our team.

Congratulations, Megan. You've always deserved this.

This National Architecture Week, we’re thinking about how design shows up in everyday life and who it's supposed to serv...
04/14/2026

This National Architecture Week, we’re thinking about how design shows up in everyday life and who it's supposed to serve.

Architecture isn’t just big, shiny buildings or jaw-dropping lobbies. It’s the libraries, clinics, homes, and spaces that people interact with all day long. When we get those spaces right, life feels a little smoother, a lot more welcoming, and maybe even add a little bit of joy.

None of this happens without the architects and planners who came before us. We recognize what they built, learn from what they got right, and take seriously the responsibility of passing that forward to the next generation of designers and planners who will shape what comes next.

We're excited to welcome Mike Davis, AIA, EDAC, NCARB to the MKM team! Mike joins us as a Senior Associate with 20 years...
04/09/2026

We're excited to welcome Mike Davis, AIA, EDAC, NCARB to the MKM team! Mike joins us as a Senior Associate with 20 years of healthcare design experience across the Midwest.

He will be focused on growing our private healthcare practice and expanding our presence in Southern Indiana and Kentucky.

We're exited to have him onboard as we continue to grow!

Read more about MKM's newest superstar - https://www.mkmdesign.com/meet-mike-davis/

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