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To pursue architecture that goes beyond the conventional goals of service and product, the firm operates on the belief that all projects can be important works of architecture, regardless of scale or budget.

The great work of Off/ White Media, they created this.
12/16/2025

The great work of Off/ White Media, they created this.

2025’s recipient of the AIA Pennsylvania Architecture Firm Award is studio d’ARC architects.The AIA Pennsylvania Architecture Firm Award recognizes a Pennsyl...

I am truly honored by AIA Pennsylvania acknowledging studio d'ARC architects for the 2025 firm award. It has always been...
12/09/2025

I am truly honored by AIA Pennsylvania acknowledging studio d'ARC architects for the 2025 firm award. It has always been my intention to do work that attempts to find a coexistence between place and method. Video link soon available.

Every year, AIA Pennsylvania recognizes one firm whose passion and practice have produced notable architecture for at least a decade. Deserving firms will have demonstrated excellence in design and leadership through any combination of the following criteria: the breadth and/or depth of their portfolio, a healthy firm culture, influence on the practice of architecture, exemplary outcomes for clients and/or society.

Gerard Damiani, AIA

One of the eight.
08/14/2025

One of the eight.

To conclude our Building with Cob series, we have collected eight buildings that demonstrate the potential of cob as a modern-day material, including a home in Kazakhstan and a nursery in the UK.

11/06/2024

The Letter from America column looks at Thorne Residence, designed by d’ARC architects in Allegheny County

https://www.theplan.it/eng/magazine/2024/the-plan-158-11-2024
11/06/2024

https://www.theplan.it/eng/magazine/2024/the-plan-158-11-2024

THE PLAN 158, the seventh issue for 2024, opens with the editorial “A Low-Contrast City,” by Michael Maltzan. The issue looks at residential complexes, apartment buildings, pavilions, and renovation projects. There’s also an interview with Lina Ghotmeh}

Nice discussion about ideas and process with CMU SoA's Christi Danner.
02/28/2024

Nice discussion about ideas and process with CMU SoA's Christi Danner.

Associate Professor Gerard Damiani's residential project, the Thorne Residence in Sewickley Heights, was featured as House of the Month in the February 2024 issue of Architectural Record. The elegant home is the culmination of a years-long process involving materials research, iteration after iterat...

It's an honor to have this project in Architectural Record this month.
02/12/2024

It's an honor to have this project in Architectural Record this month.

Sprawling and low-slung, the Thorne Residence is replete with nods to the region’s history—from hot-dip galvanized steel to sooty charred-wood cladding.

12/21/2023

INTERVIEW
A recent interview with Kent State's Maree Rasmussen helps to reveal Gerard Damiani's process and thoughts about the work and how he navigates teaching, profession and practice.

Challenging standard building systems and assembly practices was the goal of this project back in 2010. A true collabora...
10/07/2022

Challenging standard building systems and assembly practices was the goal of this project back in 2010. A true collaboration.

Covid may of stopped that project but not the model.
07/14/2021

Covid may of stopped that project but not the model.

Link to lecture registration.
06/24/2021

Link to lecture registration.

AIA Ohio has planned monthly Design Lectures presented by some of the most diverse and accomplished designers and provocateurs of the built environment. All sessions will be free for AIA members to attend.

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