THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA The team at UAA is led by four principals – founders Jennifer Marshall and Shelley Craig, as well as Jordan Edmonds and Ouri Scott – all of whom bring expertise in architectural planning, design, and consultation services to their roles. The firm’s work varies across wide range of industry sectorsandonavarietyofproject types, including everything from educational facilities, cultural projects like museums, galleries, and libraries, to social housing projects. While UAA’s work varies, it has a common focus on “building community.” “We’ve always been very focused on community building,” says Jennifer Marshall, Principal. “For a long time, our slogan was ‘We build community.’ That’s a reference to both our process – as we highly value community engagement – and the actual buildings we design – which are almost always community facilities.” Founding architects Jennifer and Shelley first met studying architecture at the University of Waterloo. Before officially teaming up, they both spent the early years of their careers working for other firms, and they both spent over a decade each as principals of their own firms. In 2006, they finally decided that “the world was ready for a twowomen led firm,” and Urban Arts Architecture was born. In 2020, UAA expanded their “We’ve always been very focused on community building,” says Jennifer Marshall, Principal. “For a long time, our slogan was ‘We build community.’ That’s a reference to both our process – as we highly value community engagement – and the actual buildings we design – which are almost always community facilities.”
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