Allen Washatko, AIA

Co-Founder

awashatko@tkwa.com

Allen has been instrumental in the design of TKWA’s many award-winning buildings, including two national AIA COTE Top Ten Green Building projects - the Leopold Legacy Center in Baraboo, Wisconsin, and the First Unitarian Society Meeting House Addition in Madison, Wisconsin. TKWA also received the national ‘Wright Spirit Award’ from the Frank Lloyd Building Conservancy for their sensitive addition to Wright’s National Historic Landmark Unitarian Meeting House. Other notable TKWA projects include the Milwaukee Public Market, the Iron Horse Hotel, the Restoration and Addition to the Wright Designed Adelman House, the Growing Power Vertical Farm, the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center (first LEED Gold new building in Wisconsin) and the ZhongGuanCun Elementary School No. 3 in Beijing, China.

EDUCATION

  • Master of Architecture, University of Illinois, January 1980, Department Honors

  • Bachelor of Architecture, University of Illinois, January 1974

  • Ecole des Beaux Arts Unite Pedagogique d’Architecture 3, Versailles, France, 1971-1972

REGISTRATION

  • Registered Architect in Colorado, Georgia, Michigan, Missouri, Utah, and Wisconsin

  • American Institute of Architects, member

  • NCARB Certified

TEACHING + LECTURES

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor/Visiting Critic, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (SARUP)

  • Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Illinois School of Architecture

  • Visiting Critic, Graduate Urban Design Studio, Ohio State University

RECENT PROJECTS

First Unitarian Society: Meeting House Addition

Adelman Residence Restoration + Pool House

Leopold Legacy Center

Milwaukee Public Market

Iron Horse Hotel

Schlitz Audubon Nature Center

Zhongguancun Elementary School No. 3

4MKE: Placemaking on 4th & Wisconsin Ave

Harley-Davidson Corporate Headquarters

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