INVISION congratulates two team members as they join the ranks as licensed professionals. Shannon and Maggie have completed the exams and other requirements to become registered architects in the State of Iowa. Shannon is excited to have accomplished what she went to school for, after a two and …

David Reid achieved a goal he has held since signing up for a degree in architecture in 2007: he has become a licensed architect. In the four and a half years since graduating, he has balanced work, life and studying, which is a challenge when office deadlines seem …

Two of our staff members will be participating in their community’s leadership class for 2018. Congratulations to Evan Shaw, architect in our Des Moines office, for being selected to participate in the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute’s class of 2018 and to Lisa Chamberlin, office manager of our …

In summer, INVISION’s studios fill up with the addition of several young designers, many still training in school. In the Waterloo office, Brandon Lewis is an architecture intern who switched from engineering, enjoys the visualization process in schematic design and admires the Amager-Bakke power plant, which burns trash …

Two great events are coming up this July, and INVISION will be out in the community. Stop by and say hello. Every July the Iowa Hospital Association puts on Swinging for Scholars, a golf outing to benefit the Iowa Hospital Education and Research Foundation (IHERF) Health Care Careers …

Robert “Bob” Broshar, past partner of INVISION, passed away on Thursday, May 4th in Tucson, Arizona. A 1954 graduate of Iowa State University, Bob joined Thorson Thorson Madsen Architects in Waterloo that year. After service in the US Army and working in another practice of his own, Bob …

Kerry Weig, AIA, CDT, LEED AP BD+C has been elected a Director of the Iowa Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Iowa).

INVISION staff attended two events this March for the next generation of designers, at Iowa State University and the University of Kansas.

For the first time, INVISION is sponsoring the Health Healing and Wellness Studio at Iowa State University’s College of Design this semester, taught by Cameron Campbell and Jihyun Song.

Let us take a look back on a few of Mark Schmidt’s milestones, advice, influences and notable projects that define this veteran architect as he prepares for retirement from a long and storied career. The beginning: Mark’s early interest in building and construction led him to study architecture …