Public Workshop Competitors

Design Workshop is a 100% employee-owned international design studio spanning the fields of landscape architecture, urban design, planning, economics, environmental graphic design, and engagement. Since the first ‘Workshop’ in 1969, the firm continues to innovate with each generation, informed by changing economic context and the natural systems impacting our communities. A community of designers, architects, planners, researchers, and economists, we share a a deep commitment to design excellence and a holistic approach to creating places that stand the test of time. We design for people - not just today but for future generations. And in the rapidly changing world we live in, achieving a balance of resiliency and stewardship remains central to our work. We call this process DW Legacy Design®. Whether designing a private courtyard and garden, a new community within a fragile ecosystem, or transforming a brownfield site into an Innovation District, we strive to foster connections between people while creating meaningful, distinctive places.

Since 1992, Public Allies has helped thousands of underrepresented emerging leaders serve our country, get on successful pathways to higher education and careers, and bring communities together to work for the common good. Along with our Custom Leadership Labs and Civic Action Projects, we operate our signature AmeriCorps program nationwide. We also advocate and invest in our alumni network numbering in the thousands, and are a catalyst for collaboration among our several hundred nonprofit partners. Public Allies' mission is to create a just and equitable society and the diverse leadership to sustain it. We are grounded in the conviction that everyone leads — that everyone can make a difference and work to inspire more citizens to believe in themselves, step up, and act. Public Allies' corporate sites are based in Chicago, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, and Wisconsin. Public Allies also has sites in: San Antonio, Arizona, Delaware, Los Angeles, Central Florida, and New Mexico. Learn more at www.publicallies.org

Founded at Northwestern in 2009, we are a student-led studio that designs human-centered solutions for social good.