In 1987, the last active duty fire fighting squad pulled out of the Norwood Fire Company No.2.  A municipal budget crunch had forced the abandonment of the historic 1914 structure and consolidation of the fire department to a newer, centrally located firehouse.  For nearly three decades, the building sat empty on the main thoroughfare through town.  The roof leaked, the paint peeled, the wood rotted… After nearly three decades of neglect, a generous donor offered

RWA Architects was recognized at the 8th annual American Institute of Architects (AIA) Cincinnati Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) Awards Ceremony on Thursday, September 8th.  This year, RWA Architects received an Honor Award for an Architectural Interior of the Adams Crossing Condo Remodel.  We have seen an increase in demand for condo remodeling projects as clients choose a more urban lifestyle or wish to downsize from their current home. This project included a complete interior

RWA Architects has received the 1st Runner Up Unlimited Residential Award from ICF Builder Magazine. This national award, presented at the World of Concrete Expo in Las Vegas on February 3, 2016, recognizes innovative use of insulating concrete forms (ICF’s) in both residential and commercial construction throughout North America. ICF’s are a structural wall system consisting of two layers of foam insulation which serve as the formwork for poured in place reinforced concrete.  The insulating

RWA Architects was recognized at the 7th annual American Institute of Architects (AIA) Cincinnati Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) Awards Ceremony on Thursday May 7th.  This year RWA Architects received three awards:  an Honor Award for a Family Room Addition and Remodel in Hyde Park in the Architectural Addition category, an Honor Award for a New House with Old Style in Indiana in the Custom Home category, and an Honorable Mention for a Neo-Classical Garden Folly in

RWA Architects is proud to announce that we were chosen to receive a Rehabilitation Award from the Cincinnati Preservation Association for our work on a historical residence on Delta Avenue. This year marks the 50th meeting of the Cincinnati Preservation Association and RWA is proud to be recognized by this organization. Built in 1894, the Florence Weaver House is a hybrid neo-classical style house, which perches high on the hill overlooking Delta Avenue. In 2008

RWA was proud to design the first LEED platinum certified home in Cincinnati and very happy to have it featured in a recent Cincinnati Business Courier article.  The piece highlighted that while LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is typically synonymous with very modern, almost industrial aesthetic, it can also be associated with some very warm and traditional design concepts.  LEED certification can be obtained no matter what design style you