About MW Studios

WHO WE ARE

MW Studios is a full-service architectural design firm that focuses on designing community-centric facilities, such as police and fire stations, libraries, schools, and community centers – the very fabric of our communities. For more than 20 years, the architecture firm and its leadership have been directly responsible for successfully designing many projects that enhance and uplift the way we live, learn, and serve within our communities.

Principal Architects Robert Manns, AIA and David Woodward, AIA established MW Studios with a strict focus on providing personalized and meaningful design services to clients tasked with specific missions of strengthening and reinforcing our communities. Today, our architecture firm team of more than 30 design professionals remains dedicated to personal collaboration with our clients to provide innovative and meaningful solutions that meet their specific needs and respond to the context of their community and budget.

The design of public safety facilities such as Fire Stations, Police Stations, and Emergency Management Facilities stand as a unique qualification for MW Studios as an architecture firm. The firm has established itself as an expert and recognized leader in designing mission-critical and public safety facilities. Having designed more than 7 million square feet of mission-critical facilities in over 20 states, we possess a solid understanding of the spatial relationships, operational standards, and unique challenges associated with developing these essential facilities. Our highly trained public safety studio teams consist of talented design professionals, including project managers, architects, GIS analysts, and retired fire and law enforcement experts. With over 300 projects completed and 20 years of experience, we understand what it takes to deliver public safety facilities. We collaborate with clients nationwide and partner with other design professionals to achieve success.

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When designing the new Engine 10 Ladder 11 fire station in South Philadelphia, MW Studios was integral in working with LAYER Architecture to create a strong and trusting relationship between the client, the design team, and the Philadelphia Fire Department. Rob Manns and his team are adept at speaking the language of first responders and can easily translate their  needs into reasonable solutions.  Unlike other technicians, MW Studios is a design-oriented architecture firm. Working with our design team, they enjoy resolving the technical needs of the city and the fire department while transforming a garage for emergency apparatuses to a home away from home, a community center, and a first rate building that anticipates the inevitable challenges that confront an evolving service to the community.”

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