HOUSING
Create a place to call home
We design housing that fosters connection, supports well-being, and creates welcoming communities where people can thrive.
Designed Around the People Who Call It Home
Housing is more than a collection of units. It is where people build routines, relationships, and a sense of belonging. We design residences and shared spaces that support the realities of everyday life while creating opportunities for connection—with neighbors, with community, and with the places people call home.
Our expertise in trauma-informed and neuroinclusive design helps us create environments that recognize the diverse ways people experience and interact with their surroundings. From intuitive circulation and sensory considerations to spaces that provide choice, comfort, privacy, and connection, we thoughtfully consider how the built environment can support residents’ physical and emotional well-being.
Every project begins with an understanding of the people it will serve. We balance functionality, accessibility, comfort, durability, and long-term value to create environments that feel welcoming and dignified at every scale. Whether transforming an existing building or creating a new community from the ground up, we believe housing should contribute something meaningful to the life of the neighborhood around it.
A Legacy of Housing, Evolving for What’s Next
For decades, Ashley McGraw Architects has helped shape housing that strengthens communities and expands opportunity. Today, our growing multifamily housing practice brings that legacy together with new expertise in affordable, workforce, senior, supportive, and market-rate housing, as well as adaptive reuse and urban redevelopment.
Led by Principal Andrew Schuster, our housing team combines deep experience in multifamily design with expertise in sustainability, building science, and high-performance design. From LIHTC-financed affordable housing to Passive House projects and new suburban communities, we understand that successful housing must balance ambitious goals with the realities of funding, budgets, construction, and long-term operations.
Our approach is grounded in a simple belief: great housing should be both thoughtful and achievable. We bring design, technical rigor, and practical problem-solving together to help our clients make the most of every investment—and create places that remain valuable to their residents and communities for generations..
Market Leader
Principal & Housing Leader
McCormack Baron Salazar/Syracuse Housing Authority: Almus Olver Towers Rehabilitation
McCormack Baron Salazar/Syracuse Housing Authority: East Adams Phase 3
RUPCO: New Cold Spring Apartments
LoSo: New Multi-Family Housing Community
Hueber Breuer Construction: New Bronze Foundry Lofts
DASNY/SUNY Cortland: New Design-Build Residence Hall
DASNY/SUNY Oswego: The Village Townhouses
DASNY/SUNY Cortland: New Glass Tower Residence Hall
Le Moyne College: Housing Master Plan
Cornell University Delta Tau Delta: Fraternity House Master Plan / Renovations
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