Derive Engineers

Three more days left to vote for Field Studies: Growing a Biogenic Campus for the University at Buffalo in the 2026 Architizer A+ People’s Choice Award! Created by NBW, LTL Architects, and Derive Engineers, the Biogenic Campus plan reimagines the future of higher education through regenerative design, climate resilience, and living systems that connect landscape, infrastructure, ecology, and community. The 50-year framework transforms the University at Buffalo’s South Campus into a biodiverse refuge that captures carbon, generates energy, grows biomaterials, and creates new spaces for learning and connection. Voting ends on May 15th! You can support Field Studies with your vote by following the link in our bio. @ltlarchitects @deriveengineers @ubuffaloarchplan @buff

How International Design Teams, Students, and Faculty Reimagined the University at Buffalo as a Resilient Campus 🌳 Following The Resilient Campus competition, we spoke with UB School of Architecture and Planning @ubuffaloarchplan Dean Julia Czerniak @jules.cz , who oversaw the initiative, about the contest’s origin, ideas that were uncovered, and what a resilient built environment means in the 21st century. "Sustainability asks how we live in a way that does not deplete our resources, whereas resilience refers to how a system withstands, adapts to, or recovers from disturbances," Czerniak told us. "How do we as designers work differently? What tools should we use? How do we do it? Those are not easy questions." 🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150524536/how-international-design-teams-students-and-faculty-reimagined-the-university-at-buffalo-as-a-resilient-campus 📸 Cover image: Render from the competition-winning entry by LTL Architects @ltlarchitects , Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects @nelsonbyrdwoltz , Derive Engineers @deriveengineers , faculty liaisons Kristine Stiphany and Nick Bruscia, and student assistants Berkan Sari, Gennaro Rovello, Allison Lavis, and Shruti Kunadia. Image courtesy of the University at Buffalo #archinect #architecture #architectureacademia #UBuffalo #ubuffaloarchplan

We are honored to receive First Place in The Resilient Campus International Design Competition, through a collaboration between LTL Architects + Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects + Derive Engineers! Our thanks to University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning (@ubuffaloarchplan ) and the Jury. Field Studies: Growing a Biogenic Campus, envisions a regenerative South Campus for the University at Buffalo (UB) that evolves to meet human and bioregional needs over the next half century and beyond. In response to climate extremes, the proposal reframes the campus as a vital system—one that grows its architecture through the cultivation of plant-based building materials to reduce embodied and operational carbon while sustaining healthful learning environments. Agroecological gardens function as living laboratories, while oak savanna and forest landscapes integrate with geothermal infrastructure to advance biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and energy production. A University-Assisted Community School, Health Sciences Complex, and intergenerational housing employ nested thermal zones under snow-catching timber roofscapes, bridging the University and city through spaces for care, learning, and collective gathering. This campus vision articulates a radical reciprocity between humans and ecologies towards a more regenerative future. Project Team: •LTL Architects: Marc Tsurumaki, Paul Lewis, David J. Lewis, Anna Knoell, Patty Hazle, Hongming Bruce Liang, Kyle Reich, Michelle Schneider, Haley Smith •Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects @nelsonbyrdwoltz : Thomas L. Woltz, Lanie McKinnon, Jonathan Berlin, Molly Gasparre, Cong Nie, Cole Thornton, Kelly Watters •Derive Engineers @deriveengineers : Niall Cooper, Michael Huang, Marie Rottschaefer •Our thanks to: Dean Julia Czerniak @jules.cz , Jason Sowell, Nicholas Bruscia, Kristine Stiphany •Jury: Karl Burkart @oneearth , Carson Chan @chan.carson , Anna Dyson @yalecea , Rania Ghosn @_rghosn , Nina-Marie Lister @nmlister , Laura Gornowski Marett @lgmarett , Kelley Mosher St. John @kelleyst.john , Marc Norman @nyuschackinstitute , Rives Taylor @gensler_design , Charles Waldheim @charleswaldheim

We are super excited that the greenwall is finally here in our office as part of the continuing office IAQ improvement. #healthyoffice

We are super exited that our recent completed collaboration with the amazing team @bonettikozerski is on Interior Design. /projects/ap-house-bonetti-kozerski-architecture-new-york/

Excited to be sharing our design journey with @dpbarchitects @charcoalblue on the The Ritz Theatre. #safeharborsnewburgh #theatre

Congratulations to @mbbarchitects on this beautiful design, @deriveengineers is proud to be part of the team on this exciting journey. #design #aiaawards #archatzero #aiacalifornia