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title: What Inspires Us and What We’re Doing | Laura Pirie
description: Laura Pirie, AIA, who for over 25 years has designed and implemented thoughtful and integrated built environments, is the principal of Pirie Associates Architects.
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# BLOG

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Laura Pirie, AIA, who for over 25 years has designed and implemented thoughtful and integrated built environments, is the principal of Pirie Associates Architects.

### Recent Posts

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/pirie-associates-achieves-b-corp-certification>

### [Pirie Associates is Now B Corp Certified](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/pirie-associates-achieves-b-corp-certification)

DATE: 06.5.25

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/we-make-what-we-value-winter-newsletter-2023>

### [We Make What We Value](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/we-make-what-we-value-winter-newsletter-2023)

DATE: 12.21.23

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/reflections-on-why-and-how>

### [Reflecting on Why and How](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/reflections-on-why-and-how)

DATE: 12.20.22

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/fullcirclemagic>

### [Full Circle Magic](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/fullcirclemagic)

DATE: 11.8.22

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/hope>

### [Hope](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/hope)

DATE: 12.22.20

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/trees-to-the-rescue>

### [Trees to the Rescue](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/trees-to-the-rescue)

DATE: 04.22.20

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/wintersolstice2019>

### [Winter Solstice Musings](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/wintersolstice2019)

DATE: 12.20.19

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/cesar-pelli>

### [Cesar Pelli: In Celebration of a Life Well-lived](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/cesar-pelli)

DATE: 07.25.19

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/what-remains>

### [What Remains](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/what-remains)

DATE: 06.21.19

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/earth-day-a-story-about-pachamama>

### [For Earth Day – A Story about Pachamama](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/earth-day-a-story-about-pachamama)

DATE: 04.22.19

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/light>

### [Light](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/light)

DATE: 12.21.18

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/rio-iluminado-connecting-a-city-to-its-river>

### [Rio Iluminado: Connecting a City to Its River](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/rio-iluminado-connecting-a-city-to-its-river)

DATE: 06.19.18

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/storytelling-in-creating-mission-driven-environments>

### [The Powerful Role of Storytelling in Creating Mission-Driven Environments](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/storytelling-in-creating-mission-driven-environments)

DATE: 03.5.18

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/the-architecture-of-courage-and-creativity>

### [The Architecture of Courage and Creativity](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/the-architecture-of-courage-and-creativity)

DATE: 07.25.17

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/five-steps-to-leverage-advantages-of-brick-and-mortar-location>

### [Five Steps to Leverage Advantages of Brick and Mortar Location](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/five-steps-to-leverage-advantages-of-brick-and-mortar-location)

DATE: 04.25.17

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/four-steps-to-build-a-solution-with-genuine-community-input-and-support>

### [Four Steps to Build a Solution with Genuine Community Input and Support](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/four-steps-to-build-a-solution-with-genuine-community-input-and-support)

DATE: 04.13.17

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/i-need-to-move-my-company-we-are-bursting-at-the-seams>

### ["I Need to Move My Company - We Are Bursting at the Seams"](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/i-need-to-move-my-company-we-are-bursting-at-the-seams)

DATE: 01.21.16

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/the-most-important-asset-you-are-not-engaging-to-grow-your-company>

### [The Most Important Asset You Are Not Engaging to Grow Your Company](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/the-most-important-asset-you-are-not-engaging-to-grow-your-company)

DATE: 10.5.15

<https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/fear-as-inspiration>

### [Fear as Inspiration](https://www.pirieassociates.com/blog/fear-as-inspiration)

DATE: 09.29.15

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