Rooted in Cincinnati. growing together.

City Studios Architecture is joining City Architecture, bringing together an established Cincinnati practice with a broader team of architects, planners, and urban designers.

Our teams share a commitment to thoughtful design, customer service, and the neighborhoods where we work. We believe in the value of existing buildings and the role they play in a neighborhood’s future. Together, we see opportunities to connect the future of an individual building with the life of its neighborhood by adapting historic places, creating housing, and helping clients explore what comes next.

A natural connection.
A continuing commitment.

Our connection began in 2009, when City Studios & City Architecture collaborated on Mercer Commons together. That experience revealed how much we have in common: working closely with clients, finding creative solutions to complex challenges, and designing within the surrounding neighborhood.
City Studios has helped bring new life to Cincinnati’s neighborhoods by restoring historic buildings and designing new ones. In Over-the-Rhine, their work helped catalyze the neighborhood’s transformation. Deanna Heil and Chantelle Noble built a practice grounded in attentive service and a belief that each building can contribute to the life of its neighborhood. We are honored to carry that commitment forward.

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Let’s talk about what’s next

We’re grateful for the relationships that have shaped City Studios’ work and for the opportunity to continue them. Deanna and Chantelle have built a practice where clients feel heard, challenges are worked through together, and people care about the outcome. We recognize the responsibility that comes with carrying that work forward. We’re thrilled that Laura Murray and Stijn Van Woensel are bringing their expertise to our studio while maintaining strong Cincinnati connections.

Our studio will continue its focus on historic preservation and adaptive reuse, supported by colleagues with experience in housing, architecture, planning, urban design, and community engagement. Working together allows us to consider a project at different scales, from the details that give an existing building its character to the connections that help a neighborhood thrive.

We’re excited to get started, continue familiar conversations, and begin new ones.