The Q behind archQtecture

Quinlan McFadden, Assoc. AIA, AIAS CRIT Scholar, is a recent graduate of The University of Nebraska – Lincoln, College of Architecture’s Master of Architecture program. Quinlan specializes in helping communities make strategic changes to their development regulations and design guidelines, specifically on how building typologies and land policies can be adapted to optimize density to provide opportunities for attainable housing solutions. His combined experiences of growing up in a sprawling West Omaha subdivision, and living in dense college towns and Denver, has helped him identify the critical importance of good development regulations and design guidelines in shaping attainable communities. As an emerging professional in practice at Holland Basham Architects, he continues to explore topics at the leading edge of affordable housing initiatives in Omaha, Denver, and communities in between.