Local building and interior design professional, Wayne Koch, AIA, LEED AP, has formed WKArchitects, a new architecture, planning and interior design firm located at 123 South St. "WKArchitects was created to provide high level consultative services and guidance to commercial, corporate and academic building owners and developers in the metro Boston area and Rhode Island," said Koch. As an architect and leader for the planning and design of many large-scale developments, Koch has played a pivotal role in helping clients to bring their projects to successful completion. While a principal at ADD Inc in Boston, Koch worked with firms such as Boston Properties, Inc., The Bulfinch Companies, Inc. and Congress Group Ventures. "We congratulate Wayne Koch on the opening of his new firm. We have worked with him for many years and he has helped to streamline and expedite the design and approvals for some of our most complex projects. He has the creativity, vision, skills and resources to make it happen," said Robert ASchlager, president, The Bulfinch Cos. While at ADD Inc, Koch led a ten-year effort on behalf of the Fort Point Channel District's four principal land holders, achieving broad-based consensus and creating a cohesive master planning document. Koch also played a significant role as design leader for major developments in Massachusetts that included a twelve-building campus for Cisco Systems and IBM's new software campus in Littleton. In Rhode Island, he was responsible for a major financial services campus fit-up as well as an award-winning dormitory and renovations for Bryant University. "WKArchitects is founded on the belief that the spaces we occupy should be practical, engaging and sustainable. The design process we employ is predicated on collaboration with clients and transparency with stakeholders," said Koch.