(St. Louis, MO, June 6, 2025) Lawrence Group announces the recent hiring of Bob Buckman, AIA, NCARB as Associate Principal/Senior Project Manager, collaborating with the firm’s healthcare and higher education design teams. 
Buckman has been practicing architecture for over 22 years and is licensed in Missouri and Illinois. His design philosophy advocates the highest possible aspirations for a project in terms of functionality, aesthetics, and economics. He has experience with a wide range of building types including higher education, K-12, parks and recreation, corporate, cultural/civic, historic preservation and mixed-use.
Prior to Lawrence Group, he was an Associate Principal/Architect at Lamar Johnson Collaborative in St. Louis, and a former Project Design Manager/Architect with higher education design firm KWK Architects, which merged with Lawrence Group in 2023. Over the course of his career, he has held a variety of designer, project architect and project manager positions.
Notable award-winning projects that he has collaborated on during his career include Maryville University’s Donius University Center, the Walter Coulter Science Center at Westminster College, The Jewel Box restoration in Forest Park, Express Scripts Corporate Headquarters (HQ 1) in St. Louis, Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park, and an off-the-grid ranch in Colorado.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design from the University of Missouri – Columbia, where his achievements also included captain of the university’s rugby team and cabinet maker during the summers. He also worked in various construction trades during the summer while earning a Master of Architecture in just two years from California State Polytechnic University – Pomona.
A former architectural acoustics instructor at Washington University, Buckman is a member of the American Institute of Architects and the National Council of Architects Registration Boards.
Outside of work, Buckman enjoys spending time with his family and performing live music.
About Lawrence Group
Founded in 1983, Lawrence Group is an integrated planning and design firm headquartered in St. Louis, MO with professional staff in Texas, Florida and New York. Using the power of people with great ideas to bring their clients’ dreams to life, Lawrence Group specializes in architecture, interior design, master planning, landscape architecture and furniture procurement. Lawrence Groups’ talented team of professionals work nationally and locally in healthcare, education, retail, hospitality, housing, senior living and workplace with the common goal of providing legendary customer service.
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