A+ALA was founded in 1986 as a stand-alone, regionally based office of the Anshen+Allen organization. In this time, the office has seen the transference of leadership from its original founding Principals, to Peter Stazicker with Tom Chessum, Sarah Dennison, Scott Kelsey, Dennis McFadden, Anthony Moretti, Stephen Yundt and Paul Zajfen. This arrangement supports the office's ambition to be a centre for design and brings together a cross-generational group of enthusiastic, committed people bound by a common creed.
