Tawaw Architecture Collective Inc. is an Indigenous-owned design and research firm with offices in Calgary, Alberta and Phoenix, Arizona. Our interdisciplinary team delivers full-service architecture, specializing in human-centered design, and evidence-based design. Tawaw means “there is room” in Cree. The firm’s mission is to increase understanding, inclusiveness, and authenticity in the field while illuminating under-examined ancestral worldviews and value systems that have the potential to contribute to global transformation. Our process is grounded in the Indigenous Placekeeping Framework™ — a flexible, community-rooted model shaped by lived knowledge, not just theory. We amplify Indigenous worldviews and push the boundaries of what design can be: not just buildings, but vessels of memory, connection, and cultural continuity. At Tawaw, design is not something we bring—it’s something we uncover, together.