Schultz2 Architects, LLC, established in 2013, owners Corey and Shauna Schultz have a combined 62 years of architectural experience, is a full service architectural firm for several different building types including but not limited to K-12 schools, post-secondary education, industrial buildings, retail, religious, office buildings, apartments, municipal work including fire stations, museums, city buildings, city libraries, emergency operation centers, and tornado shelters. Schultz2 Architects can provide services from new structures, additions, and remodels to maintenance projects including roofing projects, door/window replacements, site rework, and masonry restoration. We can also provide tornado shelter peer review services and existing tornado shelter assessments.
Schultz2 Architects is committed to protecting people from the effects of tornadic wind events and has positioned themselves to be one of the leaders in the country in tornado shelter design. Working with FEMA since the 1999 tornado outbreak that struck Oklahoma and Kansas, Schultz2 Architects has been involved in over 125 tornado shelters that have met the requirements of the FEMA 361 and many meeting the requirement of the International Code Council/National Storm Shelter Association ICC-500 documents. Corey has been involved in writing the original FEMA 361 Guidelines for Design and Construction of Community Shelters document and since has been on committees revising the document. Schultz2 Architects has also been involved in revisions of the FEMA 320, Guidelines for Residential Shelters. Corey continues to serve as a voting member of the committee that produces the ICC-500 document.
Corey, a registered architect in six states (Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Florida, Kentucky, and Illinois) attended University of Kansas School of Architecture and graduated in 1984 with two bachelor’s degrees; Bachelor of Environmental Design and Bachelor of Architecture. He also had 16 hours of meteorology.
After graduation, he settled in Wichita, Kansas, and over 40 years, have worked with six different firms taking from each firm positive experiences that he continues to apply each and every day. Corey enjoys new challenges and learning new things each day.
Shauna is a registered architect in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, and Ohio and attended Oklahoma State University School of Architecture graduating in 2002 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. Originally from Medicine Lodge, Kansas, she has made her home in Wichita.
In the past 22 years, Shauna has worked on many different building types including K-12 education, post-secondary education, sports facilities, emergency operation centers, industrial, and tornado shelter projects. She enjoys working closely with clients, consultants, and contractors daily.
With their combined experience, Corey and Shauna have worked on several different building types. They have also worked with several project delivery methods including design/build, design/bid/build, negotiated, and construction management at risk. With those experiences, Schultz2 Architects will work hard to utilize what they have learned to provide the clients with designs that meet their needs with efficient buildings.