About MWM Architects

Our SERVICEs

MWM offers extensive and varied backgrounds in design, structural engineering, and construction administration.
In numerous states, we have completed projects ranging from retail and commercial to educational and religious. We strive to be a firm that emphasizes high touch as well as high tech on each of our projects. Our goal is to be crystal clear in all of our dealings with clients and anyone else that we come into contact with, within the profession.

Our PHILOSOPHY

At MWM Architects, we pride ourselves on a firm culture that is grounded in the belief that the client is the core of our success. We provide ourselves and our talents as instruments in the process of crystallizing the vision of our clients. Maintaining a heightened level of customer care is embodied in our practice of providing clear communication along with innovative design. To further this philosophy, a principal in the firm personally oversees every project and every principal takes seriously the role of communication, availability, and flexibility throughout the duration of the project.

Leadership

Melanie P. Meixner, AIA

Melanie P. Meixner, AIA, is a graduate of the College of Architecture at Texas Tech University. She has over 20 years of practical experience and has managed numerous projects for a wide variety of clients. Melanie is a registered architect in the State of Texas. She is NCARB certified and a member of the American Institute of Architects.

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Jason R.Moore, AIA

Jason R. Moore, AIA is a graduate of the College of Architecture at Texas Tech University. He has more than 18 years of practical experience and has managed numerous projects for a wide variety of corporate clients. Jason is a registered architect in the State of Texas, New Mexico, Alabama, Florida, and Colorado. He is NCARB certified and a member of the American Institute of Architects.

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Stephen L. Faulk, AIA

Stephen L. Faulk, AIA is a graduate of Texas Tech University’s College of Architecture, the University of Illinois, and Harvard University. He has over 46 years of experience in the practice of architecture with 27 of those years being in Lubbock. Stephen also is a retired member of Texas Tech University’s College of Architecture’s faculty. He is a registered architect in the State of Texas, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Connecticut and is certified by the NCARB and is a member of the American Institute of Architects.

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Joel P. Robinett, PE

Joel P. Robinett, P.E. attended Angelo State University and is a graduate of Texas Tech University's College of Engineering. Joel has over 32 years of practical experience, 27 of those being in Lubbock. He is a registered structural engineer in the State of Texas, a faculty member of Texas Tech's College of Engineering, a member of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, and a member of the American Institute of Steel Construction.

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Our Team

Our History

1957

Stiles, Roberts, Messersmith, & Johnson began practicing in Lubbock, TX.

1967

First Presbyterian Church - Plainview, TX

1968

Our relationship with Texas Tech University started with the Museum of Texas Tech - Lubbock, TX.

1972

Dormitories and Dining Hall for Women, now known as Stangel Murdough Hall Texas Tech University - Lubbock, TX

1977

After almost 20 years as a partner in one of the oldest firms in Lubbock, Stiles, Roberts, Messersmith, and Johnson, Bob Messersmith created a new firm in 1977 under the name Robert Messersmith and Associates.

1979

The firm's name was changed to Messersmith, Whitaker, and Messersmith under a new partnership.

1982

The partnership became a corporation at which time the name was changed to MWM Architects, Inc.

1985

Kingsgate South Shopping Center - Lubbock, TX

1990

MWM formed a relationship with Lubbock Christian University with the addition to the Administration Building. The addition is now the Library. — Lubbock, TX

2006

A new partnership was made between the current principals at MWM.

2014

MWM teamed up with Diamond Schmitt Architects from Toronto, Canada and Parkhill, Smith, & Cooper from Lubbock, TX to design the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences — the first Performing Arts center of this calibre in West Texas.

2016

MWM moved into our office on Broadway, close to the heart of Downtown Lubbock.