PRA Formally Integrates Dental Design Services

03.01.202403.04.2024

PRA Healthcare Design Expands Services

The PRA Healthcare Design Studio now integrates Dental Design Services following a merger with the Practice Design Group (PDG) of Buda TX. This merger follows twelve years of collaboration between PRA and PDG resulting in successful projects across the nation. Dental design practitioners Jeff Carter, DDS and Pat Carter, IIDA formally join the Healthcare Design Studio to work internally within PRA alongside the Healthcare Design professionals they have mentored for many years.

PRA Promotes Renee Moe to Principal

01.16.202401.16.2024

PRA Healthcare Design Strengthens Leadership

The PRA Healthcare Design Studio is expanding leadership with the formal promotion of healthcare architect and dental planner Renee Moe to Principal in the firm.

Renee is a licensed architect with many distinctions in both architectural design and architectural technology including certifications as an EDAC, CDT, CCA, and CSI professional. She has wide project experience including projects for clinics, medical office buildings, and hospitals for healthcare providers throughout the nation.

PRA Promotes Jedd Heap to Partner

01.11.202401.11.2024

PRA Continues Leadership Growth in Florida

We are again expanding the PRA leadership group, this time in our Sarasota Design Office with the promotion of Jedd Heap to Partner.

Jedd is a licensed Florida Architect who joined the firm in 2020. Recent examples of his completed projects include the new law offices for Berlin Patten Ebling in St. Petersburg FL, The Gulf Coast Community Foundation Philanthropy Center in Sarasota FL, St.

Rewards of Being an Architect

12.11.202312.11.2023

A message to aspiring architects

This day, the day following Thanksgiving 2023, has been spent counting my blessings. One blessing that has impacted every corner of my life, is the blessing of being an architect.

I love being an architect. We get to help clients every day, and we work at the convergence of creativity, technology, and innovation. The work can be invigorating, and I sometimes continue to ponder the day’s challenges on my drive home or in the morning shower,

Project Review: The Village at Harmony Hill

10.23.202311.10.2023

Benedictine Sisters support engaged living

Local citizens, dignitaries, and project participants joined the Sisters from the Mother of God Monastery on August 3rd, 2023 to celebrate the grand opening of the Village at Harmony Hill, in Watertown, South Dakota. This development is a major investment in the people of South Dakota, extending the Sisters’ mission to support the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of the people in the region.

The project,

Benedictine Sisters Unveil “The Village of Harmony Hill”

08.30.202308.31.2023

Plunkett Raysich Architects helps develop a legacy for the Mother of God Monastery

Members of the PRA Senior Living Design Studio recently cheered on the Benedictine Sisters of the Mother of God Monastery. August 3rd, 2023 memorialized an important contribution to senior living with the opening of The Village of Harmony Hill, in Watertown, SD. The Village, phase one of a larger initiative, substantiates a mission-driven commitment to the local community with room for sixty-four seniors.

The Value of Hiring a Church Architect

06.25.202306.27.2023

Experience in Meaning, Worship, and Pragmatism

Hiring an experienced church architect for the design of your sanctuary is an important step to providing for your congregation. The right team, with deep knowledge of church design and working with your church building committees, can make profound contributions.

The role of a church architect extends far beyond the realm of conventional architecture. Experienced religious architects understand the nuances of design for different theologies with a unique understanding of religious symbolism and the intricacies of creating a space that embodies the essence of faith and spirituality,

Creating an Architectural Request for Proposal (RFP)

06.07.202307.17.2023

Clarity of the RFP Improves Outcomes

An Architectural Request for Proposal (RFP) is frequently a part of the client process that identifies architectural design firms that may help with a building project. An RFP is one part of a selection process that may include other steps such as interviews with experienced firms, fee and negotiation, and even tours of related projects.

Our firm sometimes provides sample RFPs to organizations as they start to develop their own Request For Proposal of Architectural Services.

ALEP-Certified Planner

05.14.202306.26.2023

A Unique Credential for School Design

ALEP-certified educational planners introduce knowledge beyond traditional architects when creating learning environments. Their understanding of educational planning is nuanced beyond the physical aspects of the school. These professionals recognize the importance of promoting student engagement, creative and critical thinking, and working with other students through the influence of the space and the curriculum. By including educational principles into the design process, they ensure that the physical space becomes an active participant in the learning journey of students.