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Design Your Future – 2024!

Design Your Future – 2024!

Plunkett Raysich Architects, LLP and the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee’s School of Architecture and Community Design are excited to announce the $5,000 PRA Prize and included offer of a 2023 paid summer internship at the PRA Sarasota Office.

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Project Review: The Village at Harmony Hill

Project Review:  The Village at Harmony Hill

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,

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Benedictine Sisters Unveil “The Village of Harmony Hill”

Benedictine Sisters Unveil “The Village of Harmony Hill”

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.

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PRA Promotes Associates Across Design Offices

PRA Promotes Associates Across Design Offices

PRA Announces Newly Promoted Associates and Senior Associates

We are expanding our leadership group with the promotion of four new Associates! Congratulations to Ken Turba, Emily Grahn, Paige Steed, and Ryan Schmitz on their recent promotion to Associate.

“Associates take on additional firm-wide responsibilities of driving initiatives, mentoring younger staff, and fostering our internal culture,” states Managing Partner Scott Kramer.

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The Future of the Office

The Future of the Office

A Business Owners Guide for Office Design Strategies

The COVID-19 Pandemic left rippling effects worldwide, affecting all aspects of how we live. In this new world, we are facing unique new challenges and opportunities, including what the future of the office and work looks like. 

As the world shut down in 2020, employees and employers were left with no other option than to embrace remote work. Now, as the world continues to reopen,

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PRA 2023 Promotions

PRA 2023 Promotions

PRA Announces Newly Promoted Project Specialists, and Marketing Manager

We are happy to share that several of our staff received promotions including:

  1. Lucas Dedrick to Project Specialist II
  2. Cole Hunt to Project Specialist II
  3. Samantha Johnson to Project Specialist III
  4. Jackie Johnson to Marketing Manager 

These individuals have demonstrated leadership, willingness to take on new challenges and projects, and commitment to push PRA forward.

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The Value of Hiring a Church Architect

The Value of Hiring a Church Architect

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,

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Creating an Architectural Request for Proposal (RFP)

Creating an Architectural Request for Proposal (RFP)

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.

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