Engage Employees with Engaging Design

12.17.201808.04.2023

A primary goal for Corporate design is to effectively engage employees. Engaging employees is essential for driving innovation, attracting top talent, and fostering collaboration within the workplace. When designing office spaces, businesses must prioritize strategies that promote employee engagement.

It is crucial to create a work environment that instills passion and commitment. By aligning work efforts with the organization’s strategy, empowering employees, and promoting teamwork and collaboration, businesses can enhance employee engagement. Providing opportunities for personal growth and development,

Roof Decks Count

04.25.201808.04.2023

BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association) now includes balconies and roof decks in rentable square footage. BOMA 2017 for Office Buildings is approaching the first anniversary of its release, but you may be unaware of an important change that affects both building owners and tenants. Balconies, Covered Galleries and Finished Rooftop Terraces are now included in the “Tenant Area”, previously known as the Useable Square Footage. (USF.) For buildings with these types of amenities, this change significantly affects what is included in the Rentable Square Footage.

2017 ASID WI Awards Corporate Interior Design

04.05.201807.04.2023

The PRA Corporate Design Studio strives to balance effective yet fun workplace environments.

Perhaps contrary to popular perception, Architects are not typically driven by the prospect of winning design awards. Creating environments that meet the diverse needs of our clients is our raison d’etre, and if we happen to be recognized for achieving that goal in an artful way, we are grateful. We are also happy for our clients because good design is a result of a collaborative effort and a lot of work for all involved. Great design involves innovation and creativity that often requires not only a shared vision but also a profound trust between clients and designers.

Keeping the Faith in Catholic Education

01.16.201806.11.2023

A flexible student / teacher workspace in the Catholic elementary school, Lumen Christi in Mequon, Wisconsin. Furniture allows the room to serve many functions, and glass provides views in and out of the room to increase supervision and safety.

Demand for Catholic education is increasing rapidly as parishes consolidate their school systems. Traditionally, each Catholic church would run their own school. Now, as the trend turns to shared school systems that serve multiple parishes, the school buildings need to expand for the growth.

Expanding for growth can mean either renovating and adding on to existing school buildings, or creating a whole new school building. Either way, the challenges remain the same. The school building has to serve more than one purpose.

Making Ambiance Great Again

09.22.201706.11.2023

Successful corporate workspaces include a variety of workstations and the ability to easily collaborate, especially important with creative agencies such as the Traction Factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

We live in dangerous times. As any lighting designer will tell you, LED lighting is here to stay, bringing with it a vast array of opportunities and challenges. The opportunities include energy savings, dim ability, and new fixture designs that were never before possible, but LED fixtures are still plagued with uncertain color rendition, as well as brightness and glare issues, making it challenging to create the lighting effects that are so important to our perception of a space.

So who are you?

09.07.201706.11.2023

We all know we only get one chance to make a good first impression. In the blink of an eye a judgement will be made that could dramatically impact our future, whether we know it or not. The same holds true for architecture. A prospective customer or future star employee will approach your place of business someday and quickly determine if your vision and values align with theirs.

What’s wrong with this picture?

08.18.201706.11.2023

Designing buildings for clients who intend to own and occupy them has some advantages, including the ability to incorporate features that cost more initially, but pay for themselves over a short period of time. One such feature is the raised floor, which is an elevated floor of removable panels built above the structural floor.

Bringing the Outside In

08.11.201706.11.2023

Modern workplace design trends often attempt to integrate indoor and outdoor workspace, including terrace, balcony, and roof deck work space

Architects are always looking for a fresh idea to wow their clients. When we found one that involved bringing fresh air into the workplace, we knew we had a winning combination. The idea involves designing the typical small department break area so that it can be opened to the outside, allowing employees the rare opportunity to literally step outside while remaining near their desk – even if it’s on an upper floor of the building.

Building a Brand

08.04.201706.11.2023

Architecture in its highest form transcends the merely functional – it can be inspirational and awe inspiring. It can also say things about a company that would be too difficult to express with words. That was the goal of our recent design for the headquarters of a confidential client. Many of the materials and forms speak to the muscular products this company is known for,