Who we are

RAR Architects provides comprehensive professional Architectural Services. Our extensive design experience represents several hundred projects with a diversity of building types and program conditions. We have contacts across the disciplines to bring onto the team the appropriate consulting engineers for the needs of each different project.

Our design philosophy involves consistency from design concept to final project acceptance. This requires committed attention by the principle architect through all phases of the project. We believe that a key to a successful project is complete and detailed programming. This involves preliminary meetings and questionnaires to determine the client’s project scope.

RAR Architects has the experience to be adaptable to the conditions of each project. We have worked with many visual styles to ensure that the buildings meet the client’s preferences. We can structure the contract in any of the procurement forms (CMAR, Design-Build, Design-Bid-Build). Careful thought into how a space will be used leads to design features that make a project more flexibly useable.

We prepare all project document backgrounds in-house using AutoCAD or REVIT and provide electronic files and design data to our consulting engineers. Our projects are all designed to be sustainable, and sensitive to energy and water conservation. Proper roof and wall insulation, dual-pane windows, high efficiency HVAC and sensitive solar orientation of buildings and landscape are examined for each project to provide the appropriate energy efficient systems. Water saver fixtures are always used in accordance with state codes.

We routinely require pre-construction conferences in order to outline any areas requiring additional detailing for further clarification. Our written project specifications have been developed in conjunction with our Architectural documents and amplify the drawings and details by requiring industry standard performance and adherence to good practice without incurring additional costs by the use of proprietary items. As demonstrated by our past performance, we make it a priority to respond rapidly to our client’s high-priority projects and we have consistently met demanding time frames and project schedules.

We enjoy the unique challenges of each project from Historic Preservation to cutting edge modern innovation.