Nuclear Innovation Commons at Penn State University wins an AIA Pittsburgh 2024 Honor Award

R3A is excited to receive an AIA Pittsburgh 2024 Honor Award for the design of the Nuclear Innovation Commons at Penn State University ! Thank you, AIA Pittsburgh, for the recognition, and Penn State, for the opportunity to design an amazing space for the Department of Nuclear Engineering.

Penn State University, Nuclear Innovation Commons

Take a Virtual Tour of Carnegie Mellon University's Richard King Mellon Hall of Sciences

R3A is proud to be the associate architect to ZGF on this important project that would be the next-generation home for revolutionary collaboration at CMU.

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RIDC Mill 19 Wins a 2024 WLA Merit Award in Large Landscape Design

R3A Architecture is proud to have been the Associate Architect on MSR Design's team for this sustainable project. Photo by Corey Gaffer

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Mill 19 wins Best Adaptive Reuse in Metropolis Magazine's 2023 Planet Positive Awards

R3A Architecture is proud to have been the Associate Architect on MSR Design's team for this transformational project. Photo by Corey Gaffer

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Digital Foundry at New Kensington Winner of 2023 ULI Pittsburgh Placemaking Award

in Catalytic Place Category

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Slippery Rock University

Miller Auditorium, an R3A Architecture / DLR Group joint venture, receives 2023 AIA Ohio Honorable Mention Design Award

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Human-Centered Solutions

is how we design campus communities. Carnegie Mellon University Tepper Quad - Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners/Architect of Record; R3A Architecture/Associate Architect

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Making Space for Community

No matter what activity bonds you, we create space for communities to learn, assemble, and grow.

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Cutting-Edge Design

We work closely with our clients to reframe the challenges of today into the opportunities of tomorrow.

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Full-Service Expertise

We've designed rapidly evolving workplaces and more. Whatever your challenge, we've got a solution.

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Co-Creating The Future

We push the boundaries of smart manufacturing in service of a better future for all.

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Client Experience:

Creating Connections That Last

An openly collaborative process is vital for creating spaces tailored to the people who use them. We take an empathetic approach to our projects, taking great care to understand our clients' needs and respond to them through design. In this way, our process blends human-centered design principals with architectural expertise to create built environments born out of strong personal connections.

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The team at R3A was incredible to work with. They took the time to not only collaborate with our administration but also spoke with the students and faculty who would be using the finished spaces day in and day out. Through understanding and thoughtful consideration they created designs that met our unique needs and then went a step farther with creativity and customization we never would have dreamed of on our own.

Dave DeNardo, Chief Financial & Operations Officer // Sewickley Academy

Creative Experience:

A Multidisciplinary Approach

We work closely with our clients to realize spaces that will serve them for years to come. As we tackle spatial challenges at all levels of complexity, we continually adapt to evolving technologies, pedagogies, and ways of moving through the world. This constant evolution and critique — asking ourselves ‘how do we work smarter, faster, more efficiently’ — results in built environments designed to face the challenges and demands of a rapidly changing future. Our diverse portfolio is supported by research and investigation into the latest advances in technology, sustainability, and design excellence.

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Team Experience:

Breaking Boundaries

Our team is unified by a ravenous curiosity and a passion for boundary-breaking design. While pragmatism is always a top consideration, we do not believe in such a thing as mundane space. Every site is an ecosystem with different resources, requirements, and workflows. Space not only influences a person’s ability to perform their work, play, or rest, but how they feel while doing so. As architects and designers, we believe that every built environment has the potential to positively affect someone’s day, year, or life via their interactions with it. Whether through intuitive pathfinding, ergonomic furniture fit-outs, or exciting aesthetic elements, we search out every avenue for creating positive change through design.

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