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MBB Architects is a distinguished women-owned architecture firm based in New York City. We design beautiful, responsive, and meaningful environments to enrich people’s lives and shape a sustainable future. In partnering with mission-driven institutions, MBB offers proven design strategies that support wellbeing and advance environmental goals. Our nimble team of 25 includes architects, planners, sustainability specialists, and interior designers who prioritize design excellence and collaboration.

In August of 2025, Collins Cooper Carusi Architects joined global integrated design firm DLR Group. Since 1987, Collins Cooper Carusi Architects, Inc. has built a practice around the idea of respecting and contributing to our clients’ unique missions. We are inspired by the visions of each of our clients, and have worked diligently to embody those visions in our work. We continue to maintain and strengthen these relationships with creative designs and steady service with the hope that our work serves as a substantive vehicle for our clients to provide quality environments and facilities to their constituencies. The primary focus of our work is for education, athletics, recreational and religious clients. Our projects range from accessibility assessments and renovations, to campus wide planning and feasibility studies; from basic renovations to the design of complex new structures. Our staff gives equal attention to both design and service, knowing that clients expect and deserve inspiring and creative architecture supported by technical skill, attention to detail and clear communication. Through master planning, programming, architecture and interior design, we contribute to the built environment in positive ways that make a lasting, beneficial impact on the way people live and learn.

Bartzen + Ball, PLLC is a firm based in Richmond, VA specializing in educational and institutional projects in the Mid Atlantic region. The firm was founded by Bernard 'Tut' Bartzen and Maynard Ball both of whom came out of larger offices in Washington and Richmond. The firm focus has been to provide high quality architectural and interior design and planning for educational and non-profit clients in campus settings or historic settings. The firm prides itself in delivering creative solutions that compliment the mission and context of their clients, without inserting personal philosophy or egos. Instead the work of the firm has been tuned to listen to the client's needs and deliver solutions that are specific in their programmatic functions and fit the character of the institution. Bartzen + Ball Architects maintain a design philosophy of 'thoughtful contextualization'. The careful selection of materials, attention to the smallest detail and rigorous pursuit of design excellence guide our practice, and allow us to craft buildings that create memorable experiences for our clients. We strive for our buildings to be integrated into their sites and responsible to their context, to express clarity of purpose in their materials and structural systems, to be sustainable and foster a balanced relationship between the occupants and their environment, to be well-proportioned, well-crafted, and beautiful, and to enrich the lives those who live and work in them.