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Enders Corporate Office

The new corporate office design creates a fresh, forward-looking workspace for Enders, an insurance, financial and benefits company. The design focuses on high quality, locally and intentionally sourced materials paired with craft quality and millwork joinery details as a metaphor for client relationships within the insurance industry. The client identified the following trends as integral…

Southern Market – Historic Reinvention

This restoration and renovation project preserved Southern Market’s architectural and historical significance while modernizing its function. The market was built in 1888 and was designed by Lancaster architect C. Emlen Urban. As a lively new food hall, Southern Market pays homage to the original function as a market, while serving as a new hub of…

Whispering Creek Studio

Right now, Whispering Creek Studios‘ vibrant, whimsical interpretations of Lancaster County life are brightening the gallery. Lynn M. Hocker, the artist behind the easel, previously expressed his artistic abilities through woodcrafts and furniture building but after shoulder surgery turned to painting. Thank you, Lynn, for sharing your work with us!

2023 RLPS Egg Drop Design Competition

RLPS Egg Drop 2023

RLPS Egg Drop – Back to the Future Edition Our start to summer begins each year with the RLPS Egg Drop. Employees were able to design their own contraptions to protect their egg on its gravity-assisted journey toward the target. We went back to basics and each participant used the same kit of parts: only…

Vicar’s Landing at Oak Bridge

Senior Living Satellite Community Allows for Growth With a robust wait list and a built-out property, Vicar’s Landing introduced a new, upscale senior living satellite community campus.  The Oak Bridge community, a short drive from the Atlantic coast and close to the renowned TPC Sawgrass, is designed as a resort-style neighborhood. Both the residences and…

Low-Floor Learning

Students need to have flexible seating options. For anyone who has completed a K-12 education, it’s highly likely that his/her least favorite part of the school day was sitting in a desk. And just sitting there. All day. Yet, when we consider the history of formal education, not much has changed when it comes to…

Senior Living

How can we help you plan for future vitality? For almost 70 years, we’ve provided Life Plan Communities throughout the country with innovative senior living planning and design strategies that support vision and values. We can help you reposition an existing campus, develop a new Life Plan Community, expand to a satellite senior living campus…

Phoebe Berks – Grant Harrity Community Center

What began as a master planning project has resulted in the reinvention of the community center at Phoebe Berks. The new distinguished, yet down to earth atmosphere reflects their holistic wellness program. Mind Body Spirit Food The Mind Body Spirit Food wellness lifestyle program supports Phoebe’s holistic view integrating the “whole person” into everything they…

THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: Determining Senior Living Project Costs

“We love the design concept, but what will it cost to build?” Cost estimating has always been a critical component in the planning process for senior living projects, which in the not-for-profit world have often involved bond financing. In today’s economy it is that much more important to answer this question early. But at the…