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20-Foot View: The view from the 20-foot mezzanine level shows the studio work environment for several of BRP’s roughly 20 employees. On the far wall, officials added the acoustic tiles with a splash of the firm’s signature red color.

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Window Seat: Window walls offer Swan a constant view of Park Central West and bring the bustle of downtown into his workspace. “I have friends that pass by the window and say hi every day,” he says, citing Jeff Houghton’s daily walk to his downtown office.

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Square Space: An employee break room offers a front-row seat to Park Central Square – with the community Christmas tree as the focal point this time of year. CEO and Partner Angie Way says BRP’s previous office didn’t have a dedicated space for employee breaks, but they now have a commercial-size refrigerator, two microwaves, coffee and ice machines, and two TVs to gather around. She says the firm provides staff soda, coffee, snacks and candy: “You wouldn’t believe how much candy we go through.”

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Huddle Up: Architectural staff talk shop in the open-air studio. “There’s a lot more infused collaboration,” Swan says. “It’s easier to set up design meetings.”

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Meeting Time: A conference room is situated just off the entryway in BRP Architects’ new office downtown. It’s one of two conference rooms in the space, which also includes a quiet room and a library/media room that required contractor Limitless Construction LLC tearing out walls used by the previous office tenant, IntrinsiQ LLC.

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2023 Office NV: BRP Architects

Heer’s, It Is

BY: Eric Olson and Heather Mosley

Posted online December 18, 2023 | 2:11 pm

Architect: In-House
Design: In-House

BRP Architects’ new office is less than a quarter mile from its former space in a West Meadows building downtown, but officials say the difference feels much broader.

With floor-to-ceiling windows along most of the office in the Heer’s building, 138 Park Central Square, Managing Partner Chris Swan describes the environment as being part of the “community living room.” He adds, “I feel like we’re part of the downtown community.”

That’s what a few city blocks can do – and a change of scenery. “There is a renewed sense of pride in place,” Swan says. “People have enjoyed having broader access to the things downtown, places to walk to for lunch.”

One thing that hasn’t changed is the firm’s tag line. Crews brought over signage, one now prominently on the welcome desk: Your Vision. Our Focus.