RKA's New Downtown Studio

With interior renovations now complete, RKA is settling into our new office location in the historic Lilley Building, one block east of the Ohio Statehouse in the heart of downtown Columbus. We created an open studio in the main space, with custom-designed mdf/maple workstations arranged in a modular layout, driven directly by the existing structural steel column grid and beams, and the east wall window spacing. Three formerly enclosed offices were converted into two conference rooms. A new custom-designed, geometric, maple-framed interior window opens up the large conference room and connects to daylight and views. A break area was created with a large kitchen and seating provided at an RKA custom-designed table. Custom area rugs were created throughout the space, utilizing recycled content carpet tiles. New energy-efficient LED lighting was provided throughout the space. Minimal interventions were required to make this space function well for the RKA Team, providing a creative new home for the firm, while conforming to a tight project budget and schedule.

We would also like to thank our partner W.M. Keyes, LLC, our general contractor, for their amazing work on this project.

For more information about this project: https://www.rogerskrajnak.com/business/2025/RKA.htm

Welcome Morgan Plagenz

We welcome Morgan Plagenz for her second summer with RKA. This fall, Morgan will be entering her fifth year at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture degree and a minor in Sustainability Studies. Morgan loves living in NYC and exploring the city on foot but also enjoys being in her hometown of Columbus.

RKA Completes Kitchen Transformation

RKA transformed a dark, cramped, and outdated 1970’s Era Kitchen in Delaware, into a fully updated, brighter, and more functional space. By removing significant portions of the wall between the Kitchen and the adjacent Family Room, adding a new central island, and converting a formerly blank wall into a highly functional part of the Kitchen.

To learn more about this project click on the following link:

https://www.rogerskrajnak.com/residential/2024/private-residence-001.htm

Licking County Courthouse West Courtroom Restoration Rededication

 Along with the Licking County Commissioners, Judges, Courthouse Staff, Community Leaders, Artisans, and Contractors, Rogers Krajnak Architects recently celebrated the Restoration Rededication of the historic West Courtroom in the 1876 Licking County Courthouse.  We were honored to lead the team that restored the murals, sculptures, bas reliefs, stained glass, cast plaster, and scagliola in this magnificent room. The Project also included new lighting, new floor finishes, restoration of furnishings and Judge’s Bench, and audio-visual technology.

To learn more about the study that lead to this project, click on the following link:

https://www.rogerskrajnak.com/community/2015/002-Licking-County-Courthouse.htm

RKA Completes New Kitchen in Iconic Mid-Century Modern Home

 RKA Completes New Kitchen in Iconic Mid-Century Modern Home

This 1964 Mid-Century Modern home in Westerville remained virtually unchanged through the years. RKA and our client worked to strategically maintain the original Mid-Century Modern spirit with new elements, while updating the layout, raising the ceiling, and opening up the once enclosed kitchen to adjacent spaces.

To learn more about the project, click on on the following link: https://www.rogerskrajnak.com/residential/2021/private-residence-002.htm