“We urgently need to bring to our communities the limitless capacity to love, serve, and create for and with each other.”

Grace Lee Boggs

Designing with people, not just for them

For over a decade, the Placework team has been researching, planning, and designing spaces that people love. As a certified B Corp, we prioritize health, efficiency, and resilience in every project.

How do we support thriving communities while preserving ecological resources? This question has a different answer for each client and project – we relish the partnerships we develop as much as the buildings we create together.

We are storytellers

Seeing what is possible and executing with a thoughtful economy of time and resources—this is the value we bring to each project. We tell each unique story not only in words but through our sketches, renderings, graphs and construction details. This is how we create more equitable, resilient, and beautiful places.

Engaged in our Communities

Beyond the technical, we learn from our personal engagement in our own communities. Placework supports annual volunteer time and our team members teach, write, advocate, and serve on various municipal communities and non-profit boards.  We see our personal engagement as an important asset in how we connect with our clients and their concerns.

Our Team

Alyssa Manypenny Murphy, AIA, LFA

Principal

Brian Murphy, AIA, LFA

Principal

Elizabeth Nguyen, AIA, WELL AP

Associate

Josh Lacasse, AIA, CPHC

Associate

Sara Mountford

Architectural Designer

Ken Ferrer

Architectural Designer

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