Pre-Design Consulting for Owners and Institutions
Get the project right before design begins.
KRN Architecture helps owners, institutions and organizations make confident decisions at the start of a capital project. Before you hire a design team or commit a budget, we define what you need, test what fits, and turn it into a clear plan that designers, estimators and decision-makers can build on.
Our Services
Pre-Planning
Feasibility studies, site and building assessments, code review, and early scope and budget alignment. Find out whether a project makes sense, and what it will take, before you invest in design.
Programming
Stakeholder interviews, space needs analysis, and adjacency and occupancy planning, turned into a documented program that design teams can price and design from.
Preliminary Layouts
Test fits, blocking and stacking, and concept floor plans that show how your program fits a space, for leasing decisions, funding requests, board approvals, or briefing your architect.
KRN Architecture...
LISTENS to you, HEARS you, and provides a SOLUTION for you
We work at the front end, where decisions cost the least and matter the most. Led by Karen Anderson, AIA, KRN brings over 20 years of capital project experience from the owner’s side of the table, including university facilities, engineering firms and U.S. Air Force construction management. Our deliverables are built to hand off cleanly to your design team or to support an RFP, so you start design with clear requirements instead of open questions.
Environmental Stewardship
Collaboration and Community
Resilient Design
Curiosity and Innovation
Our Projects
Baldwins Run, East Camden, NJ
Pine Street, Philadelphia, PA
Total Scope, Upper Chichester, PA
Our project experience across higher education, institutional, commercial, historic and community work informs every plan we prepare.
Success Stories
“Transformed a dark townhouse located in the middle of the block into an open light filled space, we are very happy with our results, this is our forever home now.”
– Pine Street Historic Renovation, Philadelphia PA
“Great job on our project! The renovation repaired the fire damage and created a much better interior flow-now changing from one use to another is much more flexible and fluid.”
– Coleman UMC, Wilmington, DE
“This building upgrade improved the interior environment seven fold. The selection of materials and attention to detail was outstanding. The construction administration services coordinating multiple subcontractors and as the owner representative, it freed us up to focus on the Theater.”
– Bushfire Theater, Philadelphia PA