ABOUT US
POHL ROSA POHL, founded by brothers Clive and Graham Pohl with architect Krisia Rosa, built a solid foundation of design excellence, community service, and environmental stewardship.
Since Graham and Krisia’s retirement and the addition of Justin Ostrander and Romana (Romi) Kalova, PRP Architects has continued to build upon that foundation. Our team of artists and makers share a passion for design, a collaborative spirit, and the belief that artful place making is a powerful platform to inspire and improve our community. We recognize our passions and commitments as the life blood of our creativity and value them as the source of our talents and our capacity to serve.
OUR TEAM
APPROACH
We listen, gather, challenge, explore, and adjust until the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In this way our designs radiate clarity of purpose, innovative spirit, honesty and warmth.
FORM + FUNCTION
Marrying functional requirements with poetic ideas allows us to transcend traditional architectural solutions and leave a legacy of responsibility and inspiration.
TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE
We adhere to the basic tenets of PEOPLE, PLANET, PROFIT by valuing social and environmental commitment as well as financial performance.
CLIENT ENGAGEMENT
PRP values the synergy that grows out of collaboration. Our most successful projects embrace open communication and extensive dialogue.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
We best serve individuals by also serving their communities. We do this through a commitment to environmental stewardship, local volunteerism, and delivering timeless work that is sensitive to history and context.
Approach
We listen, gather, challenge, explore, and adjust until the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In this way our designs radiate clarity of purpose, innovative spirit, honesty and warmth.
FORM + FUNCTION
TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE
CLIENT ENGAGEMENT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
TESTIMONIALS
Krisia Rosa is a brilliant architect! More importantly, Krisia is gentle and kind. After getting to know each other, and Krisia getting to know our home, we had a beautiful collaboration. It was effortless!
Krisia Rosa does design work all over the country so I knew I was in for a treat! Krisia made us feel comfortable every step of the way. We were appreciative that she was considerate of our spending, too. I was lucky to be able to hang out with Krisia during the project. I learned so much and we had a blast making decisions together!
I am looking forward to having Krisia Rosa on a future project...a beach house. When you can say you are looking forward to another RENOVATION, you know you chose an extraordinary architect! Thank you, Krisia Rosa!
We have worked with Krisia Rosa for two large projects. We first hired Ms. Rosa to completely renovate a 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home in 2014, and re-hired her a second time for a partial renovation of a 4 bedroom, 3.5 home in 2015.
Besides being an excellent architect and talented in interior design, Krisia Rosa is a kind and patient professional. At the outset, she makes sure she understands how we plan to use the space and how we would like it to feel, and she designs it accordingly. We have learned, as with everything else, it is an iterative process between finding the right design for the budget. Ms. Rosa, in cooperation with the contractor, presented us cost/design trade-offs. We were pleased with the creativity and number of options Ms. Rosa provided in this process, all in keeping with our original ideas for the project.
Ms. Rosa always showed us examples of her recommended materials, for our review. Further, for both projects, Ms. Rosa brought an enormous selection of paint swatches to our home, so we could make our selections based on exactly how the color would look in our home. Her creativity and expertise with color is one of Ms. Rosa's true gifts. She sees and describes color in a way I never previously experienced, and has encouraged my husband and me to use color creatively and boldly. We couldn't be happier with the result.
One final comment - we are cost conscious, and there were a few times I made slight changes to Ms. Rosa's design. I always regretted it, and even decided to reverse my own plans after the construction had begun. I have learned that if we decide that something is too expensive, we just tell her and she provides other satisfactory options. It's a simple as that.
We are very happy clients of Krisia Rosa, and have received high praise from others who know about architecture and design. A couple of compliments were: "Whoever you hired really knew what they were doing," and perhaps even more important, "This house is a beautiful reflection of who you are". We highly recommend Krisia Rosa, for projects large and small.