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Rebecca Penrod Named 2020 Ambassador of the Year
Rebecca Penrod Named Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce Ambassador of the Year! Rebecca not only works tirelessly for the development of our firm but the entire business community throughout Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. If you know Rebecca, you know...
Mather Selected to Help with Rockingham Eye Physicians and Associates New Facility
We are pleased to announce that we have been selected to provide construction drawings for the Rockingham Eye Physicians and Associates new facility. Working with Marasco & Associates, Inc, a healthcare architectural and consulting firm out of Denver,...
Adaptive Reuse Projects, Why Bother?
Adaptive reuse refers to the process of reusing an existing building for a purpose other than which it was originally built or designed for. Adaptive reuse projects preserve what is best about a building, but design and develop them into a more modern and usable...
Glue-Laminated Construction
Gluelam, Why we use it... Glue-laminated beams and arches are made using layers of wood which are laminated together to form large elements that can span great distances. These then are installed as a structural system of the building.There are a few...
HR-CSB McNulty Center
Construction at McNulty Center is moving with leaps and bounds. On the exterior, finishes are complete and only minimal grading is left on the to-do list. One of our main objectives with the exterior of this project was to blend the new addition as...
New and Different Times
We are all in a New and Different timeWe have concerns about our health and the health of those around us, we have concerns about our businesses and organizations, and there is just uncertainty as to when things get back to “normal”. But here is...
HR Community Services Board-Let’s Build!
The last month has seen great progress on the Harrisonburg-Rockingham County Community Services board project with both the Main Street and Washington Street sites a flurry of activity. Construction is underway! On Washington Street, the McNulty parking...
Bringing Wellness to Senior Living
With its’ roots in hospital design in the 1950’s, Senior Living has come a long way! The old nursing home was essentially a hospital “light”. We have evolved as an industry to now be more aligned with the Hospitality industry. After all, people would much rather...
Ribbon Cutting at “The Cottages” at Summit Square
We like to think that when residents arrive here, they know that they have arrived “home” to their cottage on Main Street. “The Cottages at Summit Square” is a new building that is attached to the existing Summit Square facility in Waynesboro, VA. It provides 17...
Sunnyside Community Wellness Center Ground Breaking Ceremony
The Sunnyside Community held it's ground breaking ceremony for their new wellness center. Along with the team from Mather Architects and the executive staff at Sunnyside, we were joined by Harman Construction and plenty of excited residents. The wellness center will...