Chrysalis House Expansion
Chrysalis House is an addiction treatment facility for women located in Crownsville, MD. Starting in 2018, Studio 343 has been working through the design for a multi-building expansion that will allow Chrysalis House to support 20 additional women & their children, as well as provide space for additional staff. This represents a 38% increase…
Read MoreHope Lodge Baltimore
While the American Cancer Society is most notably known for their research efforts, it is only one facet of their programming to free the world from cancer. Hope Lodge is another program for the American Cancer Society. Hope Lodge was developed to provide cancer patients and caregivers a place to stay while receiving treatment…
Read MoreCommunity Building Rebuild
New Market North is an affordable housing community in New Market, VA originally built in 1983. In 2010, Studio 343 (back when we were Ruhf Plitt Architects!) worked on the property renovation, which included modifying their Community Building to meet accessibility requirements. Unfortunately, early last year the Community Building burned down, & we were brought…
Read MoreStudio 343 Office Expansion
Who would have thought after two short years in our new office that Studio 343 would be expanding- but here we are! We’ll be growing into an additional ~1,000SF of space adjacent to our current studio; creating a larger conference room, print room, space for staff growth, and a lounge area complete with a foosball…
Read More2020 Holiday Card Competition Results
Happy Holidays from our Quaran-team to yours! 2020’s holiday card competition winner is Rob Lang, who’s depiction of a teams-meeting-gone-wrong is now a universally understood concept. Congrats, Rob! And thank you to our friends and families for getting us through a tough year. We hope your 2021 goes a little more smoothly.
Read MoreWelcome to Studio 343, Faith!
We are thrilled to welcome Faith to the Studio 343 team! A recent graduate of the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas, Faith is eager to learn and put her years of education to practical use in the studio. Her energy is contagious, and we look forward to the impact she…
Read MoreBaltimore Veterinary Clinic
You’ll Never Walk Alone is a 3,100+SF veterinary clinic now located in Baltimore’s ‘The Can Company’- an industrial-plant-turned-shopping-center built in the early 1900’s. When Studio 343 made our first site visit, we loved the historic brick walls and wood & steel columns. Along with the client we knew we wanted to showcase these as…
Read MoreBrent Place Apartments Entry Renovation
When Homes for America reached out to us earlier this year seeking design services for renovations to the exterior entry and to the interior common spaces for Brent Place Apartments, Studio 343 knew exactly what to do. In our client meeting, we learned that the client vision included modern, clean lines and a desire…
Read MoreHomes at Berlin Design
As a recent recipient of the MD DHCD 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program, Homes at Berlin will be afforded the opportunity to complete renovations as well as the construct a new three-story building consisting of 12 new apartments. The project is located on two sites and has 42 existing apartments. A three…
Read MoreFrancis Street Office
Renovating Historic buildings in a Historic district often comes with its unique challenges, and this office on Francis Street in Annapolis was no exception. Though the previous & proposed uses of the space were the same, the addition of a conference room upstairs in this roughly 3,000 SF office triggered a series of stricter…
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