Frank E. Dittenhafer II reminds his staff they aren’t architectural technicians — rather, they’re design architects, where creativity and vision steer the ship.
Murphy & Dittenhafer Architects provided pro-bono architectural design/interiors/construction coordination services to renovate the former medical office building into a new education hub, which the York County Literacy Council moved into at the end of 2020.
Murphy & Dittenhafer’s recent programming/planning services for Blackwell Hall’s renovation/adaptive reuse aims to create a new campus gateway at the Salisbury, Maryland, university campus.
The award is just one recent component of Frank Dittenhafer’s continued relationship with his alma mater.
York College of Pennsylvania’s Center for Community Engagement, a renovation/adaptive reuse project designed by Murphy & Dittenhafer Architects, received the recognition at the 2021 Design Awards.
Murphy & Dittenhafer Architects President Frank E. Dittenhafer II and two of the firm’s Associates accepted the recognition at the Central PA AIA’s Design Awards celebration in September.