PSA-Dewberry has been designing religious facilities for more than four decades, for virtually every religious denomination across the nation. Each project is designed according to the group's unique needs and style, reflecting the spirit and community of each congregation.
Contact:
Kenneth D. Franch, AIA, PE
kfranch@dewberry.com
469.232.5222
Projects
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) | Children's Center First United Methodist Church Claremore, Oklahoma PSA-Dewberry provided architectural/engineering services for a new, two-story, 30,000-square-foot children's center. The internal function of the facility consists of 22 classrooms with two performance stages that have audio and visual capabilities and offices for the children's ministries. The facility includes a playground and additional parking for the church complex and features a 600-gallon salt water aquarium at the entry. |
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) | Willow Creek Community Church Barrington, Illinois PSA-Dewberry provided interior design and furniture selection for a new 8,000-seat auditorium and support facilities including lobby areas, green room, and Promiseland children's area. This church is one of the largest in the country with a weekly service attendance of over 18,000. |
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) | St. Thomas Catholic Church and School Peoria Heights, Illinois This project includes a new 25,000 SF, 800-seat worship area, gathering space and parish hall/meeting rooms. The existing church nave was redesigned into sacristy, daily mass chapel and additional gathering space. The school component included a new two-story facility to house a library, classrooms, and gymnasium. |
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) | High Point Church Arlington, Texas A design/build interior renovation of a 217,000 SF facility located on a 107 acre campus, this project includes a 56,000 SF main sanctuary to accommodate 5,000 seats, a 1,200 seat grand theatre, coffee cafe, bookstore, food court, nursery, daycare and school. Design efforts ran parallel with construction during the aggressive 7- month compressed schedule to meet a grand opening goal of Easter services in the spring of 2004. |
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) | Baruch Ha Shem Dallas, Texas PSA-Dewberry planned and designed a new 26,000 SF worship space for this Messianic Synagogue, with seating for 1,000 plus educational classrooms and nursery rooms. We blended the architecture into the existing facility and integrated significant religious symbolism, so important to this congregation, into the new building's design. The seating area in the worship space has movable chairs so that the room can be used for feasts and festivals as well as weekly religious ceremonies. |
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) | First Baptist Church Bossier City, Louisiana Commissioned to design a new 2,500-seat worship center for this congregation, PSA-Dewberry designed this project to include a fan-shaped auditorium with fixed theater seating to accommodate a 200-person choir and small orchestra. A fellowship hall is also being considered to serve as a large banquet room with kitchen facilities and a seating capacity for 800. |
