Rizzolo Brown + Novak Architects goes for green in Ann Arbor

Thursday, March 26, 2009 | Source: Concentrate

Green architecture is growing at Ann Arbor's Rizzolo Brown + Novack Architects.

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The girls behind Rizzolo Brown + Novak Architects may have started their company because of the current economy, but they see the situation as an opportunity.

Celeste Alen Novak and Connie Rizzolo Brown founded their downtown Ann Arbor-based firm last year by focusing on design that incorporates things as eclectic as art and as essential as sustainability. They now have one more employee/intern and two consultants as they continue to take on more work.

"I think things are challenging but exciting," Rizzolo Brown says. "It breeds a new ways of looking at design and energy issues and containing costs."

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