Janko Rasic Architects, PLLC

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FIRM PROFILE

Janko Rasic Architects PLLC, a boutique full service architecture, interior design, and project management firm, is recognized for excellence in design of commercial, institutional, retail, and residential projects. Since it’s founding in 1968, the firm has worked with clients from all over the world to produce a diversified portfolio of finished work.

Creativity, meticulous attention to detail and economical use of resources are Janko Rasic Architects’ objectives. Design solutions are sustainable, efficient, classic and enduring. Janko Rasic Architects starts with these criteria to carefully evaluate client objectives and bring value and innovative design to their projects.

The firm is responsive to the functional and aesthetic needs of every client. To ensure close interaction with their clients, Janko Rasic Architects consciously limits the number of projects undertaken; opting for quality rather than quantity. Creative collaboration between the client and architectural project team results in imaginative and cost-effective design solutions that achieve the client’s goals and objectives. Janko Rasic Architects has the responsiveness, quality control, and flexibility that only a boutique firm can offer.

Client confidence in the quality of Janko Rasic Architects’ services is evidenced by the fact that eighty-five percent of the firm’s business is generated from past and present clients and their referrals.

While projects vary in size, scope, complexity, location, and design solutions, the commitment to excellence is the common denominator that unifies their work. Numerous awards and publications attest to the consistent innovation and creativity of Janko Rasic Architects and their commitment to quality.

AFFILIATIONS

American Institute of Architects, AIA

AIA New York Chapter, AIANY

Building Owners & Managers Association of Greater New York, Inc., BOMA/NY

Real Estate Board of New York, REBNY

The Murray Hill Neighborhood Association

The New York Landmarks Conservancy

A SAMPLING OF PROJECTS

Institutional: Cancer Care, Inc.

Commercial: ABN Amro

Retail: Drom Fragrances International / Fine Fragrance Studio

Residential: Landmark Townhouse Private Residence

Branding & Signage

Adaptive Reuse & Restoration

ABOUT THE FOUNDING PARTNER

Janko Rasic, AIA

Mr. Rasic founded Janko Rasic Architects in 1968. Since then Janko Rasic Architects, PLLC -the New York City based architecture and interior design firm- has completed projects for clients in eight states and from 20 foreign countries. Mr. Rasic also acted as consulting architect to the United Nations and UNICEF for offices in the United States, Asia, Africa, and Europe from 1995-2002. He served as Chief Architect for the New York University Excavations at Aphrodisias, Turkey before founding the firm.

EDUCATION

MFA in Architecture, Princeton University, 1961

AB Degree, Princeton University, 1959

The Hackley School

LANGUAGES

Mr. Rasic is proficient in 5 languages.

HONORS/AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS

Guggenheim Fellowship in Architecture for design of Greco-Roman Sculpture Museum, Aphrodisias, Turkey, 1964

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Institute of Architects

American Institute of Architects/ NY Chapter

Former Chair, AIA Educational Facilities Committee

National Council of Architectural Registration Board

New York City Mayor’s Panel of Architects (Past)

New York City Parks Association Design Committee (Past)

Architects Renewal Committee for Harlem (Past)

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS & BOARDS

Westside Montessori School, Former Board Member

Quogue Association (Village of Quogue, Long Island, NY), Former President

Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s Committee on Regeneration of Inner Cities, Chair (1967-1968)

ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION

Group for the South Fork (Bridgehampton, Long Island, NY), Former Vice Chair

New York City Water Board, Former Member

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