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Architecture and Interiors MSR Design creates transformative and human-centric, award-winning architecture and interior design.
Since 1981, our firm has produced work of enduring value: buildings that are expressly right for their time and place and that culturally and physically age gracefully. We tailor our design solutions to each client, resulting in a diverse mix of sustainable, equitable, healthy, beautiful projects. We actively engage our clients to understand needs and uncover aspirations, while considering each project’s social, cultural, economic, and environmental goals.
06/01/2026
Exciting news! Lincoln City Libraries Central Library has won a Library Interior Design Award in the On the Boards category, given biennially by the American Library Association (ALA) and the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) (IIDA).
Designed collaboratively by MSR Design and BVH Architecture, the project will transform Lincoln’s 1979 Education Square building into the city’s new central library. In a cost-conscious approach to adaptive reuse, the design reimagines an opaque downtown streetscape as a transparent, welcoming civic destination focused on lifelong learning, creativity, and community connection.
Congratulations to Lincoln City Libraries and our collaborators at BVH Architecture! We can't wait to see this project come to life!
Read more here: https://zurl.co/eO2ju
MSR Design's Rhys MacPherson is celebrating a career milestone: 35 years with the firm!
MSR Design Partner Paul Mellblom says, “Rhys is relentlessly curious and an autodidact. His generosity is immense, and he is always willing to be a resource to anyone in our office. Rhys is a fine human being. MSR Design is a better place due to his personal devotion and advocacy for architecture that enhances the human spirit and health and conserves our natural resources. I'm grateful to work with him.”
We appreciate everything you bring to our firm and are lucky to work alongside you! Congratulations on 35 incredible years!
Read more here: https://zurl.co/CZEgA
05/22/2026
05/22/2026
Congratulations to our client Grand Forks Children's Museum on reaching this milestone. PCL Construction Community Contractors Inc
Grand Forks Children’s Museum breaks ground on new interactive facility The Grand Forks Children’s Museum broke ground on its new facility Wednesday, bringing together community leaders and a project team led by PCL Construction and Community Contractors.
05/22/2026
05/22/2026
Congratulations to our client Grand Forks Children's Museum on this milestone.
Wednesday carried a feeling we won’t soon forget...a sense that something long imagined was finally beginning. Our groundbreaking wasn’t just a milestone; it was a moment when hope, community, and possibility opened up all at once. We tried to capture the heart of that day in this blog: https://www.grandforkschildrensmuseum.com/post/groundbreaking-the-moments-we-will-remember
MSR Design’s CEO, Traci Engel Lesneski, is celebrating an incredible milestone: 30 years with the firm!
Over the past three decades, Traci has shaped our practice through thoughtful leadership, a commitment to excellence, and a deep care for the design and impact of every project. Her influence on MSR Design—and on all of us who have the privilege of working alongside her— is immeasurable.
A remarkable milestone for an exceptional leader. Congratulations, Traci!
Read more here: https://zurl.co/hEEt1
05/19/2026
We’re excited to share that Matthew Kruntorad, Partner at MSR Design, will be speaking at the American Library Association 2026 Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago!
The session, “From Stalled to Built: Navigating Library Capital Projects with Optimism and Consensus,” will explore how communities can move library capital projects forward amid escalating costs, political hesitation, and years of deferred action. The conversation will focus on building optimism and consensus, strengthening political will, engaging stakeholders authentically, and designing sustainable, flexible, and inclusive library spaces that serve as vital civic infrastructure.
(Co-presenters: Tara Visacek, Ryan Wieber, Mark Bacon)
Hope to see you all at ALA 2026!
Learn more about the session here: https://zurl.co/jMlmj
05/19/2026
Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, May 19, from 5:30-7 p.m. to share your vision and ideas for the future of R.H. Stafford Library!
During our first community engagement workshop with MSR Design, you can help shape which services and spaces will be priorities in the redesigned library. We'll also explore how the library can contribute to the community's identity and diversity. This event will include a brief presentation and time for group discussion.
Learn more about this event and the project: WashingtonCountyMN.gov/RHStaffordLibraryProject
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