Brawer Hauptman & Larkin is a Philadelphia based architectural firm specializing in healthcare, higher ed (colleges and universities), and religious architecture, especially churches, synagogues, and Jewish institutions such as JCCs and community centers. Our healthcare projects include small in-hospital renovations to larger free-standing care centers. We also specialize in adaptive reuse and historic preservation.
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Chisuk Emuna Congregation
Harrisburg, PA
In April 2009, this Conservative congregation's 60 year old building was destroyed in a tragic fire. In order to determine their next steps, the congregation hired BH+L to conduct a feasibility study to explore a number of options. These scenarios included renovating the damaged building, constructing a new building on the existing site, or acquiring a new site to construct a new building. The study, which examined six of these options, resulted in recommending the purchase of a sloped site a block from the Jewish Community Center.
The new building has a flexible sanctuary space that opens to a social hall and several classrooms. A Beit Midrash provides an additional classroom space, and serves as a daily chapel, a library and a meeting room. The building is designed to allow for the Phase 2 construction of permanent classrooms with minimal disruption.