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Richard Wittschiebe Hand | 11 firm from others. Despite being full-time, engaged professionals (which includes Witt- schiebe’s role as the current President of AIA in Georgia), neither are so caught-up in busi- ness dealings as to lose sight of the impor- tance of family. The need to provide care for a frail step mother basically prompted Rich- ard to relocate to Wisconsin, yet she still finds time to commute to Georgia. Beyond this, and despite all of the firm’s work in commercial, educational and mu- nicipal infrastructure, Wittschiebe says they particularly enjoy working with families on residential projects. She says these require a differing degree of trust. “To effectively design and construct a home, in a way that makes sense for a family, you’re asking the client to reveal their inner workings... you have to take awareness of how a family op- erates and incorporate that into the design... Ross Street House (Zane Williams, Photographer)