DECEMBER 2023 THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE AMERICA - SOUTH 4 | Richard Wittschiebe Hand The Center for Disease Control and Prevention; and awards for innovation by the Georgia State University Board of Regents for the firm’s architectural and interior design of a new student dining center. RWH services also complement the concourses and the international travelers’ club at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the parking decks serving staff at BellSouth Telecommunications, the reading spaces of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, worship spaces at Congregation Beth Jacob, Dunwoody Community Church and Faith Lutheran Church, while also adding certain refinement to the revelry resonating within fraternity houses affiliated with Phi Gamma Delta, Lambda Chi Alpha and Sigma Nu. These are but a few examples which help reflect the diversity of projects completed by RWH. What also sets RWH apart from other firms is the fact that it is one of the few in the trade owned and operated by a woman, actually two women, in Carol Richard and Janice Wittschiebe. After forming a partnership more than 20 years ago, Richard and Wittschiebe went on to merge with another respected architect in Peter Hand (especialYMCA, Front Lobby (David Fisher, Photographer) Natatorium (RWH Photograph) Richard Wittschiebe Hand | 5 ly known for his designs involving aquatic centers). As Hand is semi-retired and said to be primarily focused on “pet-projects,” the company continues to be led by Richard andWittschiebe. For all of the firm’s success, there is certain irony in the fact that Founder Carol Richard had once planned to enter an entirely separate profession. Back in the early 1980’s, both Richard and Wittschiebe worked at separate architectural firms, an experience that Richard recalls as somewhat “disillusioning” in terms of expectations she had after completing university studies and entering the business. Wanting YMCA, Outdoor Pool (RWH Photograph)
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