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Firm Profile PZS Architects strikes a balance between collaboration and creativity, working with clients to understand their needs and designing solutions to help meet their goals. PZS identifies each project and client as a unique opportunity to provide form to our clients’ aspirations with our fresh perspective and flexible approach to achieve projects that exceed expectations and deliver elegant results. We engage our clients with ongoing and open dialogue so that every project is grounded in a realistic understanding of the project’s purpose and the client’s parameters. Through this collaboration, we strive to create architecture that enriches people’s lives and elevates the human spirit. PZS Architects was founded as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) in 1993. Since then PZS has established a diverse portfolio of educational, corporate, commercial, and residential work. Approaching every project as a unique challenge, and allowing its uniqueness to present opportunities, has earned us commissions varying in size and scope. Each reflects our design team’s shared attention to detail and commitment to involving all of a project’s stakeholders. The firm was founded in 1993 by partners David Polatnick, AIA, and Mario Zacharjasz, AIA, and with partner Michael Skolnick, AIA, they share practice management responsibilities and lead a staff of design professionals committed both to the highest quality of design and to our clients. The firm’s collaborative approach ensures that everyone is motivated and energized by the design process. We measure project success by the relationships we develop with clients, and the way architecture enhances our clients’ lives and businesses. Our clients often share with us their repeat projects – and their friendship – for just this reason.
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Partnership MARIO ZACHARJASZ, AIA Recognized by many as the face of PZS Architects, Mario Zacharjasz exudes an energy that inspires the firm and its clients. His 25 years of experience include an emphasis on educational, multi-family housing, and civic architecture for clients ranging from the School District of Philadelphia to the Army Corps of Engineers. Born in Cuba, Mario moved to the US when he was three years old and continues to maintain strong ties to his heritage and the local Latin American community. Mario is dedicated to Philadelphia’s non-profit organizations; actively working with groups such as Esperanza, the Salvation Army and Aspira, Inc. Mario is a former President of the AIA, an executive board member and past board president of the Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Mario serves on the Mayor’s Commission for Construction Industry Diversity, and was recently appointed by the Mayor to the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation Board. He serves on the Board of Managers for Moore College of Art and Design and is a former board member with the United Way of South Eastern Pennsylvania.
DAVID POLATNICK, AIA It was David’s entrepreneurial spirit and enthusiasm that started PZS Architects. ce and to clients as a dedicated and sensitive designer with a great eye for details and the ability to take every stakeholder’s needs into consideration. His honest passion for his work has endeared many clients with whom he has made lasting friendships. David’s more than 25 years of professional experience have included the planning and design of large-scale retail shopping centers as well as historic preservation and adaptive reuse projects, where he is particularly adept at breathing new life into old or outdated buildings. David received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Temple University.
MICHAEL SKOLNICK, AIA A partner in PZS Architects since 1998, Michael guides the firm’s design with his critical thinking and organization. Michael’s keen understanding of programming and planning sets the tone for each projects success. Whether working to further refine a design to meet a client’s needs or steering a project to proceed as planned, he is committed to high levels of client service and architectural excellence. His 30+ years of professional experience have included pharmaceutical, institutional, and corporate projects, as well as designs for high-end multifamily residential projects. Michael earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Temple University and is a former president of AIA Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, and is a trustee at The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf.
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The Shops at Valley Square Lifestyle Shopping Center Warrington, PA Completed in 2008 Mixed-use retail + office space 140 acres // $125 million 300,000 sf retail space 125,000 sf office space
The goal for this project was to create a lifestyle shopping center that evoked the feeling of a traditional, small town main street. PZS created a small town square featuring gathering areas, restaurants with outdoor seating, green space for concerts and community events. To distinguish each building, the proportions and rhythms of fenestration have been slightly altered. Each building has a distinct footprint, massing, height, profile, shape and plan to provide a comfortable human scale. Using a shared vocabulary of materials, each retailer has an individual identity, yet the center as a whole exhibits a feeling of continuity and cohesion.
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Bakers Centre Retail Philadelphia, PA PZS Architects recently completed the Bakers Centre retail complex in Philadelphia’s Hunting Park West neighborhood. Bakers Centre is an integral component of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission’s program for the Revitalization of Hunting Park West. The center consists of approximately 220,000 square feet of retail, office, educational and institutional spaces. Bakers Centre is centrally located at the site of the former headquarters of the Tastykake Baking Company with excellent access to I-76, Rte. 1 & Rte. 13.
ShopRite Supermarket anchors the complex with 70,000 SF. The grocery store features 6 different concept vendors, allowing the guests to choose from a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, to seafood and even Chickie’s and Pete’s and Krispie Kreme! All of the areas were designed to have their own inviting identity and back of house space. The commercial kitchen includes rotisserie chicken, grill, bakery and salt water fish tank.
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Cardinal Crossing Retail Development Marple Township, PA Mixed-use retail + office space 73,000 SF
The development will be a mixed-use community comprised of residential, retail, restaurant, office, and recreational facilities. The 730,000 SF retail component is designed as a community shopping destination that offers a selection of national retailers, specialty stores, and distinctive eateries.
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Montgomeryville Shopping Center Montgomeryville, PA PZS Architects designed this 120,000 SF retail facility incorporating three individual buildings, and multiple tenant ffit-outs.
Springhouse Shopping Center Lower Gwynedd, PA The design of a 75,000 SF center with the lead tenant being a 55,000 SF supermarket.
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