PZS Architects strikes a balance between collaboration and creativity, working with clients to understand their needs and designing solutions to help meet their goals. We identify 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. PZS provides a complete range of Architecture, Planning, and Interior Design Services. 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 completed projects, including Education, Residential, Commercial, and Corporate 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. Our community involvement emphasizes the importance of connecting with others and relating our experiences as designers and people. From working with nonprofit clients to our staff’s involvement in community and volunteer activities, we never lose sight of the values and issues around us. We understand the impact our projects and our actions have on the real world and we work each day to make that impact positive.

Partners David Polatnick, AIA, Mario Zacharjasz, AIA, and Michael Skolnick, AIA, share practice management responsibilities and lead a staff of 15 design professionals committed both to the highest quality design and to our clients. The partners maintain a hands-on involvement in every project. In addition to the Partners, our talented staff includes a full complement of Project Managers, Project Architects, Architectural Designers, and support staff.