This New Jersey architect is bringing divine inspiration to homes in the Covid-era

Before the pandemic, Rachel Grochowski was busy designing yoga studios, movie theatres, upscale bistros and other kinds of crowded gathering spaces tailored to the lifestyle and wellness needs of communities that we all took blissfully for granted in a world without COVID. Flash forward to the present, and our toned down but still chaotic, pandemic-induced stasis, where the architect is adapting to the growing demand for revitalized interior sanctums with her Montclair, New Jersey based firm. Sustainable Home in Montclair, NJ by RHG Architecture+DesignAs the founder and principal of RHG Architecture+Design, the UW-Milwaukee graduate has been hard at work applying her knowledge of chapels and other religious spaces into remodels of area homes in need of some serious spiritually sprucing up. “Design is spiritual. It just depends on how you see it,” Grochowski told Forbes’ Valentina Di Donata. The spaces are a change of pace for the 18-year-old firm, which had focused on commercial an...

This New Jersey architect is bringing divine inspiration to homes in the Covid-era

Before the pandemic, Rachel Grochowski was busy designing yoga studios, movie theatres, upscale bistros and other kinds of crowded gathering spaces tailored to the lifestyle and wellness needs of communities that we all took blissfully for granted in a world without COVID.

Flash forward to the present, and our toned down but still chaotic, pandemic-induced stasis, where the architect is adapting to the growing demand for revitalized interior sanctums with her Montclair, New Jersey based firm.

Sustainable Home in Montclair, NJ by RHG Architecture+Design

As the founder and principal of RHG Architecture+Design, the UW-Milwaukee graduate has been hard at work applying her knowledge of chapels and other religious spaces into remodels of area homes in need of some serious spiritually sprucing up.

“Design is spiritual. It just depends on how you see it,” Grochowski told Forbes’ Valentina Di Donata.

The spaces are a change of pace for the 18-year-old firm, which had focused on commercial an...