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A major expansion of a public elementary school recently completed by RKTB Architects adds to the firm’s deep K-12 portfolio of additions. 

RKTB Architects and its experts in design for K-12 schools are expanding their reach and vision beyond the New York metro area, aspiring to bring best practices to communities across the northeastern United States.

To support its expansion, RKTB has announced a number of new hires as the firm expands in not only housing but also K-12 education, solutions for the unhoused, and religious and cultural buildings, among others.

Brito’s leadership is so focused that the Board of Directors of the nonprofit Citizens Housing & Planning Council (CHPC) invited him to join the Board this year.

With a new award from the American Institute of Architects for housing leadership, the East Coast firm RKTB Architects is spreading a national message of rising to meet the current U.S. need for 6 million units of housing, the projected shortfall now causing record homelessness and barriers to affordability and homeownership. 

Women in AEC give their opinions on the state of the industry in celebration of Women's History Month.

Bafitis has been newly honored for his commitment to shaping how his professional community thinks about housing. The New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects recently awarded him a Citation of Design Excellence in recognition of nine consecutive years of leadership of the chapter’s highly influential Housing Committee, and for “committing to over a decade of activism on housing advocacy efforts in New York City through the Chapter.”