PF&A Design recently opened a new branch studio at the Gloucester Business Park, White Marsh.

The new PF&A studio is located in a large suite of the AES Consulting Engineers building near the entrance to the park. Lynne Bohon Manning of Gloucester is the studio manager, while Delores Dixon of Hayes is the office manager.

Paul Finch is founding partner of the Norfolk-based firm, which was established in 1988. The company now has more than 20 employees, Manning said.

They specialize in architectural, planning and interior design for the health care industry. Their projects include hospitals, dental offices, mental health facilities, and outpatient facilities, Manning said, with clients from Maine to the Caribbean.

Manning said she goes to clients’ locations to gather information about their projects and returns to the studio to use computer-assisted design to come up with full architectural and interior design depictions.

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