NJRA Architects

NJRA Architects is an architecture firm in Murray, UT. The firm plans, programs, and designs facilities throughout the United States and is licensed in several states across the mountain west, drawing on more than 40 years of practice. Its work spans healthcare, K-12 education, office buildings, utilities, communication centers, residential, and community service facilities. Services include architecture, site planning, pre-design, sustainable analysis, community outreach, value analysis and engineering, life cycle cost analysis, constructability review, construction administration, post-occupancy evaluation, master planning, facility programming, feasibility studies, and interior design, along with specialty offerings such as wayfinding design, casework and furniture design, and art coordination.

Gerald R. Nichols founded the firm in 1977, originally operating as Gerald R. Nichols and Associates from a small office below the Rio Grande Hotel with three employees. In 1998 the firm was incorporated as NJRA Architects, Inc., with Nichols, Vinson M. Johnson, and Wayne Ricks leading it. Nichols retired in 2008, and Selvam Rajavelu, who had joined the firm in 1990 after studying architecture at the University of Utah, became president. NJRA describes its approach as rooted in research, innovation, and close communication with clients and users to understand their needs, goals, and budgets. Sustainability and social responsibility shape the firm’s culture, and the practice focuses on regenerative design intended to heal environments and improve quality of life.

The office is located on W Ascension Way in Murray, UT. It holds a rating of 5.00 based on customer reviews.

With a perfect customer rating and four decades of practice, NJRA Architects brings long-established experience in healthcare, education, and community facility design to clients across the mountain west.