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About Mulá Architects
Founded in 1999, our focus remains grounded: to provide excellence in design, superior service and building technology expertise. As architects, planners and designers, we excel through our expertise and strategic thinking; empowering our clients to solve the multitude of challenges with optimal results. Client focused is what we are; Design & Architecture is what we do.
We engage design as a strategic process focused on meaningful results. Through our design innovation and expertise we empower our clients to realize their goals, that otherwise might not be envisioned.
Richard F. Mulá Architects is a client-focused, design-driven, full-service architecture, planning and specialty-services design firm with a vast and diverse portfolio of project experience and expertise. Our approach and efforts reflect an enduring commitment and belief that design is one of our strongest resources.

Our diverse expertise expands across a wide range of projects:

academic/living & learning | commercial/corporate campuses & facilities | healthcare & wellness | retail & mixed-use | manufacturing/distribution and industrial | research & development/pharmaceutical | senior living | transportation

Our combined broad breadth of experience leads our clients through the labyrinth of the design and construction processes.

Our People

Richard F. Mulá Jr., Founder and Principal, is a registered architect and graduate from Drexel University with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. A highly-skilled design professional with a wide range of talent, he also is a certified LEED AP professional and encourages sustainable design and green philosophies. Richard continually seeks innovative ways of providing better service to his clients.

Richard F. Mulá Jr.
AIA, NCARB, LEED AP Principal, Managing Member
Richard F. Mulá Jr. has over 20 years of diverse architectural and integrated multidisciplinary experience with an emphasis in design, urban planning, management and construction. Professional experience includes design and management of multiple building types, such as commercial/corporate, educational, pharmaceutical, correctional, healthcare, institutional, religious, research and development, industrial/manufacturing and multi-scale residential.

As founding principal and managing member of Richard F. Mulá Architects LLC, Richard directs all aspects of the firm. From the beginning, his vision, leadership and insightfulness serve to guide the evolution of the firm and continuous pursuit of new innovative design practices and project delivery strategies.

While his hands-on responsibilities include design, project management, marketing & business development, his broader undertakings include serving as adjunct instructor at Stevens State College of Technology, and Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts. Richard also serves in the capacity of architectural advisor and design consultant for numerous projects for Michael Baker Jr, Inc. one of the nation’s largest engineering firms.

Richard is a registered architect and graduate with honors from Drexel University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree. Richard is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) and an active member of the American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia Chapter and affiliate member of the New York Chapter.

Prior to establishing his own practice, Richard’s career spans years of working in architectural firms noted for their architectural design expertise, including H2L2 Architects and Planners, in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. This experience has carried on today and benchmarks the firm’s familiarity and competence in all aspects of the architectural planning and design process.