Accolades

What people say about working with us should tell you whether or not we are the type of people you'll want to work with. We take pride in building life-long relationships with our clients and customers based on absolutely integrity and mutual respect. Here is what people are saying about Archinia:

DESIGN KUDOS

"Rachel Preston Prinz is a forthright, honest, hardworking and insightful team worker. I have worked with Rachel as project co-manager on a National Register nomination project. Rachel is miraculously effective in putting together team meeting and project management schedules as well as a "working manager" (producing technical contributions) for her specialty in preservation architecture and environmental design. Rachel has built ownership in the project goals on the part of all contacts, and because of her proficiency in the cyber world is able to keep open lines of communication and sharing results. If you like working with somebody honestly upbeat and forward working you will be lucky to get Rachel to work on your project as a preservation architect and or as a project manager to meet time frames and budgets."

- Mark Henderson, Owner, Chupadero Archeological Resources

"Rachel Preston is a unique life force who can unite technically and spiritually oriented people and can access design problems from both aspects. Rachel is not afraid to go against the grain and propose unique and unconventional designs. Unlike many other designers Rachel can access the 'feeling' perceived in a structure and design for both construction and spiritual concerns. She is receptive to her client's needs and is able to delve deeper into their more difficult feeling sense to meet design needs that may not easily be expressed. She embodies her websites mantra of "sanctuary comes home" to it's fullest extent. Additionally as a civil engineer who quarrels with architects over their designs not fitting with a site, Rachel understands how to design with the contours of the land and make optimal use of the site."

- Mike Devloo P.E., GroundUP Engineering

"Rachel's work for us and with us was an amazing gift. Her depth of knowledge, her visionary eye, her profound sense and understanding of the sacred in nature made our work together a joy and an inspiration. Rachel is a professional who listens deeply, cares profoundly, and has the energy and courage to use her talent in new and transformative ways. Any organization or project utilizing her skills will be blessed by her work."

- Rev. Makanah E. Morriss

"I have worked with Rachel in a number of capacities for 5 years. She finds a way of bringing projects to a higher level and brings the best out of the teams she works with. Her energy is inexhaustible and her attitude is positive at times when others begin to falter. I hope to work on design teams with Rachel throughout my career. "

- Patrick Espy, AIA

"We found (Rachel) to be competent, incredibly creative and easy to work with. Her ability to synthesize the inputs of many people and diverse ideas was amazing. Needless to say, we were totally pleased with her work. I would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone as an extremely talented designer and I know you would find working with her is a joy."

- Shane Smith, Director Cheyenne Botanic Gardens

"Rachel has discovered within herself a strong motivation for scholarship and research. (She) has, by all standards, a thorough architectural education, a two semester study in Italy and a summer working as a preservation-design assistant in France with one of the leading Medievalists in the profession. Her personality reflects... intellectual growth and a synthesis of ideas. She also has an innate ability to understand architecture as design and as theory. I feel strongly about (her) potential as a scholar, a designer and as a future university instructor."

- Joseph M. Hutchinson, Professor of Architectual History, Texas A&M

WRITING KUDOS

"Thank you for the very kind article about the Village of Arroyo Seco. Your words are a great support and a tremendous validation of the efforts of all the people who live and work in Arroyo Seco. I am very grateful."

- Andy Burns, Casa Miguel, llc

“You write exceedingly well, bringing historic preservation and the role of architecture into the forefront for a popular magazine, and making the topic interesting for a modern audience.”

- New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office

“You make architectural history relevant and interesting.”

- Keiko Ohkuna, Editor, Trend Magazine

“This is fantastic! Fabulous! Wonderful! Awesome! Just what I needed! You are a great writer and a renaissance woman. Thank you!”

- Judy Schaeffer, Web Developer

“Your court house article in the June Horse Fly is profoundly excellent!”

- Oscar Pallacios (Architect of the structure’s restoration)

“Rachel is one of our most valuable assets… The work that Rachel has provided … is first class, above anything you are going to get anywhere else.”

- Greg Gilliam

“We all LOVED the article! You wrote such a beautiful, thoughtful, well researched piece. Thank you!”

- Beth Enson, Fundraising Director, New Mexico Birth Center

“I just want to thank you for doing such a wonderful job on the article. I was nervous, of course, but you put me at ease immediately and I really felt very comfortable with you. The article was fun to read (is that really me?) and I have gotten some wonderful comments on it. Your sensitivity to design and me as an individual was obvious.”

- Donna La Furgey, Architectural Designer

“I was at the Archaeological Society meeting this weekend. You should know that a number of the archaeologists present were very impressed with your presentation, as was I.”

- Wolky Toll, DCA, State of New Mexico Archaeology

“Rachel, I LOVED the article. Thank you so much! Already had 4 people in because of it. Thanks, again and again.”

- Shelia Ross, Proprietor, Simply Shelia Floral Design