Founded in 2017, MODA partners with mission-driven organizations and businesses to create beautifully crafted landmark places that enrich our collective spirit and add meaning to our lives.
We blend architecture, commercial real estate, research and facilitation services to lead inspiring stakeholder processes and deliver compelling design solutions for arts + culture, education, for-profit and nonprofit clients.
Our clients share our desire to express shared cultural heritage, foster community and expand hearts and minds. Their projects have included museums, schools, venues, and a variety of mixed-use developments. Partnering with our clients, we ensure designs reflect their unique aims while offering top level leadership from project inception through construction.
We build and lead the teams our clients need to realize their projects. That teamwork has included strategic operations and financial preparation, facilities needs assessments, project budgeting and capital campaign planning as well as the traditional services offered during design, construction and post-occupancy phases. MODA guides clients through the complexities of development and design to create mission-advancing places that expand what is possible for our communities.
MODA | Murrell Office for Development and Architecture LLC is located in Austin, Texas and is HUB / WBE Certified by the City of Austin and Texas Comptroller.
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A Rice University graduate and Fulbright Scholar coming from modest military kid roots, Nina personally understands the power and value of education and cultural exchange. During her career, this value underscored her special focus on projects for the arts, culture, education, and community - the kinds of projects that benefit all and express the highest aspirations of our humanity.
Prior to founding MODA, Nina led arts + culture and education practice areas and projects regionally and nationally with high profile award-winning design firms. She managed and designed large, complex projects for universities, museums, private schools, and independent school districts. The relationships she grew with clients and colleagues in those roles are cherished to this day - and she keeps in touch!
Her published research on audience engagement and the roles of cultural facilities in their communities combined with her involvement in several cultural / educational facility associations to give her the pulse on trends in programs, space use, visitor experience design. The insight she provides her clients is additionally influenced by her leadership roles and research leadership in commercial real estate associations, empowering her clients to fine tune organizational market positioning while planning for corresponding program and facilities growth.
Nina is a certified facilitator, recognized for her success in shepherding diverse+divergent groups to consensus and shared vision. While catalyzing stakeholder contributions, she leads with a collaborative 'what if' approach that helps her clients try on opportunities for mission-advancing program and spatial synergies that delight visitors, support staff satisfaction and productivity, and optimize construction budgets.
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Tue, Nov 18Westwood Country ClubJoin us for reflections on the first two years of CREW Austin and CREW Network’s first ever research initiative on growth and development in a CREW affiliate’s region.- Tue, Aug 19Westwood Country ClubJoin us as we celebrate the achievements of fellow CREW members during a special award presentation at this luncheon.
Thu, Mar 20Live Virtual EventIn this fifth session of the 5-session Bricks and Mortar series, Nina Murrell and Jennifer Garrett will discuss how to assess and hire the General Contractor and what to expect during the construction period through move-in.- Thu, Mar 13Live Virtual EventIn this fourth session of the 5-session Bricks and Mortar series, Nina Murrell will discuss how to assess and hire the Design Team and what to expect during the design and permitting process.
- Wed, Mar 12Live Virtual EventIn this third session of the 5-session Bricks and Mortar series, Nina Murrell and Irulian Dabbs Burger will discuss how to find, assess, and secure your new location including how to work with a commercial broker and tips on negotiating leases.
- Tue, Mar 11Live Virtual EventIn this second session of the 5-session Bricks and Mortar series, Nina Murrell and Diana Vazquez will discuss how to budget for design and construction and options for securing funding for the creation of your new location.
