Draw it up: Architects break new ground with strategy

An architecture firm, after spending big on talent, has seen a healthy run of growth. But it’s had to seek out a unique mixture of projects to withstand ups and downs in the market.

Jim Jett. Harvard Jolly executives, from left, Executive Vice President Michael Hart, President and COO Ward Friszolowski and Vice President Drazen Ahmedic.
Jim Jett. Harvard Jolly executives, from left, Executive Vice President Michael Hart, President and COO Ward Friszolowski and Vice President Drazen Ahmedic.
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Founded in 1938, St. Petersburg-based Harvard Jolly Architecture has survived for eight decades in the competitive field of architecture thanks to the strength and diversity of what President and COO Ward Friszolowski calls its four-legged stool: design work for health care facilities, universities, schools for kindergarten through 12th grade and government projects such as police stations and libraries.

 

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