Creating places that visitors love, staff can maintain, leadership can champion, and the organization can sustain.

FRAME is a multidisciplinary consulting practice. Our favorite clients are mission-driven organizations embarking on design and planning projects.

With carefully selected collaborators, Alissa Rupp, FAIA, helps teams envision, plan and execute built work that is economically, environmentally and operationally sustainable.

Mission-driven organizations.
Great Projects.

Architecture + Planning + Engagement

Alissa Rupp, FAIA, established FRAME to steward the space where architecture, exhibit design, strategic planning and myriad other design strategies come together. The projects that emerge, with her leadership, reflect the values, hopes and dreams of those who care for them.

  • An image of Children's Museums.

    Children’s Museums

  • An image of Public Gardens.

    Public Gardens

  • An image of Visitor Centers

    Visitor Centers

  • Community Spaces

    Community Spaces

  • Museums of History and Culture

  • Early Childhood Education

FRAME the project!

Create the context, edges and drawing boards for the big ideas.

Help clarify project goals, and work to make them accessible, tangible and real.

Capture the big picture and bring it into focus. 

Value being attentive AND audacious; think strategically while allowing big ideas to flourish.

Synthesize complex information so that it can be useful, informative, and well-realized.

Keep the joy of learning and the value of play at the heart of the work.

“Alissa kept visitor experience, fundraising, schedule and programming in mind throughout the project, never forgetting that learning through play was at the heart of our mission. She led the design process, and set us up for success. She has been a go-to person for our team from day one.”

~ Putter Bert, CEO, KidsQuest Children’s Museum