The Benefield Richters Company is a woman-owned, small business located in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1999, our firm provides architecture, planning, and project management services to public and private clients throughout the eastern United States.

We are experienced architects and project managers with the technical and organizational capacity to effectively respond to the needs and priorities of our clients. We have experience in a full range of services and project types, including new buildings, renovations, programming, space planning, interior reconfiguration, facility assessments and master planning.

We have a proven track record of delivering creative design solutions on time and within budget. More than 85 percent of our projects come from repeat clients. We have demonstrated through continued performance that we can meet the needs of our clients within their schedule and budget.

We believe sustainable design can be achieved within any budget. For us, being environmentally responsible is not a fad. Benefield Richters
has managed several projects that have achieved LEED certification through the U.S. Green Building Council, including the Center for Science Education for Oak Ridge Associated Universities, the first LEED Gold certified office building in East Tennessee, and the ORNL User Facility, the first LEED Gold Hotel in Tennessee.

We enjoy the challenge and artistry of the design process. For us, each project, like each client is unique. We have developed long-standing relationships with talented professional consultants with whom we enjoy working and through repeated collaboration are able to deliver projects our client and our team can be proud of.