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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NINA MURRELL, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB

Founding Principal Architect

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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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"Nina was an amazing addition to our team when we were building out our concert venue just North of Austin! She led the entire ideation, architecture and interior design for the project. She also brought in an amazing team to help with the landscape architecture as well. She understood our desire for the space to be natural (keep all the trees) as well as warm and welcoming. And most important, functional. We went on a path of 4 different variations, and she was patient as priorities continued to change over and over again. In the end, the building and property were nothing short of world class. I am biased, but it is my favorite place in the world to enjoy live music and it was all brought to life by Nina and we will forever be grateful for her passion, patience and kindness throughout the process."

Jeff Haynes, Founder of Haute Spot Music and Event Center

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