Francesca Russo Architect directs a small creative design firm, providing architectural services with focus on buildings for the arts. Having completed a portfolio of built work ranging from multi-million dollar to smaller budget projects, FRA is well versed in detailing, sensitive to client needs and experienced in projects for restoration and new construction.

FRA was the restoration architect for the recent interior restoration of the Jones (formally Cort) Theatre. Prior to that, the firm provided architectural services for more than a dozen additional historic theatres including the Jacobs, Schoenfeld, Golden, Booth, Belasco, Winter Garden, St James and Music Box Theatres. The shared goal of these projects was to develop restoration plans for the theatres while facilitating contemporary production needs.