Culture
Our culture is one of our most precious assets. It is built upon empathy, trust, and respect.
Each of our staff submitted three attributes that describes our office culture. The more repeated the attribute, the larger the font.
Volunteer fellowship at the Squirrel Hill Food Pantry
Bike n' Lunch to the Point
Our "RDColla-Bowl-ators" at Arsenal Lanes
Take your Child to Work day
Summer outing to a Pirates game
Summer BBQ welcoming new staff
Getting ready for the Architect's Softball League season
The power of our collaborative strengthens who we are. We are a group of people who think differently and value that our different ideas can come together to create something new. Putting people first, we support each other’s unique and individual career trajectories through focused mentorship. We listen first, build empathy, and proudly share a spirit of continuous improvement.
Our Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Rothschild Doyno Collaborative is committed to promoting a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. We acknowledge the importance of a diverse workplace and celebrate our differences with regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, race, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make individuals unique. We do not discriminate against the aforementioned characteristics with regard to recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, termination or any other terms or conditions of employment.
Our Collaborative
Leadership Tables
With a spirit of continuous improvements and a focus on growing leaders, our Leadership Tables allow individuals to take on an initiative of interest and/or bring their own unique skill sets and passions for the betterment of the office. Time is allotted for individuals to self-select what tables they would like to join. These tables are then empowered to propose shifts in policies, procedures, and projects that would improve our workplace.
Part of an expansive leadership network, our Leadership Tables continue to grow within a supportive network connecting to the root of who we are and what we do.
Our bi-annual Leadership Table Fair shares what each Table is working on and planning in the months ahead.
Continuing Education
A shared thirst for knowledge, an ever evolving industry, and desire to stay connected to our industry partners has fueled our internal Continuing Education system. We meet regularly as an office, every Thursday at lunch, to learn something new, share recent experiences, and get to know each other a little better. These lunch sessions are organized and curated by the Continuing Education Table, and a highlight in our office each week.
Our Holiday Snowflake Card
To celebrate the firm’s first year in business, Dan drew a snowflake card to celebrate the holidays. The second year, unable to think of a better idea, Ken drew another snowflake card. By the third year, the format was set.
Every year, an employee designs a custom snowflake. Past cards have incorporated new technology, office milestones, our 10th and 20th anniversaries, and project-related celebrations. No two snowflake cards are the same and are a reflection of the unique talents of the designer.
Nick created a unique snowflake for each recipient using an algorithmic design tool that we use to enhance our meaningful design process.
As we celebrate 30 years of meaningful relationships, Bea wanted to elevate our collaborative culture with a live snowflake captured by a drone flying indoors above our heads!
For our 29th year, Kevin assembled 29 snowflakes illustrated by RDCollab staff to celebrate our 29th anniversary.
Celebrating 28 years of collaboration by Joann.
For our 27th year, Drew asked the question: what would the Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing systems of a snowflake look like?
For our 26th year, Renee created a snowflake word cloud highlighting attributes of our office culture.
For our 25th year, Mike combined all of our previous snowflakes into a snowflake pattern in commemoration of our 25 years.
For our 24th year, Justin captured a close up image of a snowflake crystal. Each branch contains the name of one of our collaborators.
Our 23rd year, Dan looked to capture a year defined by cultivating and fostering “Hope” locally and abroad, externally and internally.
For our 22nd year, Melanie celebrated our focus on urban design through the use of a GIS map of Pittsburgh's building context.
For our 21st year, Jen did what Jen does and built a 3D computer model for the snowflake card.
For our 20th year, Geoff created a snowflake using our Design Sketchbook process, celebrating key moments over our first two decades.
For our 19th year, Tara announced our move to the Strip. Smaller snowflakes identified local projects completed in 2007.
For our 18th year, Terry combined snowflake illustrations courtesy of the Sarah Heinz House Boys and Girls Club.
For our 17th year, Kate used both the front and back fold to create a cut out snowflake ornament.
For our 16th year, Carrie stylized her snowflakes in the manner of a detail of one of our projects at the University of Pittsburgh Honors College.
For our 15 year, Michelle photo copied a glass ornament from her family's tree.
For our 14th year, in a card entitled "Castello Fiocco di Neve" or "Castle Snowflake", Joe stylized a floor plan of a castle in the manner of a snowflake.
For our 13th year, a constellation of snowflakes in a declining spiral with the Pittsburgh skyline in the background.
For our 12th year, Lisa took the urban design influence in our office and translated it into a cityscape of buildings and streets.
Four our 11th year, Rob used "Scherenschnitte", or cut paper art, to create his snowflake.
A 10 year compilation of all of our snowflake cards.
For our 9th year, Georgia photographed a doily from her grandmother.
For our 8th year, John stylized a snowflake on a wintry background.
For our 7th year, Basil incorporated animation for the first time in our card's history. This card is a still image from that animation of a spinning snowflake.
In our 6th year, our first use of 3D computer modeling recreated a snowflake by Basil.
Our 5th year snowflake was created by Katie using our first computer aided drafting program in a new method called "cut and paste".
For our 4th year, Ken drafted a third snowflake in an art deco style.
For our 3rd year, Ken drafted another snowflake in an art deco style.
For our 2nd year, Ken drafted this snowflake in an art deco style.
For our first snowflake card, Dan handcrafted a snowflake in the manner of Frank Lloyd Wright's prairie style.
