Rafferty Rafferty Tollefson (RRT) of St. Paul, Minn., has been chosen as the principal architect for the new University of Minnesota Equine Center.

RRT will be working with Gralla Architects, an Oklahoma-based firm that specializes in the design of equine facilities. The Equine Center will be built in the northeast section of the University’s St. Paul campus.

The architects were chosen from a field of six firms that submitted proposals to the University of Minnesota Capital Planning and Project Management Department. Representatives of the Capital Planning and Project Management Department, the College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Academic Health Center were part of the 10-week selection process.

“We at Rafferty Rafferty Tollefson are honored that our team was selected to design the Equine Center project,” said RRT President Chip Lindeke. “This is a unique program, and as a result, will be a one-a-kind, state-of-the-art facility