Who we are

innovation grounded in your tradition

Creativity

Every project is unique and must capture the spirit of its own place and users. At GBR, we foster a workplace environment that encourages collaboration, creative thinking and consistently produces high quality design.

Portfolio

Our work focuses on academic, civic and religious institutions, U.S. government agencies, and foreign embassies.

Service

We actively listen to understand client needs. We design to transform those goals and aspirations into memorable, sustainable and enjoyable spaces.

GBR Vision

Architecture is the physical expression of creative functional solutions experienced through form, space, material and spirit. Our guiding principle is to create enduring, memorable architecture that is innovative, energy efficient, environmentally responsible and respectful of its site and community context.

Meet the Team

A Collaborative Endeavor

GBR’s approach to design starts with engaging our clients in a structured process that builds broad-based consensus. Important to building a spirit of collaboration for any initiative is a sense of common purpose that is shared across all stakeholders. Understanding how to organize and facilitate this working process is key to ensuring a constructive outcome. GBR provides strong leadership to guide an interactive process.

We take our leadership role seriously. We provide a framework for discussion and decision making that is tailored to your project and allows meaningful participation of varying groups and individuals. Our design process is fluid and evolves along with the project, but is also carefully organized and goal oriented. The result is an atmosphere that encourages unique solutions that could only arise out of the collective contributions of all involved.

We also recognize that our work requires careful management to ensure adherence to established budgets and schedules. Our design process focuses on facilitating productive decision making and managing expectations among all project participants. Working with our clients and consultants in a team effort, we guide each project decision to balance four critical considerations: Program / Budget / Schedule / Quality.