Mary Winter Teaster of Colliers relocates Goodwyn Mills Cawood to 915 Lady Street
October 6, 2022Colliers | South Carolina’s Mary Winter Teaster represented Goodwyn Mills Cawood, LLC in the lease of 3,719 square feet of office space at 915 Lady Street. The ±14,114-square-foot historic warehouse…
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McMillan Pazdan Smith wins 2022 Premier Award for Client Satisfaction from PSMJ
October 4, 2022PSMJ Resources, Inc. has announced that McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture is among the 10 winners of the 2022 Premier Award for Client Satisfaction, a national award that honors architecture and…
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Garvin Design Group’s 19th Anniversary Celebration – Photo Gallery
September 29, 2022On September 15th, Garvin Design Group celebrated its 19th anniversary at City Market Place in downtown Columbia. Click on the pictures below.
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LS3P’s Columbia office wins the People’s Choice Award at the 7th annual PARKing Day
September 28, 2022LS3P’s Columbia office has won the People’s Choice Award at the 7th annual PARKing Day, the day is hosted by the City of Columbia. This is the third year LS3P…
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Studio 2LR, Inc. Architecture + Interiors earns a 2022 Aspire Design Merit Award
September 22, 2022Studio 2LR, Inc., an architecture and interior design firm creating impact through transformative design, recently earned a 2022 Aspire Design Merit Award for Orangeburg County Library & Conference Center. The…
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Quackenbush Architects + Planners announces new marketing coordinator
September 19, 2022Quackenbush Architects + Planners announced and welcomed Ebonn Twilley as its marketing coordinator. A 2006 graduate of the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration,…
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LS3P announces changes Board of Directors
September 15, 2022Architecture, Interiors, and Planning firm LS3P announces a key leadership change to its Board of Directors. Chief Practice Officer Katherine Peele, FAIA has been named Board Chair; she succeeds Thompson…
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McMillan Pazdan Smith’s Gene Bell accepted into Leadership Columbia Class of 2023
September 13, 2022McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture announced that architect and former AIA South Carolina President Gene Bell was accepted into the Leadership Columbia Class of 2023. Offered through the Columbia Chamber, Leadership…
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Garvin Design Group’s Liza Brockman joins Leadership Columbia Class of 2023
September 12, 2022Garvin Design Group Interior Designer Liza Brockman has been named to the Leadership Columbia class of 2023. She joins a cohort of 61 emerging community leaders participating in the Columbia…
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SeamonWhiteside offers strategies to create a workplace promoting employee growth and personal development
September 8, 2022SeamonWhiteside (SW+), a full-service site design firm throughout the Carolinas, is offering strategies to develop a workspace that promotes employee growth and personal development. These actionable tips foster an environment…
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Quackenbush Architects + Planners announces new team member
September 6, 2022Quackenbush Architects + Planners announced and welcome Paula Monteagudo to the Q+ team as a new intern architect. Monteagudo, a native of Argentina who grew up in Miami, Florida, has…
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Savage Craft Ale Works team honored with Historic Preservation award
July 19, 2022The team of Baumer Holdings, LLC, Hood Construction, and Studio 2LR, has been honored with the South Carolina Department of Archives and History’s Historic Preservation Honor Award for their work…
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Smoked team wins SC Historic Preservation Honor Award
July 14, 2022The team behind new Columbia restaurant Smoked received an Honor Award at the 27th annual South Carolina Historic Preservation Awards on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Governor McMaster presented the team…
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Columbia architecture, interiors & planning firm Garvin Design Group celebrates 19 years
July 7, 2022Columbia-based architecture, interiors, and planning firm Garvin Design Group marked 19 years as a business on June 26, 2022. Scott Garvin established his firm in the historic Gervais Place building…
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Engineering Council launches infrastructure advancement initiative
June 28, 2022ACEC-SC guides lawmakers on critical state infrastructure projects, funding allocation Through the launch of its Infrastructure Works (IW) initiative, the American Council of Engineering Companies of South Carolina (ACEC-SC) will…
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LS3P welcomes summer intern Nehemiah Ashford-Carroll
June 23, 2022LS3P welcomes Nehemiah Ashford-Carroll, who joins the firm’s Columbia office team as a summer intern. Ashford-Carroll, a Harvard University student pursuing a Master of Architecture, is passionate about improving the…
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Quackenbush Architects receive IIDA Carolinas Design Award
June 21, 2022Quackenbush Architects + Planners received a 2022 Designworks honorable mention from the Carolinas Chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) for its interior design of the Rosewood Elementary School…
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LS3P welcomes summer intern Madison Dugar
June 8, 2022LS3P is pleased to welcome student intern, Madison Dugar, for the summer in our Columbia office. Dugar is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Architecture with a minor in Creative…
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Garvin Design Group welcomes six new teammates
June 6, 2022Garvin Design Group recently welcomed five summer interns and one new full-time architectural staff member. Clemson University School of Architecture graduate students Alexandra Masters, Nicole Coker, Edgar Alatorre, and Michael…
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SeamonWhiteside offers actionable strategies to recruit top talent and build a strong workforce
May 31, 2022SeamonWhiteside (SW+), a full-service site design firm throughout the Carolinas, offers hiring strategies for companies to build a strong workforce successfully. These actionable tips aim to create an efficient and…
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McMillan Pazdan Smith welcomes Mark Gettig as Chief Operating Officer
May 25, 2022McMillan Pazdan Smith (Columbia, SC) has named Mark Gettig to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Gettig brings extensive experience to this new operation leadership position for the firm. He…
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LS3P’s Columbia office recognizes outstanding team members
May 20, 2022LS3P congratulates three Columbia team members who were recently recognized for exemplary efforts. These recognitions were announced at LS3P’s annual meeting on May 5, held each year in May to…
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John Whetstone named GMK’s Director of Operations
May 2, 2022Based on his 22 years of service to the firm and his expanded involvement in GMK’s operational functions, Mr. John Whetstone has been named to the newly created position of…
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Sunbelt Business Brokers of the Carolinas announces sale of Woodley’s Garden Centers
April 18, 2022Sunbelt Business Brokers announces the sale of Woodley’s Garden Center, with locations in Irmo and Northeast Columbia, to B.B. Barns, Inc, based in Asheville, North Carolina. The company’s former owners,…
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LS3P merges with two North Carolina firms
April 13, 2022LS3P announced mergers with two North Carolina architecture firms: TFF Architects & Planners, LLP of Greensboro, NC and PFA Architects, P.A., of Asheville, NC. The mergers expand LS3P’s footprint in…
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Quackenbush Architects receive A4LE Southeast Region design award
April 11, 2022Quackenbush Architects + Planners has received a 2022 Design Award from the Association for Learning Environments (A4LE) Southeast Region for its design of the new Heyward Career & Technology Center…
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GMK brings new leadership, exceptional design talent to interiors division
April 4, 2022GMK Associates, Inc., announced that NCIDQ-certified interior designer Heather Ling has joined the firm to serve as the director of the interior design division and that Lisa Ann Scott has…
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LS3P welcomes Samantha Fellmann
March 30, 2022LS3P is pleased to welcome Samantha Fellmann, who joins the Columbia office team as an Interior Designer. Fellmann, a graduate of University of North Carolina Greensboro with a Bachelor of…
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Multiple Project Architects Needed
March 14, 2022Studio 2LR, an award-winning design firm, seeks two multi-tasking, problem solving, creative architectural project managers with at least one position requiring specific medical design experience. Take a look at the…
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Quackenbush Architects + Planners now hiring
March 10, 2022Quackenbush Architects + Planners is seeking a Project Manager/Project Architect to join our creative and collaborative team of design professionals. We focus primarily on high-performance design solutions for educational and…
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LS3P creates “Design In-Kind” initiative for pro bono design
February 23, 2022LS3P announced the creation of a new firmwide pro bono design initiative, Design In-Kind. Since its founding, the firm has been committed to pro bono work for a broad range…
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LS3P welcomes Ernest Bostic
January 26, 2022LS3P is pleased to welcome Ernest Bostic, Assoc. AIA, who joins the Columbia office team as an Architectural Project Designer. Bostic brings significant experience in design and project management for…
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LS3P Bria Wigfall honored as Top 10 Young Professional
January 26, 2022Congratulations to LS3P’s Bria S. Wigfall Assoc. AIA, APA, an emerging architectural professional in our Columbia office for her feature in Columbia Metropolitan Magazine’s ‘Onward and Upward’ article honoring the…
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Stuart Whiteside named one of Charleston Business Magazine’s 2021 “50 Most Influential”
January 25, 2022SeamonWhiteside, a full-service land design firm with offices throughout the Carolinas, announced that Stuart Whiteside, Principal in Charge at SeamonWhiteside, has been named one of Charleston Business Magazine’s “50 Most…
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Carlisle Associates adds two new hires to the growing organization
January 19, 2022Carlisle Associates announced the addition of two new hires to their growing organization–Master of Library Science, Callie Smith and Civil Engineer, Wesley Harrison. “Despite these uncertain times, we are continuing…
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GMK adds three professionals to design-build and engineering divisions
January 18, 2022GMK Associates, Inc., announced that Law Powers and Jimmy Yonce have joined the firm’s design-build division, and Zachary Jordan has joined the firm’s engineering division. Mr. Powers is serving as…
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SeamonWhiteside introduces new Women’s Initiative Steering Committee
January 13, 2022SeamonWhiteside (SW+), a full-service land design firm throughout the Carolinas, is introducing the six women leading the firm’s new company-wide Women’s Initiative, which was created this year as a step…
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Garvin Design Group designing new Halls Chophouse in Nashville
December 22, 2021Columbia architecture, interiors, and planning firm Garvin Design Group is designing Halls Chophouse’s new location in Nashville. The new restaurant will occupy the ground floor of the Broadwest tower in…
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MOA Architecture receives Social Justice Award from AIA South Carolina
December 16, 2021The South Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIASC) presented Michael Allen, AIA, founder and CEO of MOA Architecture, the 2021 Social Justice Award during the annual meeting…
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SeamonWhiteside welcomes first candidates for Leadership Training and Mentorship Program
December 7, 2021SeamonWhiteside (SW+), a full-service land design firm with offices throughout the Carolinas, announced their first round of candidates for their Leadership Training and Mentorship Program. SeamonWhiteside formed the Leadership Training…
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Garvin Design Group wins two AIA South Carolina 2021 Design Awards
December 2, 2021Columbia architecture, interiors, and planning firm Garvin Design Group won two Design Awards at the American Institute of Architects South Carolina (AIA SC)’s annual awards presented virtually on November 19,…
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Garvin Design Group Annual 2021 Party
November 8, 2021The annual Garvin Design Group’s party was held last week, November 4, 2021, at City Market Place on Gervais St. in Columbia, SC. Click on the images below to get…
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Watson Tate Savory joins McMillan Pazdan Smith
November 1, 2021Watson Tate Savory Architects, with offices in Columbia and Charlotte, announced that it had joined McMillan Pazdan Smith in a merger finalized on October 31st, 2021. They will be expanding…
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LS3P welcomes Harrison Floyd, PE, Assoc. AIA
October 4, 2021LS3P welcomes Harrison Floyd, PE, Assoc. AIA, who joins the firm’s Columbia office team. Floyd, a recent graduate of Clemson University with a Master of Architecture and Digital Ecologies certificate,…
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Annie Linn Johnson to serve three-year term on Congaree Vista Guild
October 1, 2021LS3P congratulates Annie Linn Johnson, who was elected as a Board Member for Columbia’s Congaree Vista Guild. This nonprofit organization is focused on making the Vista a vibrant and exciting…
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Design Initiative Group celebrates one-year anniversary and announces new team member and services
September 27, 2021Design Initiative Group “DIG” is an architecture firm in Columbia, South Carolina founded in September of 2020 by Architects Josh Boltinhouse, AIA and Luke McCary, AIA. Josh and Luke bring…
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MTC opens Welding Technology Center to meet employer demand
September 23, 2021Midlands Technical College held a ribbon cutting and grand opening for the college’s new Welding Technology Center today. The education and training facility is located on Kentucky Avenue on the…
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1649 Main Street wins prestigious regional design award
September 22, 2021Columbia’s 1649 Main Street received a Merit Award for Adaptive Reuse/Preservation from the American Institute of Architects – South Atlantic Region (AIASAR) at the organization’s annual design awards presented virtually…
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Grand Opening at Riverland Hills Baptist Church
September 1, 2021LS3P congratulates Riverland Hills Baptist Church on their grand opening dedication ceremony that occurred on Sunday, August 29, 2021. As a returning client, Riverland Hills brought in LS3P to design…
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AllSouth Federal Credit Union to open new branch in Orangeburg County in fall 2021
August 17, 2021AllSouth Federal Credit Union will open a new full-service branch located at 1588 St. Matthews Road in Orangeburg County in fall 2021. The new location was designed by Design Initiative…
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