Goodwyn Mills Cawood adds coastal engineering with addition of South Coast Engineers
January 22, 2025Architecture and engineering firm Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) is further expanding its services through the strategic acquisition of South Coast Engineers (SCE) in Fairhope, Alabama. SCE was formally established in…
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LS3P Columbia leadership evolution
January 13, 2025Architecture, interiors, and planning firm LS3P, announced that Columbia Office Leader and Principal, Mary Beth Sims Branham, AIA, has now assumed the K-12 Practice Leader role for the firm. The…
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Clemson Architecture students win awards from the Society of American Registered Architects
December 17, 2024Six Clemson University Master of Architecture (M.Arch) students have been named among the Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) 2024 Student National Design Awards winners. The award winners were announced in New…
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Daniel Mosher promoted to Goodwyn Mills Cawood South Carolina Water Practice Leader
December 11, 2024Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) announced the promotion of engineer Daniel Mosher, PE, to South Carolina Water Practice Leader. In this role, Mosher will be responsible for leading and developing design…
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Quackenbush Architects + Planners receives AIA Columbia Citation Award
December 10, 2024Quackenbush Architects + Planners has received a third award for their design work on the addition to Carver Lyon Elementary School for Richland School District One, this time from the…
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AIA Aspire and AIA South Carolina Honors 1×1 design’s Maddilyn Riester with regional and State Design Awards
December 4, 20241×1 Design congratulates team member, Maddilyn Riester, on receiving two prestigious design awards for her graduate design work. Maddilyn and her teammate, Kayla Pratt, received the regional AIA Aspire Graduate…
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Raines breaks ground on The Shepherd Hotel Columbia Vista in Columbia
December 2, 2024Raines, a leading hospitality management, development, and investment organization, announced the groundbreaking of The Shepherd Hotel Columbia Vista in Columbia, SC. Developed and managed by Raines, this will be the…
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Quackenbush Architects + Planners receives AIA South Carolina Citation Award in new construction
November 6, 2024Quackenbush Architects + Planners recently received a 2024 American Institute of Architects South Carolina Citation Award for their work on the new classroom addition at Carver-Lyon Elementary School in Richland…
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Studio 2LR, Inc. Architecture + Interiors attend announcement of Darlington County African American Museum
October 29, 2024Studio 2LR, Inc., an architecture and interior design firm creating impact through transformative design, recently attended a press conference announcing the new Darlington County African American Museum. The Darlington County…
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McMillan Pazdan Smith announces partnership with Providus Capital Partners
October 15, 2024McMillan Pazdan Smith, LLC (MPS), a leading Southeast-based architecture firm, today announced a partnership with Providus Capital Partners LLC, a growth-oriented equity partner to the architecture and engineering industry. “Providus…
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Garvin Design Group welcomes new Office Manager Kate Hughes
October 9, 2024Garvin Design Group announced the hiring of Kate Hughes as the firm’s new Office Manager. Kate has a strong history with the firm, having previously served as a marketing intern…
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Garvin Design Group welcomes Drew Butler to the interior design team
September 17, 2024Columbia architecture, interiors, and planning firm Garvin Design Group recently welcomed Drew Butler to the firm’s interior design team. Originally from Seattle Washington, Drew graduated cum laude from the Savannah…
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Steel Hands Vista Distilling and Brewing opening soon!
September 5, 2024Steel Hands Brewing announced a new concept opening very soon in the heart of the Vista Entertainment District. Steel Hands Vista Distilling and Brewing will be located at 705 Gervais…
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Register for CREW September 3 Lunch Program: Downtown Plan/Design Guidelines
August 28, 2024Planning Administrator Lucinda Statler, AICP and Associate Planner/Community Planner Tristan Kercher will share a special luncheon presentation about the City of Columbia’s recent Downtown Plan/Design Guidelines process and outcomes. This…
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Golden Spur returns to USC campus
August 16, 2024Garvin Design Group and Hood Construction joined the University of South Carolina for a special grand opening of the Golden Spur restaurant on August 15. A reincarnation of an old…
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GMC’s landscape architecture services expanding to the Carolinas
August 14, 2024Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) has expanded its landscape architecture services to the Carolinas with the addition of Tripp Barrineau as vice president of landscape architecture in the firm’s Charlotte office.…
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Coastal Carolina University celebrates topping out at new Indoor Practice Facility
August 14, 2024Garvin Design Group, HNTB, and Contract Construction joined Coastal Carolina University for a special topping-out celebration at the new Indoor Practice Facility on Tuesday, August 13. Designed to accommodate various…
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LS3P’s Columbia office celebrates 20 years
July 17, 2024LS3P, an architecture, interiors, and planning firm, announced the Columbia office is celebrating their 20th anniversary. Columbia Office Leader and a Director on LS3P’s Board, Mary Beth Sims Branham, AIA…
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Goodwyn Mills Cawood names new Executive Vice President
July 1, 2024Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) is pleased to announce Ryan Pearce, PE has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Transportation. With over 15 years of experience with GMC, Pearce shifts…
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Garvin Design Group welcomes Mitchell Stevens and Samantha Lowrie
July 1, 2024Columbia architecture, interiors, and planning firm Garvin Design Group recently welcomed two new teammates to the studio. Mitchell Stevens and Samantha (Sam) Lowrie joined the firm as architectural designers following…
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Garvin Design Group celebrates 21 years
June 26, 2024Columbia-based architecture, interiors, and planning firm Garvin Design Group marked its 21st anniversary on June 26, 2024. Garvin Design Group has become a leader in design for higher education, historic…
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Studio 2LR attends groundbreaking for the Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum at Railroad Corner in Orangeburg, South Carolina
June 21, 2024Studio 2LR recently attended the ground-breaking ceremony on June 19th for the redevelopment of a historic downtown corner in Orangeburg, SC known as Railroad Corner. A focal point of the…
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Rehabilitation begins at Columbia’s historic Olympia Armory
June 19, 2024Garvin Design Group recently began a year-long project to rehabilitate Columbia’s historic Olympia Armory building on Granby Lane. Following extensive historical research, treatment planning, and approval from the State Historic…
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Quackenbush Architects + Planners announces new architectural intern
June 12, 2024Quackenbush Architects + Planners is pleased to announce and welcome Christina Wise, Associate AIA, to the Q+ team as a new architectural intern. Wise, who grew up in Clinton, South…
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Local firm wins big: Goodwyn Mills Cawood named ENR Southeast 2024 Design Firm of the Year
June 12, 2024Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) is honored to be named the ENR Southeast 2024 Design Firm of the Year. This recognition follows a year marked by substantial growth through revenue, acquisitions,…
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Garvin Design Group welcomes four summer interns
June 12, 2024Garvin Design Group (GDG) recently welcomed four summer interns to the firm’s ranks. Clemson University School of Architecture undergraduate students Wendy Favila, Carlos Richardson, Kelsey Simmons, and Charles (Charlie) Treadway…
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Garvin Design Group’s Brittany Lapple earns architecture licensure
June 5, 2024Garvin Design Group announced that Brittany Lapple recently earned licensure as a registered architect. Lapple’s licensure follows the successful completion of the rigorous, six-part Architect Registration Examination (ARE) and certification…
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Clemson University celebrates topping-out at Watt Family Athletic Performance & Wellness Center
June 3, 2024Garvin Design Group, HNTB, and Thompson Turner Construction joined Clemson University for a special topping-out celebration at the new Watt Family Athletic Performance & Wellness Center on Wednesday, May 29.…
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LS3P’s Columbia office recognizes outstanding team members
May 28, 2024LS3P congratulates the three Columbia team members who have been recognized for their demonstrated expertise and contributions to firm’s success this past year. These recognitions were announced at LS3P’s annual…
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Quackenbush Architects + Planners celebrates 20th anniversary
May 23, 2024Quackenbush Architects + Planners recognized its 20th anniversary Tuesday, May 14 with a celebration at Columbia Museum of Art. The event was attended by clients, design partners, and friends of…
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Mary Beth Branham elected to LS3P Board of Directors
May 14, 2024Architecture, interiors, and planning firm LS3P announced Columbia Office Leader, Mary Beth Sims Branham, AIA, has been elected to the LS3P Board of Directors. A Columbia native, Branham opened the…
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Ben Urueta featured in SAY IT LOUD South Carolina Exhibition
February 27, 2024Principal and Chief Design Officer at L3P Architects, Ben Urueta, AIA is one of the 4.9% of registered architects who are Hispanic and Latino in the country (NCARB). As an…
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Tanner Backman relocates to Goodwyn Mills Cawood’s Greenville office
December 19, 2023Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) architect Tanner Backman, AIA, NCARB, has relocated to the firm’s Greenville, South Carolina office to lead the local architecture team. Backman joined the firm in Birmingham,…
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Garvin Design Group wins 2023 IIDA Carolinas awards for excellence in interior design
December 18, 2023Columbia architecture, interiors, and planning firm Garvin Design Group received two awards for excellence in interior design at the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Carolinas’ 2023 DesignWorks awards ceremony in…
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City of Columbia unveils 400 Laurel as the new Law Enforcement and Judicial Center
December 14, 2023The City of Columbia (COC) has announced the acquisition and future transformation of the iconic 400 Laurel, affectionately known as the Aflac building, into the new Law Enforcement and Judicial Center.…
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LS3P’s Columbia office recognizes team members’ anniversaries
December 14, 2023LS3P congratulates eight Columbia team members celebrating their respective anniversaries, ranging from five to fifteen years. Associate Principals Clint Riddle, AIA and David Anderson AIA, along with Senior Associate Rohit…
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LS3P wins for SLED Forensics Lab at IIDA Carolinas DesignWorks Awards
December 14, 2023LS3P Columbia office was honored with two design awards from the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Carolinas Chapter at the annual DesignWorks Awards event held in Charlotte, NC December 8th.…
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Studio 2LR, Inc. Architecture + Interiors earns a 2023 IIDA Carolinas DesignWorks Award
December 13, 2023Studio 2LR, Inc., an architecture and interior design firm creating impact through transformative design, was the recent Award Winner in the Government/Institutional category for Orangeburg County Library & Conference Center…
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Mia Walker receives 2023 Cote Top Ten, SARA NY, and AIA Greenville Student Design Awards for “Above The Marsh”
December 4, 2023McMillan Pazdan Smith’s Mia Walker is a 2023 Cote Top Ten award winner. The American Institute of Architects, Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE), in partnership with the Association…
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McMillan Pazdan Smith’s Xin Gao wins 2023 AIA SC Student Design Award
November 13, 2023McMillan Pazdan Smith’s Xin Gao is the 2023 recipient of an American Institute of Architects – South Carolina Student Design Award. Gao and her design partners, Josiah Kinney and Zach…
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Garvin Design Group’s Jerome Simiyon wins 2023 AIA SC Student Design Award
November 8, 2023Garvin Design Group’s Jerome Simiyon is the 2023 recipient of the American Institute of Architects – South Carolina’s Student Design Award. Simiyon and his studio partner Andrew Schick developed their…
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Quackenbush Architects’ Doug Quackenbush receives prestigious A4LE award
October 23, 2023Doug Quackenbush, AIA LEED AP, architect and founder of Quackenbush Architects + Planners, was recently awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Learning Environments (A4LE), a professional organization…
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Quackenbush Architects’ Doug Quackenbush Receives Prestigious A4LE Award
October 20, 2023Doug Quackenbush, AIA LEED AP, architect and founder of Quackenbush Architects + Planners, was recently awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Learning Environments (A4LE), a professional organization…
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Quackenbush Architects + Planners announces new associate
October 18, 2023Quackenbush Architects + Planners announced and welcome Edward Bauknight to the Q+ team as a new intern architect. Bauknight, who grew up on Johns Island, South Carolina, has a Bachelor…
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Architrave celebrates 35 years of architectural excellence in South Carolina’s Midlands and Lowcountry
October 6, 2023Architrave, an architecture firm renowned for exceptional historic renovations and tailored residential designs, is celebrating 35 years of shaping the architectural landscape in South Carolina’s Midlands and Lowcountry regions. Recognized…
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Goodwyn Mills Cawood adds engineering project manager in Charleston
October 6, 2023Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) is pleased to welcome project manager Earl DuPriest in Charleston, South Carolina. He brings valuable experience to GMC’s engineering team, having worked for one of the…
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Garvin Design Group’s Michael Caraballo wins 2023 Aspire Student Design Award
September 13, 2023The American Institute of Architects state chapters of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina have selected a project by local architectural designer Michael Caraballo as the 2023 Aspire Student Design…
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Wheeler & Wheeler announces Justice Place in Beaufort
September 12, 2023Columbia-based developer Wheeler & Wheeler Properties announces Justice Place, the conversion of the former Beaufort County Jail at 1409 King St. into nine individual residential condominiums. Construction on Justice Place…
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Garvin Design Group, Contract Construction break ground on CCU Indoor Practice Facility
September 7, 2023Garvin Design Group and Contract Construction joined Coastal Carolina University to break ground on a new Indoor Practice Facility project on Thursday, September 7. Located at the intersection of University…
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Spencer Hutchinson, Robyn Rogers named firm principals at Quackenbush Architects + Planners
August 23, 2023Spencer Hutchinson, AIA, and Robyn Rogers, AIA, architects at Quackenbush Architects + Planners, were recently named principals of the firm. CEO and founder Doug Quackenbush, AIA, says the decision to…
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