Studio 2LR – Architectural Project Manager Needed (5+ years experience)
March 28, 2025
Studio 2LR is looking for a talented and creative architectural project manager to bolster the team’s abilities. The studio offers a welcoming, challenging, and exciting environment where creativity thrives. The…
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Cohn Construction completes campus transformation for Mungo Homes
March 26, 2025
Cohn Construction has completed the campus expansion and renovations for Mungo Homes at 441 Western Lane in Irmo. The campus expansion, completed in the Fall of 2024, included the construction…
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Goodwyn Mills Cawood adding another South Carolina location with Rock Hill expansion
March 10, 2025
Architecture and engineering firm Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) is further investing in the Carolinas with the addition of its Rock Hill, South Carolina office. The firm is no stranger to…
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Executive Director
March 10, 2025
Executive Director Position Profile and Call for Applications __________________________________________________ POSITION DESCRIPTION The AIA South Carolina Executive Director ensures that the programs, activities, and services of AIA South Carolina directly benefit…
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Architect Camden Muldrow joins Goodwyn Mills Cawood in Charlotte
March 5, 2025
Architecture and engineering firm Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) is expanding its Charlotte team with the addition of architect Camden Muldrow, AIA, NCARB. Muldrow has nearly a decade of experience designing…
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CRANSTON appoints Mitchell Murchison as new president and CEO
March 5, 2025CRANSTON, a civil and structural engineering, landscape architecture, surveying, and planning firm serving Southeast communities since 1967, has appointed CRANSTON engineering veteran and principal Mitchell Murchison, PE, MBA, as its…
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LS3P welcomes Katie Arant
February 26, 2025
LS3P welcomes Interior Design Practice Professional, Katie Arant in the Columbia office. A 2014 graduate of Anderson University with a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design, Arant started her career…
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Garvin Design Group’s Jerome Simiyon earns architecture licensure
February 25, 2025
Garvin Design Group announced that Jerome Simiyon recently earned licensure as a registered architect. Simiyon’s licensure follows the successful completion of the rigorous, six-part Architect Registration Examination (ARE) and certification…
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Studio 2LR Architecture + Interiors welcomes Gene Bell, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, to the firm
February 12, 2025
Studio 2LR, a leading architecture and interior design firm, announced that architect Gene Bell, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, has joined the team. With over 20 years of experience spanning high-profile…
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Town Theatre celebrates re-opening
February 11, 2025Town Theatre is now back open! The Columbia Town Theatre celebrated its reopening as they just wrapped up the final phase of a renovation campaign that began in 2018 but…
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CREW Midlands-SC announces 2025 Board of Directors
February 5, 2025
CREW Midlands-SC announced its 2025 Board of Directors to lead the local chapter of CREW Network, the leading global business network in commercial real estate. Marie Dieckmann, Senior Associate with…
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CREW Network Foundation Scholarships now available
February 5, 2025
CREW Network Foundation Scholarships Now Available CREW Midlands announced the CREW Network Foundation scholarship program is now accepting applications. The scholarship offering supports female students as they pursue university-level education…
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Garvin Design Group welcomes Carlos Richardson back to the firm
January 27, 2025
Garvin Design Group recently welcomed Carlos Richardson back to the studio as a full-time architectural designer. Richardson graduated from Clemson with a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture in December 2024.…
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Goodwyn Mills Cawood adds coastal engineering with addition of South Coast Engineers
January 22, 2025
Architecture 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, 2025
Architecture, 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, 2024
Goodwyn 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, 2024
Quackenbush 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, 2024
1×1 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, 2024
Quackenbush 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, 2024
Studio 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, 2024
McMillan 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, 2024
Garvin 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, 2024
Columbia 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, 2024
Steel 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, 2024
Planning 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, 2024
Garvin 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, 2024
Goodwyn 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, 2024
Garvin 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, 2024
LS3P, 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, 2024
Goodwyn 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, 2024
Columbia 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, 2024
Columbia-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, 2024
Studio 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, 2024
Garvin 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, 2024
Quackenbush 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, 2024
Goodwyn 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, 2024
Garvin 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, 2024
Garvin 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, 2024
Garvin 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, 2024
LS3P 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, 2024
Architecture, 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, 2024
Principal 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, 2023
Goodwyn 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, 2023
Columbia 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, 2023
LS3P 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, 2023
LS3P 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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