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High-profile Baltimore architect to retire after four decades

Veteran architect Adam Gross will retire this fall after a 40-year career at Ayers Saint Gross. Gross joined the firm in 1984 and has helped it grow from eight employees to more than 190 today. Ayers Saint Gross last year had total billings of $59.2 million and is the second largest architectural firm in Greater Baltimore, according to a Baltimore Business Journal research.
9.26.24 / Press

University of Baltimore Academic Center would be demolished and replaced with smaller structure under new master plan

A new master plan for the University of Baltimore "aligns the physical campus more closely with the institution's mission, vision, and values."
9.25.24 / Press

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Celebrating Adam Gross and a 40-Year Legacy

After four decades of groundbreaking work and forward-thinking design, Principal Adam Gross, FAIA, will retire from Ayers Saint Gross this fall. Since his earliest days with the firm, Adam has served as a creative leader, bringing endless energy and commitment to his work.
9.25.24 / Announcements

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Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center wins AIA Maryland Excellence in Design Honor Award

The Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center, which opened in 2023, represents a bold, transformative vision for the Missouri Botanical Garden and its mission.
9.20.24 / Announcements

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Campus Housing for Tomorrow

Ayers Saint Gross principals Dennis Lynch and Cooper Melton and Sustainability Director Allison Wilson were all recently featured in a special report from The Chronicle of Higher Education titled, “Campus Housing for Tomorrow: How to Plan for Student and Institutional Success.”
9.18.24 / Press

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National Aquarium Harbor Wetland Makes Headlines Around the World

National Aquarium Harbor Wetland, a floating wetland exhibit that serves as a model for sustainable urban development, has been featured in design outlets around the world, including The Architect's Newspaper, Domus, and Gooood.
9.13.24 / Announcements

University of Utah trustees greenlight public-private student housing project

The University of Utah took another significant step Tuesday to transition what has historically been a commuter campus to a residential campus. The university’s trustees voted to authorize the university to enter a public-private partnership to create 1,450 additional beds of student housing on campus.
9.10.24 / Press

KPF Designs 2045 Master Plan for the University of Birmingham Campus in United Kingdom

Developed in collaboration with Ayers Saint Gross, the 2045 Campus Vision leverages data on building conditions, operational costs, environmental performance, and space utilization.
9.05.24 / Press

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Baltimore’s National Aquarium opens 10,000-sf floating wetland that mimics the habor’s original tidal marsh habitat

Building Design + Construction wrote about the National Aquarium Harbor Wetland, giving credit to Ayers Saint Gross as the designer. Ayers Saint Gross worked with the National Aquarium to design the sustainable, high-performing floating wetland intended to restore natural habitats and improve biodiversity and water quality.
8.21.24 / Press

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TXST hosts groundbreaking for STEM classroom building

Texas State University hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, Aug. 16, to mark the start of construction on the university’s new STEM classroom building. The 168,000-square-foot building is expected to be operational by fall 2026.
8.16.24 / Press

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A Floating Island in Baltimore Raises Hope for a Waterfront Revival

National Aquarium Harbor Wetland was featured in Bloomberg's City Lab. Designed by Baltimore-based architecture firm Ayers Saint Gross, the floating structure is among the largest and most ambitious efforts to clean up urban waterways by tapping the filtering properties of native shrubs and grasses.
8.15.24 / Press

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New on-campus graduate housing opens to Emory students

Dubbed “The Ridge,” this housing integrates two primary needs highlighted during the university’s master planning: a lack of graduate housing on Emory’s core campus and a space for Emory graduate students to gather and support community building.
8.14.24 / Press

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On Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, a new floating wetland by Ayers Saint Gross opens at the National Aquarium

Principal Amelle Schultz spoke to Architect's Newspaper about the opening of National Aquarium Harbor Wetland. “We think this approach can be replicated at many other compromised waterfronts to improve environmental health in urban conditions. It’s a great way of connecting people to water, and educating the public about water and ecological issues.”
8.07.24 / Press

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Earl Purdue, AIA, Retires After 36 years

Earl Purdue, longtime leader of our health sciences studio, is retiring from the firm after more than three decades of service.
6.18.24 / Announcements

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Why Some Innovation Districts Flourish While Others Fail

Innovation districts can attract and develop talent, nurture startups, create economic opportunities, and address societal challenges in health, climate, and equity. Ayers Saint Gross planned districts, including The Pearl and Cortex Innovation Community, are included in this report on how innovation districts can be successful.
6.03.24 / Press

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Ayers Saint Gross designs new Charlotte innovation district

Ayers Saint Gross has shared renderings of its new design in Charlotte, NC. The project is part of The Pearl; a planned innovation district that will total three million square feet at its full buildout and is intended to aid the Wake Forest School of Medicine’s expansion and become a new civic hub for Charlotte.
5.30.24 / Press

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Celebrating National Nurses Week

Our National Nurses Week newsletter highlights some of our recent and ongoing nursing and health sciences projects at the University of Central Florida, Duke University, Hofstra University, and more.
5.10.24 / Announcements

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Karen Bastidas Wins IIDA MAC Emerging Leader Champion Award

Ayers Saint Gross interior designer Karen Bastidas, an associate in our interior design studio, was recognized as an IIDA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Emerging Leader Champion during the chapter's Premiere Design Awards event on May 1.
5.08.24 / Announcements

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Engage, Create, Enrich Newsletter: Spring 2024

Our Spring 2024 Engage, Create, Enrich newsletter highlights some of our recent and ongoing projects, including The Howard R. Levine Center for Education, 100 Forge, and Cunniffe Commons at the Ringling College of Art and Design.
5.01.24 / Announcements

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Laura Wheaton Wins AIA Young Architects Award

Ayers Saint Gross architect and planner Laura Wheaton has been awarded a 2024 AIA Young Architects Award, which honors individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the architecture profession early in their careers.
4.02.24 / Awards

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Ayers Saint Gross Projects Honored with IIDA Southwest Design Awards

The Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center at the Missouri Botanical Garden was named Best in Show, the highest recognition of the night, and earned a design excellence award. Frisco Landing at the University of North Texas at Frisco received an award of merit.
4.01.24 / Awards

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Belonging and Inclusion: An Interview with Shannon Dowling

Principal Shannon Dowling speaks to associate architect Caitlin Brady about how higher education design can promote belonging on campus for both an article and Architectette podcast episode.
3.08.24 / Press

Housing, Athletic Village, and Riverfront Projects? BSU Master Plan Process Takes Off

Boise State’s future for the next few years could soon come into focus. The university has hired Ayers Saint Gross and The Land Group to help craft its updated master plan. Ayers Saint Gross also created the previous master plan in 2015, according to ASG Project Manager Carolyn Krall.
2.28.24 / Press

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Ayers Saint Gross Ranked Third for Museum Architecture Firms

Ayers Saint Gross was recently ranked as number 3 on the Top 70 Museum Architecture Firms for the year on the Building Design + Construction 2023 Giants 400 Report.
2.21.24 / Announcements

Ayers Saint Gross Welcomes Michael Nicolaus and Rainey Hufstetler

Ayers Saint Gross is pleased to welcome two new industry leaders to our growing team, with expertise in the fields of innovation district and STEM research.
2.15.24 / Announcements

The Promotions Class of 2024

Looking Forward: Announcing 2024 Promotions

At Ayers Saint Gross, we’re grateful for our creative and collaborative employees who shape the built environment and our profession for the better. This year, we would like to congratulate 15 of these individuals on their well-deserved promotions.These individuals are all talented leaders in their field, working with mission-driven clients to create places for shared knowledge and culture. To celebrate their accomplishments, we asked each…
2.01.24 / Announcements

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Join Us at Upcoming Career Fairs

Are you interested in joining our team? Our firm is visiting a number of colleges and universities this spring for campus recruiting and career fairs.
1.31.24 / Announcements

Ohio’s Campus Space Optimization Initiative aims to revolutionize traditional approach to space allocation

As building and space needs evolve across higher education, major industries and beyond, Ohio University is working toward revolutionizing the traditional approach to space allocation with the Campus Space Optimization Initiative, a forward-thinking initiative that includes a comprehensive reimagining of space function, ownership and budget allocation across all OHIO campuses.
1.18.24 / Press

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UCF Breaks Ground on Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion

With the turning of ceremonial dirt Friday, University of Central Florida students, donors and administrators celebrated breaking ground on the transformational Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion — a state-of-the-art building that will strengthen patient care by enabling UCF to graduate 150 more highly qualified, compassionate nurses each year.
1.12.24 / Press

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Bryant 3.0: Inside phase 1 of the university’s transformational Campus Master Plan

As Bryant's enrollment grows, on-campus housing must meet the demand. Last winter, the university tapped D.C.-based higher education architecture firm, Ayers Saint Gross, to assess residential life at Bryant.
1.02.24 / Press

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Ayers Saint Gross Ranked Among Top Ten Firms for Student Housing and Cultural Projects

Ayers Saint Gross was recently ranked highly for our work in student housing and cultural projects on the Building Design + Construction 2023 Giants 400 Report.  
12.21.23 / Announcements

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Songs that Inspire

Ayers Saint Gross employees are sharing a playlist that inspires our most creative work, with songs spanning genres, cultures, and time periods.
12.21.23 / Announcements

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2023 Year in Review

As we wrap up 2023, Ayers Saint Gross is proudly reflecting on another year marked by achievement, collaboration, and progress.
12.20.23 / Announcements

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Kevin Miller Wins AIA Baltimore Emerging Professional Award

Kevin Miller, a member of our architecture design staff, was named a recipient of AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professional Award, which recognizes proficiency and exceptional accomplishments to the profession by those who have been working in the architecture field for less than ten years.
12.18.23 / Awards

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2023’s biggest local economic development deals include UCF nursing school

College of Nursing Dean Mary Lou Sole said during a Nov. 16 UCF Board of Trustees meeting that last year the school graduated 275 nurses, and when it moves into the new facility, she hopes that will double. “This will allow us to have larger space and larger labs to be able to educate those nurses plus our focus on new faculty.”
12.15.23 / Press

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Glenn Birx, FAIA, Retires after 45 Years

Since his first day of work in 1978, Glenn Birx has played a part in almost every project Ayers Saint Gross has worked on. Now, leading up to his retirement, he is reflecting on his career.
12.12.23 / Announcements

Developers unveil new website and renderings for the latest Harbor Point apartment project

Developers of Baltimore's newest apartment project, a 500-unit development called Allied | Harbor Point, unveiled a new website and renderings for the project, which is nearing completion at 1402 Point Street. Ayers Saint Gross and BHC Architects are the architects, with interiors by Beatty Design.
12.04.23 / Press

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Responsive Design: Purposeful planning can be inclusive for neurodiverse students and support the well-being of all.

Co-authored by Principal Shannon Dowling, this article explores how the design of higher education environments can be more responsive to the needs of neurodivergent students.
11.15.23 / Press

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New medical school in Charlotte will be ‘carbon-zero’

As planning continues to advance towards Wake Forest University School of Medicine's Charlotte campus seating its first class in 2025, designers and engineers are working to ensure the Howard R. Levine Center for Education will be state-of-the-art, including building the facility to a carbon-zero and LEED Gold standard, while also achieving a WELL Building Standard.
11.14.23 / Press

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Ayers Saint Gross Projects Honored with AIA Baltimore Excellence in Design Awards

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) honored two Ayers Saint Gross projects with AIA Baltimore Excellence in Design Awards. Greensboro Hall at Ringling College of Art and Design and the Yahentamitsi Dining Hall at the University of Maryland were given honorable mentions in the higher education category.
10.25.23 / Awards

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UTEP breaks ground on new Liberal Arts building

The University of Texas at El Paso broke ground Thursday morning on a new Liberal Arts Building that will be called the Texas Western Hall. Designed by Ayers Saint Gross, the new building will have larger classrooms, open spaces, and the newest technology for students.
10.24.23 / Press

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National Aquarium to build floating exhibit between Inner Harbor piers

Ayers Saint Gross has been working with the National Aquarium to design a new floating wetland exhibit, Harbor Wetland, which will be installed between piers 3 and 4 in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Scheduled to open next summer, the exhibit will feature a walking dock and a network of floating, manmade “islands” with plants and grasses to attract and provide shelter for native species.  
10.19.23 / Press

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The Cool Day Jobs of UMD’s Adjunct Professors

Planner and Architect Amber Wendland, who works as a lecturer at the University of Maryland, talks about her work in urban and community-based planning as part of this article for the university's website.
10.05.23 / Press

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Ayers Saint Gross Ranked Among Top Five University Building Architecture Firms for 2023

For the second year in a row, Ayers Saint Gross ranked among the top five university architecture firms in the country on the Building Design+Construction 2023 Giants 400 Report. The rankings, which are based on 2022 revenue, listed Ayers Saint Gross as #5 out of 170 firms from around the United States.
10.02.23 / Announcements

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Shannon Dowling Wins AIA Virginia Award for Distinguished Achievement

Shannon Dowling, principal architect and learning environments strategist, was recently recognized with AIA Virginia’s 2023 Award for Distinguished Achievement. The award, which is given annually, recognizes Shannon for her work as well as her advocacy and service within her local community.
9.19.23 / Awards

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Caitlin Brady Wins AIA DC Emerging Architect Award

Architect Caitlin Brady, AIA, LEED BD+C was recently named a recipient of AIA DC’s Emerging Architect Award, which recognizes proficiency and exceptional accomplishments to the profession by an architect who has been a registered architect for less than 10 years.
8.28.23 / Awards

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Staying Committed: Ayers Saint Gross Renews Just Disclosure

Ayers Saint Gross made its first Just Disclosure with the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) in 2019 to share more quantitative data about the social equity and justice issues embedded in who we are and how we practice design. We’re proud to share we’ve recently renewed our disclosure for 2023.
8.24.23 / Announcements

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A Presidential Tour of the Missouri Botanical Garden’s New Visitor Center

The Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center at the Missouri Botanical Garden was featured in a special episode of Spotlight STL, a weekly show that shares information about St. Louis arts and culture. In the episode, Garden President Peter Wyse Jackson provides a tour of the new visitor center, which was designed by Ayers Saint Gross.
8.17.23 / Press

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Summer Renovations and Long-Term Facilities Planning Underway

This summer Worcester Polytechnic Institute Facilities are beginning major renovations in Stratton Hall and beyond; and the intense work of creating a new campuswide facilities plan to guide decisions related to the university’s buildings and grounds for the next 10 years.
6.23.23 / Press

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Greensboro Hall at Ringling College wins IIDA 2023 Premiere Finalist Award

The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) recently awarded Greensboro Hall at Ringling College of Art and Design a 2023 Premiere Finalist Award.
6.22.23 / Awards

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Grinnell College Kington Plaza wins SCUP 2023 Excellence in Landscape Architecture Award

The Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) recently honored the Grinnell College Kington Plaza and Christiansen Outdoor Learning Spaces with a 2023 Excellence in Landscape Architecture General Design Merit Award.
6.22.23 / Awards

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Baltimore County leaders give glimpse of future for revamped Security Square Mall

The revitalization of Baltimore County's beloved Security Square Mall brings the community vision of a vibrant, walkable, and entertaining economic hub back to life.
6.14.23 / Announcements

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$5.5M Gift from Helene Fuld Health Trust to Create Simulation Center at New UCF Nursing Building

Ayers Saint Gross is the design architect for the new College of Nursing at the University of Central Florida. The Helene Fuld Health Trust has committed a $5.5 million gift to the College of Nursing to support the creation of a state-of-the-art simulation center in the new building, a critical component to education and innovation.
5.22.23 / Press

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Elon Dedicates Founders Hall and Innovation Hall

The two buildings opened in August 2022 for the new academic year and are home to the departments of engineering and physics and serve as a new hub for multidisciplinary education and innovation in the heart of Elon’s campus. Announced in 2020 as part of the Boldly Elon strategic plan, these buildings feature 65,000 square feet of cutting-edge labs, workshops and creation spaces.
4.20.23 / Press

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Culture-Centric College Dining

The first new dining hall on campus in 49 years, Yahentamitsi Dining Hall at the University of Maryland completed an 11-year new-build project when it opened in 2022. The nearly 68,000-square-foot all-you-care-to-eat facility can serve up to 15,000 guests daily.
4.07.23 / Press

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Emory’s graduate housing project on track to open to residents in summer 2024

Emory graduate and professional students will have a new housing option, opening in summer 2024 for the fall semester. The Graduate and Professional Student Housing Initiative broke ground on Phase I in September 2022 and is continuing on schedule.
4.05.23 / Press

Anything but Common: Information, Tech, and Community Unite in College’s New Hornbake Space

The University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies’s INFO Commons, which broke ground this month, will be the college's first bricks-and-mortar entry into the hands-on, creative world of information technology. The high-tech playground with places to study, collaborate or chill on the ground floor of Hornbake Library will offer a long-awaited community home for the college, with a welcome mat for students across UMD.
3.31.23 / Press

A Worthy Charge

Architect and Planner Jessica Leonard and Sustainability Director Allison Wilson are included in an article about women alumnae of the University of Maryland's School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
3.24.23 / Press

How colleges can incorporate DEI values into physical spaces

Principal Shannon Dowling spoke with Higher Ed Dive about the connection between DEI and learning spaces, how small changes can lead to significant progress, and why Americans with Disabilities Act compliance is just the start of accessible design.
3.03.23 / Press

Marymount University gets private donation to renovate historic campus building

Marymount University said it plans to renovate a historic building that’s sat empty in recent years into a new campus center, with a Barnes & Noble bookstore, gathering space and a cafe. The project’s architect is D.C. firm Ayers Saint Gross, while D.C.-based Bennett Group is leading construction as contractor. Renovations have already started, with a completion date slated for the early fall of this year, per the university.
3.01.23 / Press

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