Bowie Gridley Architects specializes in work for institutions of community significance-schools, performing arts venues, libraries, athletic facilities, museums, and more. BGA builds for life. We are proud to design the places where people gather to talk, teach, learn, work and play.
We call our philosophy "Innovation in Context"-a belief that our best work is that which finds new methods, new materials, and new ideas and weaves those elements into the context of a specific community. From client to client the context may vary-it may be geographic, stylistic, cultural or historical-but time and again we produce designs that are at one with their surroundings and reflect the unique communities they serve. For our clients, "Innovation in Context" means participating in a collaborative architectural design process that produces structures that satisfy significant functional and aesthetic requirements simultaneously.
Another award in the books! BGA’s Virginia Theological Seminary - Bicentennial Hall renovation project won a Commendable Achievement Award in the 2020 Architectural Lighting Design Awards. In collaboration with @StroikLighting and Richard Molinari Exhibit Design, the firms created a noninvasive...
BGA and Flint Hill School have worked together to reconfigure classrooms to create a safe place for students during this Pandemic. Along with creating socially-distan ced furniture layouts, the team also rolled out safe distancing signage, thermo-scanners at each entry and an overall safety protocol...
Happy National Read a Book Day! Here’s a throwback to the BGA-designed Dolley Madison Library in McLean, Virginia for inspiration to visit here or at your local library to checkout a book or two to celebrate! Linton Engineering Potomac Energy Group NV5.inc
Our Virginia Theological Seminary project was recently featured in the Interiors Issue of Inform Magazine! Big congrats to everyone involved on this: 2RW Consultants, Inc. Linton Engineering Harry Braswell, Inc. RAM Design Studio and Stroik Lighting Design, LLC Check out the link here: https:// ...
Life is less ruff with our furry friends by our side! Happy National Dog Day! #NationalDogDay
BGA is pleased to share news of the nearly completed Peterson Middle School @ Flint Hill School in Oakton, VA. The… https://t.co/Uin4LK73jE
Interesting and informative read from The Washington Post regarding schools reopening and how to clean coronavirus… https://t.co/xGli3HQdsh
Here is the latest update on the St. Paul’s School construction in Baltimore, Maryland. The new Upper School, which… https://t.co/vC75H2UObc
The new, state-of-the-art, McDonogh Middle School in Owings Mills, Maryland topped out construction recently with t… https://t.co/Pwlk0XYxHi
The latest photo of St. Christopher's School Recital Hall. This project has come along so nicely and the first perf… https://t.co/yEyDhz5ojE