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First Friday at the Depot Featuring Aaron Zook

By Annie | July 21, 2022 | artwork, First Friday

Aaron Zook will feature "Method in Madness" during this month's First Friday gallery opening. Mark your ...

Congratulations to Charles on Receiving Rotary’s 110% Award!

By Annie | July 2, 2022 | citizen architect, community, Rotary

Everyone who works closely with Charles knows of his heart for serving others and his mission to build a better ...

Deborah Graduates from LHR Program

By Annie | June 28, 2022 | Leadership, Office Culture, team

Deborah receiving her certificate upon completion of the program. Gaines Group Architects has a ...

Best of the Valley – TOP 5!!

By cbhendricks | June 26, 2022 | community, Harrisonburg Architect

You did it, you boosted us into the Best of the Valley - Top 5!! Voting has opened now to determine the Best of ...

First Friday Featuring Lucas Schrock-Hurst

By Annie | June 20, 2022 | artwork, First Friday

Join us on the patio of the Depot for live music on July 1st, 2022. This will be a First Friday event you ...

Taped ducts during construction protect your investment

By cbhendricks | June 18, 2022 | architecture, Building Science, Green Building

As we continue to see costs increase for construction it becomes even more important to follow proper protocol ...

National Mascot Day

By Annie | June 17, 2022 | Fun, Office Culture

It's #NationalMascotDay and our team enjoyed reminiscing about our days proudly representing our schools and ...

Mind Behind the Design: Paul Tassell

By cbhendricks | June 14, 2022 | Office Culture, team

Architect, family man, explorer, and coach; all of these are hats worn by Gaines Group teammember Paul Tassell. ...

Designing for the Trees at Meadow Branch

By Annie | June 8, 2022 | Green Building, project update

These photos are from our Meadow Branch project in Winchester, Virginia where "green design" meant focusing on ...

Modern House on the mountain

By cbhendricks | June 7, 2022 | architecture, project update

We are grateful for the string of modern home designs we have been trusted to work on over the years and now the ...

Serve your community through Rotary

By cbhendricks | June 2, 2022 | citizen architect, community, Rotary

Service to my community is my why. It has shaped our business mission statement and it drives my decisions. How ...

Rotary in Ukraine

By cbhendricks | June 1, 2022 | citizen architect, community, Rotary

Today I had the honor of attending the Rotary Club of Kyiv Ukraine special meeting to hear how Rotarians are ...