Design Matters

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Our blog, Design Matters, is a place for our team to share our knowledge, community events, projects, resources, and opinions. It is a place for you to keep up with us and for us to hear from you. Thanks for reading!

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Hiring Architectural Associate / Design Professional

By cbhendricks | March 5, 2023 | architecture, Office Culture, team

Hiring Architectural Associate / Design Professional Attention Architects and Interior Designers, we are ...

On the Road Collaborative at the Depot

By Charles Hendricks | March 3, 2023 | architecture, citizen architect, Historic Renovation, Local Leaders, Office Culture

On The Road Collaborative students with Asha and Charles The Gaines Group has had a long-standing ...

Kicking off a new dream home project

By Charles Hendricks | February 28, 2023 | architecture, project update

Kicking off a new dream home project has some very special milestones. The first site visit after developing a ...

A rising tide raises all ships

By Charles Hendricks | February 22, 2023 | citizen architect, Leadership

A rising tide raises all ships is an interesting concept, but what does it have to do with our local economy? Look ...

What do you want to be when you grow up?

By Charles Hendricks | February 16, 2023 | architecture, citizen architect, Leadership, Office Culture

What do you want to be when you grow up? What a huge question that we ask students to answer at a point in their ...

Site analysis before you buy

By Charles Hendricks | February 13, 2023 | architecture, resources

When should I do a site analysis?: A real-world example We were asked to do some site analysis before our client ...

#NationalPizzaDay Celebration!!!

By Asha Beck | February 4, 2023 | architecture, Office Culture

Our Harrisonburg team loves to come together to eat and celebrate food, and what better way than to celebrate ...

Welcome Asha Beck to the Team

By Charles Hendricks | February 3, 2023 | architecture, Office Culture, team

It’s the turn of a new year and we are happy to share that our team continues to grow with the recent addition of ...

Welcome Myles Perdue to the Team

By Charles Hendricks | January 31, 2023 | architecture, Office Culture

Meet Myles Perdue, one of our newest designers at Gaines Group Architects. Originally from the U.S. Virgin Islands ...

National #LibraryShelfieDay

By Charles Hendricks | January 19, 2023 | architecture, Office Culture

Happy national #LibraryShelfieDay! We love the digital world, but there’s nothing like holding a book in your ...

#wedesignthattoo Kitchen Edition

By Asha Beck | January 11, 2023 | architecture, Indoor Air Quality, project update

We get to design a lot of cool spaces for our clients and kitchen design may be one of my favorites. As a former ...

Visualization of the dream

By Asha Beck | January 7, 2023 | architecture

As architects and designers, we have the privilige of being trusted with our client's dreams. A client might dream ...