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HBA welcomes Smitty Lynch
HBA is pleased to announce the addition of Smitty Lynch to the HBA staff as a new Intern Architect. Smitty is a graduate of Hampton University where he earned his Masters of Architecture. He recently moved to Hampton Roads from Richmond to be closer to family. He previously worked with the firm Glavé and Holmes Architecture […]
HBA welcomes Smitty Lynch
HBA is pleased to announce the addition of Smitty Lynch to the HBA staff as a new Intern Architect. Smitty is a graduate of Hampton University where he earned his Masters of Architecture. He recently moved to Hampton Roads from Richmond to be closer to family. He previously worked with the firm Glavé and Holmes Architecture […]
Stihl Headquarters Groundbreaking
Left to Right: Bruce Prichard of HBA Architecture & Interior Design, Inc. ; STIHL Inc. President Bjoern Fischer; Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessoms; and Nathan Leonard of Hourigan Construction use STIHL augers to break ground on a new administration building. Stihl Headquarters groundbreaking March 2018. Read more about it here
Kempsville Community Recreation Center Honored with American Public Works Association (APWA) Mid Atlantic Chapter Project of the Year Award
We are pleased to announce that the Kempsville Community Recreation Center Project received the 2018 APWA Mid-Atlantic Chapter’s Project of the Year Award (for Structures $25 million to $75 million.) Congratulations to the entire team!
YOUNG DESIGNERS COMPETITION AT LANDSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL – YEAR 3
HBA is excited to be involved with this competition for the third year in a row. This year’s project involves designing a house for a family of six in coastal Virginia, and incorporates challenges related to sustainable materials, energy-saving design, and shared generational living spaces. We’ve been meeting with the students throughout the year to […]
Polar Plunge® 2018
At HBA, we are crazy about serving our community. So crazy, in fact, that our team voluntarily and enthusiastically took a frigid dip in the Atlantic Ocean this February to benefit Special Olympics of Virginia. This is the 13th year in a row that the HBA family joined the crowd of thousands who were crazy […]
How the color red remains timeless in architecture and design
After choosing a shade of red as the Color of the Year, AIA partner Benjamin Moore expands on the color’s historical relevance and present-day value Following a year-long research journey, Benjamin Moore revealed Caliente AF-290 as its Color of the Year 2018. Caliente AF-290 is a vibrant, charismatic shade of red that is strong, radiant, […]
HBA welcomes Judy Bennie
HBA is pleased to announce the addition of Judy Bennie to the HBA staff as Executive Administrator / Human Resource Coordinator. Judy has many years of experience in HR field, corporate administration and office management. The majority of her career has been with System Planning Corporation in Northern Virginia. Most recently, she worked with S. […]
VBCPS Learning Commons Renovations
It’s not often that we have the opportunity to improve so many schools at once, so we were excited when VBCPS approached us to remodel sixteen of their school libraries. The center of any school is the library, and they are modernly referred to as “Learning Commons”, which lends itself to describing their role as […]