Residential – GBR Architects

September 10, 2018

St. Rose of Lima Priests Retirement Home

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Diocese of Arlington Annandale, Virginia The goal for this project was to create a peaceful, supportive and accessible independent senior living community for up to 20 retired priests. Initially, GBR Architects worked with a Diocesan Committee to develop appropriate space, schedule and cost requirements along with qualitative criteria to evaluate three potential building sites in Fairfax and Arlington counties. The selected site in Annandale, Virginia delivered the best opportunity to meet these diverse requirements. Following the site selection, GBR Architects designed a residential facility to meet the priests’ unique needs for worship, communal and living spaces. It was decided that the project would be built in multiple phases to provide the necessary housing over time as the diocesan priest population reached retirement age. The initial phase provided for eight priest apartments, a staff apartment, and all shared common areas including foodservice, dining, fitness, and meeting rooms. Of particular importance, the Chapel was designed...

August 25, 2018

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Senior Wing Renovation

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Saint Anselm's Abbey Washington, DC Built in the early 1940s as housing for novices, this portion of the Saint Anselm’s Abbey monastery has served many uses over the years. The original wing had twelve dormitory rooms with a large ganged bathroom at the center. Very shortly after construction, the novices were moved out and the wing served as the High School from 1942 until 1955. After the school moved to a new building, the space served a variety of purposes including a barber shop, library, vocation office, mail room, and housing for monks with special needs. In order to better provide for their aging population, the Abbey engaged GBR Architects to repurpose the space once again into a dedicated senior wing. The renovation created six independent living units consisting of a bedroom and private bathroom, with five of the bathrooms being fully ADA accessible. Also included in the renovation were an ADA accessible...

August 24, 2018

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PEG Residence Hall

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Mary Baldwin University Staunton, Virginia Mary Baldwin's Program for the Exceptionally Gifted (PEG) is for students who are on an accelerated educational path -- bypassing high school and entering college between the ages of 13 - 16. PEG Residence Hall was designed to provide on-campus housing to meet these students' unique needs. This new building provides residential and common living space for 50 students and seven adults. Organized into small clusters, each with adult supervision, GBR Architects designed an environment to simulate a home away from home for these young women. The building, situated on a steep hillside, links the campus to the street level, providing multiple connections. A separate entry for traditional students provides more flexibility in occupancy. The building forms and finishes were designed to blend with the campus's signature vocabulary.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

June 28, 2018

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Butler Condominium

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Butler Family Silver Spring, Maryland Award for Excellence in Architecture, Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects Repurposing of a 1500 sf art gallery attached to a LEED certified co-housing complex, GBR Architects created a flexible apartment for a family of five. The architecture organizes itself around a single, continuous header framed in exposed metal studs and sheathed in corrugated plastic. Openness, togetherness, sustainability and economy influence the attention to detail and material ingenuity. The Butler’s sought a lifestyle that would allow more family time and a renewed sense of “living in community” with their children and their neighbors. A layer of transparency was developed between defined spaces by a continuous transom of ribbed acrylic glazing to allow light transfer from the exterior deep into the interior space. An over-sized, built-in table becomes the family magnet; serving multiple functions. Entire walls slide to conceal, offer access to or to completely open individual...

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