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PODCAST | Engineering Leader Cindy Cogil Discusses Risk Management in HVAC Projects When designing an HVAC system, understanding technical, operational and financial objectives is key to managing risk. In this podcast episode, SmithGroup engineering expert, Cindy Cogil, PE, FASHRAE , chats with Consulting-Specifying Engineer's (CSE) Amara Rozgus about various types of risk; the importance of iden…

SmithGroup Opens New Charlotte Office, Expanding Higher Education Presence in the Carolinas SmithGroup , one of the nation’s leading integrated design firms, has opened a new office in Charlotte , expanding its growing presence in the Southeast and reinforcing a longstanding commitment to Higher Education across the Carolinas. The new Charlotte office builds on the momentum of SmithGroup’s Atlant…

Philip Merrill Environmental Center Wins AIA’s Twenty-five Year Award The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Philip Merrill Environmental Center in Annapolis, Maryland has received the prestigious AIA Twenty-five Year Award for its enduring legacy as the world’s first LEED Platinum-certified building. A pioneering example of sustainable architecture designed by SmithGroup, the project demonstrated that …

Four SmithGroup Projects Receive National AIA Awards On June 10, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the winners of its AIA Awards 2026 during a celebratory gala held in San Diego. SmithGroup proudly took home four awards from the event. Continuing its impressive run of award recognition, Sunnyvale City Hall received an AIA Interior Architecture Award. The Pima County Office of t…

Virginia Tech’s Academic Building One Featured on America ByDesign Virginia Tech’s Academic Building One embraces a heliomorphic form that responds to the sun’s movement, creating bright, airy spaces throughout. Recently featured in The Architect’s Newspaper and on the Archispeak podcast , the building now appears in Season 6 of the ByDesign TV series. In the episode, our Design Director Sven Sho…

Space Management: The New Superpower | APPA Facilities Manager Magazine Our Director of Campus Strategy & Analytics, Paul Leef , recently penned a piece for APPA’s Facilities Manager Magazine on university space management. In the article, he explains how universities can use the Space Management Rating System© (SMRS) to evaluate the maturity of their space management function across five levels:…

Todd Kohli Elevated to ASLA Council of Fellows SmithGroup is pleased to announce that Senior Principal Todd Kohli has been elevated to the American Society of Landscape Architects prestigious Council of Fellows. Election to the Council of Fellows is among the highest honors ASLA bestows, recognizing select members for their exceptional contributions to the landscape architecture profession and so…

Archispeak Podcast Features Sven Shockey on the Design of Virginia Tech’s Academic Building One Our Design Director, Sven Shockey , takes listeners inside the design journey of Virginia Tech’s Academic Building One in Episode 390 of Archispeak , one of architecture’s longest‑running podcasts. In the episode, he explores what it means to design a building’s exterior before the interior program is …

Making the Museum Podcast Features Authors of Building a Museum Book Tune in to Making the Museum podcast by C&G Partners to learn more about our new release, Building a Museum: This is Not a Manual . Host Jonathan Alger curates a lively conversation with the four authors of the book, including the reason for its unique title, what it takes to write a book, and the most important lessons for muse…

David Glenn Named "40 Under 40" Honoree by Consulting-Specifying Engineer SmithGroup is pleased to announce that David Glenn , RCCD, CTS-D, LEED AP BD+C, has been named a “40 Under 40” honoree by Consulting-Specifying Engineer. Glenn serves as Director of Information & Communications Technology at SmithGroup and possesses specialized expertise in many areas, including threat and vulnerability ass…

ByDesign TV Spotlights Texas A&M’s Southside Rec Center Texas A&M University’s flagship campus supports one of the nation’s largest student populations, and its Southside Recreation Center is designed to serve that scale with intention. The facility – already recognized by Athletic Business, NIRSA, The Chicago Athenaeum and the Dallas and Houston chapters of the American Institute of Architects –…

Fire & Safety Journal Americas Features a Q&A with Kyle Lehman Fire protection engineer Kyle Lehman is featured in a Q&A in the May 2026 edition of Fire and Safety Journal Americas . Discussing his work for cultural institutions and health systems, he describes how both typology demand more thoughtful approaches to designing fire safety systems than simple code compliance. Read the article online…

SRJC’s Lindley Center for STEM Education Honored with National SCUP/AIA Award for Architectural Excellence Santa Rosa Junior College’s Lindley Center,  the campus’s new STEM building designed by SmithGroup,  has been recognized with a 2026 Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) / American Institute of Architects (AIA) CAE Excellence in Architecture Award for a New Building (Honorable …

SmithGroup Releases New Book for Museum Professionals SmithGroup is releasing a new book, Building a Museum: This is Not a Manual , intended for museum professionals. Written by four of SmithGroup’s cultural design experts, and published and distributed by ORO Editions, the book is a comprehensive guide to the museum capital project journey. Building a Museum is written to assist museum professio…

Virginia Tech Academic Building One Featured in The Architect’s Newspaper All‑electric and shaped by the movement of the sun, Virginia Tech’s Academic Building One has been featured in The Architect’s Newspaper for its forward‑thinking facade design. Its high‑performance envelope leverages calibrated daylighting, optimized thermal performance and material strategies that honor the university’s ar…

Restoration of Dorchester Heights Monument Featured in Preservation Magazine The restoration of the National Park Service Dorchester Heights Monument in Boston is featured in the latest issue of Preservation Magazine , from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Director of historic preservation Jim Shepherd offers his reflections on the monument's restoration in a Before & After Q&A with …

SmithGroup Breaks Ground on New Dental College of Georgia in Savannah A major milestone for dental education and oral health care in Georgia is now underway. SmithGroup, in partnership with Augusta University, SSOE Group, the USG Board of Regents Facilities Division, the Georgia State Financing & Investment Commission, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company and JLL, has officially broken ground o…

SmithGroup at 2026 American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting SmithGroup is pleased to sponsor and attend the 2026 American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, May 20-23, 2026. Connect with our museum design experts in several forums at the conference and pick up a copy of Building a Museum: This is Not a Manual in the AAM Bookstore. Friday, May 22 | 9:45-10:45 AM From the Ground…

SmithGroup Celebrates Opening of Kennesaw State University’s Robin and Doug Shore Innovation Center The new 70,000 square foot Robin and Doug Shore Innovation Center marks a transformative step in Kennesaw State University’s vision for a more connected, agile and impact-driven research ecosystem. SmithGroup joined the university to celebrate the opening of a facility designed to accelerate discov…

SmithGroup Celebrates Opening of New Trinity Health Livingston Hospital SmithGroup , one of the nation’s leading integrated design firms, announces the opening of the new Trinity Health Livingston hospital, a four‑story, 174,000‑square‑foot replacement facility in Brighton, Michigan that redefines care delivery for the region. Designed to elevate clinical capability while fostering an intuitive, …