Best Architects in Richmond

ARCHITECTUREFIRM is a collaboration of architects and designers in Brooklyn, New York and Richmond, Virginia specializing in creative designs for residential and hospitality buildings. Owners Danny and Katie MacNelly aim to create simple, beautiful, and industrial architecture with a pursuit of a timeless expression that is appropriate for their client. Dwell Magazine, Richmond Times-Dispatch, RHome Magazine, Design Sponge, and Adobe Magazine have featured their projects and designers.

Ballou Justice Upton Architects specializes in master planning, space planning, interior design, and construction administration services in Richmond, Virginia for over 100 years. This award-winning firm strives to make a lasting contribution by challenging, provoking, and delighting. Over the years they have developed partnerships with FairFax County Public Schools, Essex County Public Schools, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the Department of General Service. Former client speaks highly about their hard work, organization, and collaboration skills.

Bartzen & Ball is an award-winning Richmond-based architectural practice specializing in planning and design with over 15 years of experience. Projects include office buildings, academic and athletic facilities, cultural and visitor centers, historic preservation and adaptive reuse, and interior design. Bartzen & Ball are recipients of the Institutional Wood Design Award for their Roslyn Chapel project and the International Excellence in Masonry Award for their Terry House Dormitory.

C.L. Shade Drafting provides residential drafting and design services for new homes, additions, and remodels in the Richmond, Virginia metro area. Owner Charles Shade and team creates fully engineered plans for new and existing homeowners, contractors, builders, real estate professionals, and architects. Charles Shades began his career in construction and then switched to residential design and drafting thus leading to a well-rounded background and three decades of experience.

Cornerstone Architects is an award-winning full service architecture and interior design firm specializing in healthcare, corporate/office, residential, and commercial designs in the Richmond metro area. Richard Morse and Richard Peterson joined forces over two decades ago to design buildings and deliver contributions to the community while remaining environmentally responsible. Former clients speak highly about the firm's collaborative approach involving customers and their communication with budget and schedule management.

Ensminger Architecture provides architecture and design services to the Richmond metro area with two decades of experience. Founder Dan Ensminger and team have completed more than 100 projects focusing on style and detail. Richmond Magazine, R-Home, and House Trend have featured firm projects. Ensminger Architecture has also been part of Richmond’s Historic Garden week tours.

Glavé & Holmes Architecture is a Richmond, Virginia-based architecture firm focusing on creating contextual, timeless, and engaging designs for the community with over five decades of experience. The firm consists of 60 architects, interior designers, historic preservationists, landscape architects, and supporting staff. Their portfolio features higher education, cultural, civic, hospitality, and residential buildings.

HimmelHume Architecture is an award-winning architecture firm providing designs for residential and commercial buildings in the Richmond metro area with 60 years experience. Their philosophy is to create aesthetically pleasing buildings with environmentally friendly, natural, and sustainable materials. Projects include hospitals, healthcare facilities, municipal buildings, offices, schools, commercial enterprises, and large institutions. They also provide custom home design, landscape design, and interior design. A free one-on-one consultation is available, and their website features a diverse company portfolio.

Irby Architects is a Richmond-based architecture firm that has provided custom-designed residential, commercial, and recreational spaces throughout Virginia since 1988. John Irby, the founder, is an architecture graduate of the University of Virginia. He carries work experience in large architectural firms and in home construction. Irby and his team work with clients in creating and designing projects such as home modification, creation of a new workplace environment, and restorative modification of old existing structures.

Island Architects specialize in the development and design of distinct custom homes for coastal residents in the Richmond metro area. Island Architects has more than 35 years of experience and aims to create timeless designs to enhance their clients' beachside lifestyles. A diverse portfolio showcasing their elegant and detailed work is available for review on their website.

Josh McCullar Architects is a Richmond-based full service architecture firm and design studio that creates sustainable, timeless structures. Owner Josh McCullar studied architecture and environmental design at North Carolina State University before earning a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Virginia. He has over 15 years of experience in a broad range of projects, including work for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Virginia War Memorial, the City of Richmond, and a number of private foundations, businesses, and residences. The firm offers design services that solve practical problems including architecture for interiors and outdoor spaces, restoration and preservation, adaptive reuse, rendering and illustration, planning feasibility studies, building condition surveys, and structural assessments.

Michael Pellis Architecture is an architecture firm providing high-quality designs to the Richmond metro area. Founder Michael Pellis strives to employ beauty, practical insight and high-performance methods with an environmentally friendly perspective. Projects include multi-family/mixed use buildings, breweries, office tenant improvements, commercial, restaurants, dental offices and meditation centers.

Poole & Poole Architecture is an award-winning full service architecture firm specializing in multi-family developments, mixed use projects, traditional neighborhood designs, single family homes, and historic preservation and restoration in Richmond and Nashville. Founders Michael R. Poole and Nea May Poole are committed to quality architecture with superior client services with more than 45 years of combined experience.

SMS Architects is an architecture firm focused on planning and programming, schematic design and design development, and structural analysis and interior design in the Richmond metro area. Founder Scott Stephens is Virgina native and began his Richmond firm about 15 years ago. Now he strives to continue to make architectural jobs shine with unique and extraordinary quality. Clients and the SMS team work in close collaboration throughout the course of the project to reach a solution together.

Thomas Hamilton & Associates is an award-winning Richmond-based architecture firm specializing in design and construction with over 25 years of experience. Founder Thomas Hamilton is a licensed architect in 32 states and Ontario, Canada. Thomas and his team’s projects focus on developing new and better ways to design hospitality buildings and collaborate with clients. Thomas Hamilton & Associates is a two-time Architectural Woodworking Institution Award of Excellence winner and has also been featured in Interior Design Magazine’s top 100 hospitality designers.

Walter Spark Architects is a Richmond-based architecture firm providing innovative solutions to its clients for over two decades. Projects include single-family residences to the renovation of entire city blocks. Now this award-winning firm has steadily grown into a 15-person studio. Former clients have left highly rated reviews on their Facebook, and a portfolio of their diverse work is available on their website.