The office of Robert M. Gurney, FAIA is dedicated to the design of modern, meticulously detailed and thoughtfully ordered residential and commercial projects that are sensitive to site, program and budget.  Materials are employed with honesty, integrity and ecological awareness.  The design process involves an understanding of site specific issues, such as location, landscape, history, availability of materials and construction methods.

 The office of Robert M. Gurney, FAIA has created a body of work that has won more than three hundred local, regional and national design awards, including two National AIA Honor awards, six National AIA Housing Awards, six American Architecture Awards and three national AIA Small Project Awards.  The office’s work has been published in numerous local, national and international magazines, books and periodicals, and is the subject of two monographs, “Modern Order Houses by Robert Gurney” and “Robert M. Gurney Architect: The Master Architect Series.

 Accomplishments in design are complemented by involvement in service activities to the profession and to students of Architecture.  Robert Gurney has served as a member of the AIA Northern Virginia Chapter Board of Directors, Design Committee, Schools Connection Committee and the Virginia Society State Design Committee and is currently a member of the VSAIA Honors Committee.  Robert Gurney was elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in 2002.