COLUMBIA, SC – April 3, 2018 – Quackenbush Architects + Planners is pleased to announce and welcome three new associates to its team — Mirjam Gerlach and Maria-Luz Torres, both intern architects, and Kyle Alston, graphic designer and marketing coordinator. Gerlach’s portfolio includes... View full entry »
COLUMBIA, SC –November 20, 2017 – Quackenbush Architects + Planners is pleased to welcome Jessica Koumas, NCIDQ, to the firm as a Senior Interior Designer. Koumas’ addition is in line with the firm’s goal to launch a Q+ Interiors Studio to expand and enhance its focus on comprehensive... View full entry »
BY SARAH ELLISCOLUMBIA, SC - A popular downtown community gathering space – a place for Saturday morning market meet-ups, Thursday night concerts, outdoor movies, seasonal ice skating and more – is about to get a big overhaul.Boyd Plaza, outside the Columbia Museum of Art, will look very... View full entry »
BY RACHEL HAMMiddle school students in Lexington-Richland School District Five will embark on a new year Wednesday at a brand-new campus designed to launch them into a successful high school career. The school’s outside is not quite finished, but Chapin Middle teachers say... View full entry »
COLUMBIA, SC – Doug Quackenbush, President of Quackenbush Architects + Planners, presented at the Association of College and University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I) Conference in Orlando, Florida on June 30th . Doug participated on a panel that included the Director... View full entry »
COLUMBIA, SC – Doug Quackenbush, President of Quackenbush Architects + Planners, contributed to the recent 2015 SEC Union Directors Summer Meeting through a panel discussion entitled “Why the College Union (still) Matters”. The discussion explored the evolving role of the college... View full entry »
COLUMBIA, SC – Midlands Technical College has begun construction of the Learning Resource Center on its Beltline Campus. This three-story building will become the focal point of the campus along Rosewood Drive. The center will feature technology-rich classrooms and computer labs... View full entry »
BY BRIDGET WINSTONThis year, summer nights in Lexington County will include live music, fireworks, prizes, cold beer for the grown-ups and space for kids to play – all delivered within the space of nine innings of baseball.When the new Lexington County Baseball Stadium opens on Ballpark Road... View full entry »
COLUMBIA, SC – The Eastminster Presbyterian Church was honored with an award for Preservation/Restoration by the Preservation Awards Committee of the Historic Columbia Foundation. Mashburn Construction worked with Quackenbush Architects + Planners to complete the 30,000 square... View full entry »
BY RODDIE BURRISWhen ground is broken, probably in July, on a new, $27.5 million student health center at the University of South Carolina, it will be a big step toward a long-held university goal: healthier Gamecocks.The four-story, 65,000-square-foot building is going up in the historic center... View full entry »
CONWAY, SC – February 27 – Quackenbush Architects + Planners joined Coastal Carolina University Friday afternoon to celebrate the dedication of the renovation and expansion of the Lib Jackson Student Union.The 40,000sf facility, which houses numerous student, administrative, and... View full entry »
COLUMBIA, SC – The Greater Columbia Section of the American Institute of Architects has announced the election of its Board of Directors for the 2015 term. Two members of the Q+ staff, Robyn Fisher and Wendy Bertani, were among those honored as Board Members. Fisher will serve as President... View full entry »
"WILDCAT HOLLOW" SITE OF NEW COLLEGIATE BASEBALL STADIUMCOLUMBIA, S.C. (July 28, 2014) - Shanahan & Company Sports Management LLC, parent company of the Blowfish, announced today that it has reached an agreement with the Lexington County Recreation & Aging Commission to market and... View full entry »
COLUMBIA, SC – Quackenbush Architects + Planners announced that Janie Kronk Gossett, AIA LEED AP BD+C GGP, recently earned her architectural license from the National Council of Architectural Registration Board (NCARB) and certification as a Green Globes ProfessionalTM from the Green... View full entry »
COLUMBIA, SC – June 30 – Quackenbush Architects + Planners is proud to welcome Robyn Fisher to the firm as Project Architect. “The entire team is energized and delighted to have Robyn join us,” says Doug Quackenbush, President of Quackenbush Architects + Planners... View full entry »
ATHLETIC BUSINESS - The University of South Carolina replaced its outdated softball stadium with a larger facility that accommodates 1,400 people — approximately double the previous facility’s seating capacity. An assortment of seating options range from enclosed rooms to traditional... View full entry »
Administrators, board members and School Improvement Council members gathered Thursday in Chapin to break ground at the site of Lexington-Richland School District Five’s new middle school campus. While they dug into the earth with ceremonial shovels, construction crews continued to clear and... View full entry »
COLUMBIA, SC – May 5, 2014 – Quackenbush Architects + Planners won a prestigious American Institute of Architects South Carolina 2014 Honor Award for its City of Columbia Parks and Recreation Administration Building. The firm also won an AIA SC 2014 Citation Award for its... View full entry »
COLUMBIA, SC - April 22, 2014 - Quackenbush Architects + Planners, celebrating its 10-year anniversary throughout the year 2014, has experienced exponential growth since being founded in 2004 in Columbia, South Carolina by Douglas Quackenbush AIA LEED AP.Over the past decade... View full entry »
COLUMBIA, SC – December 2, 2013 – Quackenbush Architects + Planners welcomes Kenneth A. Whitted, RA, CTD, to the firm as staff architect. A construction documents specialist, Whitted has over 15 years of experience in the architectural design and production industry. His work... View full entry »
Dan Gerst Competitive Intelligence & Business DevelopmentThe U.S. Green Building Council just announced that Muller Road Middle School has earned LEED for Schools Certification. Quackenbush Architects + Planners designed the 176,000 square foot school for Richland School District Two. It... View full entry »
COLUMBIA, SC – November 8 – Quackenbush Architects + Planners is proud to welcome Whitney Meeks Steinbrecher, IIDA, NCIDQ, to the firm as interior designer. Credentialed by the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ), the industry’s highest standard of... View full entry »
Starting on page 27 at the link below is a great article in Columbia, South Carolina's Jasper Magazine - The Word on Columbia Arts. http://jaspercolumbia.net/volume-3-issue-1/ View full entry »
By Rodney Welch Wednesday, October 23, 2013 For over a decade, Midlands Technical College has been faced with a serious challenge for an institution dedicated to providing workplace-ready students for new and existing industries. The college had to be cutting-edge to remain competitive, but it... View full entry »
COLUMBIA, SC - August 8, 2013 - Quackenbush Architects + Planners is proud to welcome Katherine Lanni to the firm as intern architect. A graduate of the School of Architecture and Design at Virginia Tech, where she received her Master of Architecture, Lanni was awarded the Winston-Salem (N.C.)... View full entry »
Firm President, P. Douglas Quackenbush, was recently interviewed by Mike Switzer for the South Carolina Business Review and aired on NPR last Friday. See the below link for the full audio: http://www.scetv.org/index.php/sc_business_review/show/columbia_architect_finds_success_with_schools/ View full entry »
COLUMBIA, SC - May 15, 2013 - Quackenbush Architects + Planners has won an American Institute of Architects Merit Award for its Richland District 2 Muller Road Middle School project. The award was presented at the AIA South Carolina Awards Banquet on Saturday, May 3, 2013, at the Riviera... View full entry »
Quackenbush Architects + Planners is proud to welcome Kyle Fant to the firm as intern architect. A graduate of Washington University, where he received his Master of Architecture, Fant received the Alpha Rho Chi Medal for graduate architecture, a recognition that honors an outstanding student for... View full entry »
All that was missing at the new Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field on Friday night was a storybook finish. The Gamecocks had the potential winning run at the plate in the final inning of a 6-4 loss to Alabama, the defending national champions, but they couldn’t make the debut of the... View full entry »
COLUMBIA, SC – February 28, 2013 – Quackenbush Architects + Planners proudly welcomes Marc W. Warren, AIA, LEED AP BD+C to the firm as project architect. Warren has nearly 18 years of experience in design and project management in new, renovation, and LEED construction for a... View full entry »
