Ayers Saint Gross

Ayers Saint Gross, Architects and Planners is an architectural firm in Maryland, U.S. specializing in master plans and building designs for higher education institutions.[1][2] The firm is described as maintaining “a narrower focus on college and university work than any other in the country.”[1]

Since the 1980s, Ayers Saint Gross has become a long-term adviser to universities including Harvard, Johns Hopkins and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1] The Firm’s academic projects range from campus master plans to classroom buildings, laboratories, performing arts centers and law and business schools.[2]

The firm employs about 200 professionals and is organized into studios specializing in planning, academic and student life facilities, landscape architecture, environmental signage and graphic design.[3]

Based in Baltimore, the firm was known for institutional and residential projects until the 1980s when it specialized in the "design and planning for non-profit institutions, with a specific focus on higher education." The current president is Luanne Greene, FAIA, LEED AP.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Walker, Childs. “Expansion of Baltimore architectural firm fueled by focus on colleges,” "Baltimore Sun", August 8, 2011
  2. ^ a b Gunts, Edward. “Getting to be big firm on campus,” "Baltimore Sun", March 5, 2000.
  3. ^ "Mickelson, Kimberly. "Firm to Deliver Student Housing in Downtown Phoenix," "Building Arizona", October 11, 2011". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
  4. ^ asg-architwects.com/firm/people/