GSR Andrade recently completed Willie B. Johnson Recreation Center for the City of Dallas – a 6,000 s.f. renovation to the existing center including updated finishes, the installation of a commercial kitchen and the addition of solar panels.   Although the project was a renovation and not subject to the Park and Recreation Department’s requirement...Read More

On February 25th, GSRA, in partnership with Harrison Walker & Harper, hosted a BIM (Building Information Modeling) forum with representatives from the Texas A&M University-CommerceConstruction Science College. Using GSRA’s Revit model of the Grand Prairie Subcourthouse, Dr. Gregory Wilson, Assistant Professor in the Engineering & Technology Department, and one of his construction students demonstrated the...Read More

An eager and energetic group of GSRA employees and friends braved the cool temperatures last Saturday morning to participate in the 2nd Annual Form Follows Fitness 5K benefiting the Dallas Center for Architecture.   The course took over 1,200 runners (and walkers) though Downtown and Uptown past some of Dallas’ greatest architectural icons. The start and...Read More

Several GSRA staff members were on-hand November 15th for the dedication of the new Balch Springs Middle School (designed by GSR Andrade Architects as part of the 2008 DISD Bond Program). The future success of Balch Springs relies on the education of its children.  The 196,000 s.f., 3-story Balch Springs Middle School was built to...Read More

Team GSRA participated (again) in the 6th Annual “Furniture 4 Kids” event held Thursday, October 25th at Zouk Dallas.  Using this year’s theme of “rock the box”, GSRA converted a plain, wooden toy box into a child’s dream of a giant working boom-box.       The coined event – ‘Furniture 4 Kids’ – was created by OFS Brands, a manufacturer...Read More

GSR Andrade employees participated once again in the annual Hearts & Hammers project – providing general maintenance and repair on the home of a delightful senior near our office.  We were greeted at her door at 7:30 a.m. on the first work day with homemade poundcake!     A team of 10-12 GSRA staff (and spouses) worked all day...Read More

  This is a follow-up entry to my Tuesday, October 9th post.   The Annual Canstruction Awards Ceremony was held Tuesday evening at Iron Cactus in Downtown Dallas.  The event was attended by members of each of the participating teams, as well as the competition’s Jurors, and sponsors.   Awards were presented for “Best Use...Read More

Team GSRA participated in the 16th Annual Canstruction build-out at NorthPark Center on Saturday, October 6th.  This was GSRA’s third year of involvement in the event.   Click on the link below for a time-lapse video of the building process:   Team GSRA at work!   Canstruction is the most unique food drive in the...Read More

GSR Andrade participated in the CityWalk@Akard “Swing By” Fundraiser on Friday, October 5th — supporting the Dallas AIA’s 2012 Emerging Leaders class project.   The event generated much-needed funds to kick-off construction.  In addition to admission ticket sales, there were numerous raffle items and a silent auction.     About the project…. CityWalk@Akard is a mixed-use building...Read More