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

GSR Andrade joined Essilor of America, the nation’s leading manufacturer of optical lenses, as they celebrated the grand opening of their new world-class Innovation and Technology Center in Farmers Branch, Texas on Thursday, October 4th.  Farmer’s Branch city officials joined Essilor of America president and chief executive officer, John Carrier, at a reception hosted at the...Read More

GSRA’s Robert Croysdale, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Janna Jellum-Velasquez, RID, LEED GA, and Jan Krause-Leckie, SDA took part in the 2012 TASA/TASB Convention which was held in Austin last week.   The GSRA crew enjoyed meeting and talking with Administrators, Superintendents and Board Members from all over the State of Texas.       In...Read More

GSR Andrade Architects staff member, Chuck Bennett, AIA, participated in the Annual MDA Executive Lock-Up on August 29th at Fedora restaurant in Dallas’ Arts District. The local event raised $52,000.00 for the Dallas Chapter of MDA.  These donations can provide 1,730 flu shots, 702 minutes of research, 104 repairs to medical equipment, or send 65 kids...Read More

A ground-breaking celebration was held September 11th for the second phase of the Forney Medical Plaza along East Hwy. 80 at F.M. 548 and Broad Street in Forney, Texas. Phase II facility will be a two-story 33,117 s.f. addition to the existing medical campus building. It will house a 13,248 s.f. emergency department (the first...Read More

GSRA’s North Lake College General Purpose Building G, which opened for the Fall semester of 2009, has been recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Sustainability by the Texas Association of School Administrators and Texas Association of School Boards in their 2012 Exhibit of School Architecture that takes place at their annual convention.  The various criteria by...Read More