HADP Architecture, Inc. announces that it has restructured its practice to focus the firm's efforts on its lead core markets of student housing, higher education, K-12 education, affordable housing, senior living, aviation and general practice. The change is the outcome of numerous workshops and meetings after the firm enlisted the services of ZweigWhite management consultants to assist in improving company operations.

Over the past months, HADP has made significant progress in improving and strengthening the operational side of the business, while continuing to deliver the highest quality service. With the restructuring complete, HADP will be able to continue to grow the business against the dramatic potential of the current market and economy. The firm has made a total commitment to excellence in all areas.

In its commitment to improving the quality of life through architecture and design, HADP Architecture has elected David Harper to serve as its President and C.E.O. Stewart Aiken will serve as its Chairman. The current seven Practice Groups will be led by the following: Charles Poropatic - On Campus Student Housing; Richard Aiken - Affordable Housing; Kevin Donahue (interim) - Higher Education; Bill Brown (interim) - K-12 Education; Robert Bitterli (interim) - Senior Living; David Harper (interim) - Aviation; and Stewart Aiken - General Practice.

Long on experience, with great technical ability and stellar employees, the company will share a service-oriented culture built on a tradition of service excellence. The new Practice Group-focused HADP will enhance the firm's financial strength, improve our ability to attract prospects, and allow us to build our leadership advantage. The management of HADP envisions the firm to be poised for all future goals and directions as HADP Architecture is committed to make whatever changes necessary to make the firm highly successful for now and the future.

HADP Architecture was recently awarded two projects as part of the downtown expansion of a mixed-used development to expand the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) in Savannah, Georgia. 

This urban-style development, located at 1025 W. Gwinnett Street, will house SCAD's new 4-acre student housing complex, Gwinnett Village, which will consist of four buildings and a 17,000-square-foot athletic facility. The housing complex is part of a 22-acre parcel that also is expected to have a commercial component. The student housing buildings will be four stories high consisting of 384 beds. The first floor of each building is reserved for parking. The concrete parking structure will contain 160 spaces. 

The Recreation and Athletic Center is comprised of a total of 15,000 square feet. The two-story recreation center will contain a basketball court, café, weight room and aerobics area. The single story basketball area (75’x100’) will be designed as a prefab metal building. The café, weight room and aerobics room will be part of the two-story concrete and metal construction designed with a storefront exterior.  

Both projects will be up for bid in June with their opening scheduled for Fall Semester 2009. HADP Architecture has worked closely with SCAD over the past decade completing several projects on their campus throughout Savannah, Georgia. Founded in 1978, Savannah College of Art & Design is a private, nonprofit, accredited institution with locations in Atlanta and Savannah, Georiga, and Lacoste, France. The college is closely engaged with the city of Savannah and the preservation of its rich heritage.

HADP Architecture is pleased to announce the re-launch of the website of its partner company, Ivy Group Consultants. Led by Robert J. Bitterli, Ivy Group Consultants provides forensic consulting, construction claims analysis and expert witness services relating to building envelope design and other design and construction defects.

HADP Architecture, Inc. and SHW Group, LLP successfully teamed to win the University Apartments project at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The University Apartments project is an exciting opportunity for Texas A&M to provide campus style housing for single, married, families and international graduate students. This project brings the challenge of designing housing that competes with non-campus housing on price while providing a sense of community and campus. The project includes 252 living units in three-story garden style apartment buildings plus parking for 296 vehicles and all utility infrastructure and road extensions necessary to support the work.

At a total of 234,300 gross square feet, the apartments include 126 single units and 126 double units in eleven buildings. Utilities will be all electric and include cable television, fiber optics and high speed ethernet/wireless internet connections. Each apartment will also have a washer/dryer connection. Work is set to begin Spring 2008.

HADP Architecture, Inc. announces that James W. Edson, AIA has joined the firm as Vice President and is based in the firm's Fort Myers, Florida office.  Mr. Edson is a graduate of the University of Miami and has nearly 35 years of multifaceted experience with a variety of clientele, building types and management responsibilities. He is familiar with all phases of architectural services and has been involved with pre-design conceptual planning, project management and budgeting, and scheduling. His experience has taken him all the way through to the construction documentation, construction procurement, and even the construction administration phases of a project. Mr. Edson will serve as Director of the Fort Myers office and is dedicated to the growth and development of HADP Architecture's practice in the Southwest Florida market.

HADP wins High Profile Project to Revitalize the Complex used the house the Olympic Athletes for the 1996 Olympics

HADP Architecture, Inc. is serving as the Facility Assessment and Design Architect for the Georgia Institute of Technology North Avenue Apartments. Georgia Tech acquired the North Avenue Apartments, previously known as the Georgia State University Village, for use as residence halls this past summer.

The North Avenue Apartments, a highly visible part of Atlanta's skyline for over a decade, encompasses four high-rise residential halls and supporting facilities located on approximately eight acres. The complex was completed in 1995 to provide housing for athletes for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games.

The residential halls house up to 2,000 students. Parking facilities consist of 783 spaces. Included in the complex are street-level retail outlets, offices and meeting spaces, central utilities plants, courtyards, and associated infrastructure. The project also includes conversion of a gymnasium into a dining facility. The total project size is approximately 1.4 million gross square feet.

HADP Architecture was selected as the firm responsible for all aspects of the project. The HADP team includes Collins Cooper Carusi Architects, Ivy Group Consultants, Walter P Moore structural engineers, Jordan & Skala M/E/P engineers, plus urban planners, civil engineers, facility inventory specialists and parking consultants.

Established in 1885, Georgia Institute of Technology, one of the nation's top research universities, is part of the University System of Georgia. The Georgia Tech campus occupies 400 acres in the heart of the city of Atlanta.

"I just wanted to say a big ‘Thank You!’ to you for the essential part you played in creating Tuscana Ristorante, our new ‘drop dead gorgeous’ restaurant!"

Tuscana Ristorante, Southeastern University’s newest dining facility, was recently completed by HADP Architecture. The new 25,000-square-foot, $7 million campus restaurant opened August 18, in time for the 2007-2008 academic year.

The restaurant features a marché-style setup – island serving stations spread throughout – in order to keep up with student growth at the University. The restaurant seats 750 people and replaces the old, 400-seat dining hall. Another 70 people can dine on the patio. In addition to having more space for general dining, the new facility contains 200 seats of banquet space. The one-story, steel and concrete block-construction facility has a Mediterranean design that meshes with the existing buildings on campus. The design includes a ceiling that reaches 20 feet.

Southeastern University is a coeducational, Christian, liberal arts university in Lakeland, Florida. In 2001, HADP completed Aventura Hall, a 528-bed student housing facility on the campus.

HADP Architecture recently completed Barnard Village for the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia and the students have already moved in. Located at 3121 Barnard Street, Barnard Village offers single-floor apartment-style living with private bedrooms for 288 students. The trio of three-story, coeducational buildings features two baths, a full kitchen and furnishings, along with a clubhouse, laundry machines and meeting areas.

The building complex is modeled after Boundary Village, completed by HADP in 2002. Situated in the Savannah Historic District, the project had to meet strict architectural guidelines.

Savannah College of Art and Design is the nation’s fastest growing art school and the college is closely engaged with the city of Savannah and the preservation of its rich heritage.

HADP Architecture has been tasked with building the New Ridgecrest Residential Community for the University of Alabama. The project will be topped out in full concrete construction, 930+ beds, 1,000+ space parking deck and a project budget of more than $64 million. Special features of the Ridgecrest Community include traditional Georgian Style Architecture and Urban Plazas. The grand opening is scheduled for the Fall Semester 2009.

Established in 1831, the University of Alabama is the flagship campus of the University of Alabama System.

HADP Architecture announces that it has introduced its first complete website overhaul in several years. The new site is an up to date reflection of today’s firm and offers a colorful portrait of the firm’s work.

On May 19, the city of New Port Richey, Florida held its grand opening of the city’s new $14 million Recreation and Aquatics Center. The project, the largest and most expensive in the city’s history, was finished weeks ahead of schedule and well under budget. The new 37,000 square foot complex replaces a 37-year-old recreation center. It includes a children’s pool, diving well with two boards, 25-meter lap pool with a small ramp for disabled swimmers and a 25-foot spiral slide into a plunge pool. Multipurpose rooms, two full gymnasiums, locker rooms, a 2,000 square foot fitness center and administrative offices will round out the center. The center also doubles as a hurricane shelter, capable of sustaining 175-mph winds and providing space for more than 400 people.

HADP Architecture, Inc. announces that William L. Taylor has joined the firm as Senior Vice President and is based in the firm’s St. Petersburg/Tampa, Florida office. Mr. Taylor is a 1988 graduate of The University of Texas School of Architecture. He is a Licensed General Contractor in the State of Florida, and has extensive design and construction experience in student housing, multi-family, hotel and condominium projects throughout the United States. Mr. Taylor will serve in management to the West Florida region, and be responsible for business development for HADP Architecture, Inc.

HADP Architecture, Inc. was awarded the On-Campus Student Apartments Project on the Meredith College Campus with the goal of improving the number of upperclass women present on the campus by providing a more normative and upscale environment. Meredith College is the largest Private Women's College in the Southeast. The project encompasses the design and construction of apartment-style residential units to accommodate 252 Meredith College upper class women. The building is sited with beautiful panoramic vistas of study gardens, trellises and natural landscapes. This project is intended to be Gold LEED Certified.

Charterd in 1891, Meredith College is the largest women's college in the southeastern United States.