Ranked #6 for Best Residential Architects in Maryland by RappaHANNOCK
“Located in the desirable Eastport neighborhood of Annapolis, Maryland, this modern residence perfectly embodies the ideals of waterfront living.”
Terps Hit “Home” Run in Forbes Best List
“Alums, Faculty Make Forbes Inaugural 200 Best Residential Architects in America.”
D.C.’s Flight Wine Bar Is Returning as a Wine Shop in Arlington
“Wine sellers Kabir Amir and Swati Bose are resurrecting their beloved business as a wine shop featuring modestly priced vinos from around the globe.”
FORBES TOP RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTS IN AMERICA 2025 LIST
Grid has been named one of only five Maryland firms on Forbes' America’s Top 200 Residential Architects list.
D.C.’S dearly missed Flight Wine Bar will resurface across the Potomac
“It’s now more of a hybrid and pure retail concept — we thought it seemed like the right time, space, and partners for this,” she says. “The area is developing so fast. It’s pretty exciting and doesn’t feel real yet.”
Legendary New York cocktail bar Death & CO is arriving in DC on Washingtonian
“The New York cocktail bar that helped inspire one of DC’s most esteemed drinking destinations, Columbia Room, is now replacing it. Death & Co opens on Thursday, July 14 with a totally redesigned Blagden Alley space…”
Merriweather Lakehouse Hotel featured in hospitality design on Archello
This expansive renovation and addition to an existing hotel in Columbia, MD blurs the lines between the indoors and out.
Spa Creek House has been featured on ARCHDAILY
On a narrow irregularly shaped lot fronting Spa Creek in Annapolis, Maryland this house slips between its neighbors and emerges buoyantly as it lilts towards the creek's edge.
Home & Designs 2022 idea book features Rocku Knob Sauna
Home & Design shares GriD architects’ Rocky Knob Sauna in their 2022 Idea Book. This small wonder combines the traditions of sauna building with those of outbuildings in the area, it reflects the spirit of place and possibility.
AECCafe features 107 Forbes
107 Forbes is featured in AECCafe as a new single-tenant Core & Shell office building located in West Annapolis.
Cladding Corp featured 107 Forbes as the “Most memorable exaple of a rainscreen renovation done right”
In a before/after showcase, GriD architects transforms 107 Forbes along Rowe Boulevard. Using a very innovative "dutch lap" or "fish scale" design, Swisspearl's metallic color series, REFLEX, makes this retrofit application a most unique installation.
706 giddings featured under commercial desgin on archello
Archello shares GriD architects’ commercial renovation located in Annapolis, MD. This newly renovated building elevates West Annapolis’ existing design paradigm by implanting a modern canon that bridges the residential and commercial scales of the neighborhood.
Redfin features GriD architects in “12 common misconceptions about building a new home
If you can’t find a home you like, you should consider building a new home. Redfin Real Estate shares comments by GriD architects and other design professionals in the Washington DC area on the process of custom home design and construction.
Rocky knob sauna featured under sauna architecture and design on archdaily
ArchDaily shares GriD architect’s modern off-the-grid sauna located in West Virginia on a remote mountain farm. This project is a research driven design build project; blending students, professionals, and craftsmen, exploring time-tested construction techniques as well as new methodologies.
Annapolis Home Magazine design awards 2020
Annapolis Home is pleased to announce the 2020 Annapolis Home Builder and Fine Design Award winners. Spa Creek House by GriD architects was recognized for excellence in in Waterfront Architecture, Custom Building, and a Fewer Than 3,500 sq. ft. home.
Washingtonian magazine’s residential design awards 2020 small project winner: rocky knob sauna
For 39 years, Washingtonian has joined with the DC chapter of the American Institute of Architects to recognize outstanding new work from the area’s best residential architects. On a farm in the West Virginia mountains that also includes a cabin and barn, this rustic-modern sauna was constructed of concrete, steel, and wood.
GriD architects residential design feature: a spa creek marvel of architecture
The project began with looking at the context. We were designing a building that we knew would be abstractly, formally different from the rest of the houses you see along the water’s edge. We ensured that the color, texture, and scale of it was reflective of what you see around Annapolis harbor. For the owners, it needed to be exquisitely modern and minimalistic in nature. It needed to be unique and eclectic. It needed to be efficient. The quality of the home needed to be exceptional.
Spa creek house recognized on dwell’s 5 top homes of the week with inviting bedrooms
As the weather gets even colder, we can’t help but think about curling back up in bed. Take a look at the exceptional residences from the Dwell community with bedrooms we wouldn’t mind coming home to.
$4M Transformation of west Annapolis building wins design awards for innovation, neighborhood revitalization
Through a complete redesign, the project team added 9,000 square feet to an existing 13,000-square-foot building, transforming it into Class A property, and improving the West Annapolis neighborhood.