PROFILE
A.GRUPPO architects was founded in 2005 by Andrew Nance and Thad Reeves. From the outset, the office has been positioned as a vehicle for collaboration between themselves and other designers, architects, fabricators: and most importantly clients.
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A.GRUPPO engages in a broad range of project types and scales from intimately detailed interior "installations" to large scale master planning and speculative development. Thoughtful solutions to these "design problems" are informed by ongoing research in the ever-changing landscape of project delivery and tectonics. The quest for mastery of spatial articulation through light, materiality and composition is the key to attaining the transcendent experiential quality of Architecture.
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There are a wide variety of issues impacting the practice of Architecture today. Technology, economics, and sustainability all shape the way architects engage the process. We believe the ongoing discourse of Architecture is a critical component to the process of practicing in this field. At A.GRUPPO we are constantly mindful of this and value the "conversation" between architect and client as a necessary ingredient for the development of quality projects.
A. GRUPPO is a design + build architecture firm that specializes in sustainable, modern residential and commercial builds throughout the state of Texas. With two Texas offices in the heart of Dallas and San Marcos, A. GRUPPO has proven themselves with an array of unique and timeless buildings and continues to seek innovation, sustainability, and craftsmanship with every new project.
PRESS & AWARDS
For the Firm
2021 AIA Dallas · Contractor Award
2018 Texas Architect · "Hammer Time"
2016 Build Direct · "The 15 Best Architects in Dallas TX"
2015 D Magazine · "Architecture 360: A Gruppo Architects on the Need for Retrospect(ion)"
2015 Candy's Dirt · "Interview with an Architect: Thad Reeves Seeks Transcendent Quality of Architecture"
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2022 AIA Dallas Tour of Homes
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Aldwick Residence
2022 Architects of the Southwest - BOOQ Publishing
Riverbend Residence
2022 Architects of the Southwest - BOOQ Publishing
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2022 Architects of the Southwest - BOOQ Publishing
2018 Texas Architect · "Hammer Time"
2016 D Magazine · Home Tour Feature/ Interview with Thad Reeves
2016 Significant Homes · Featured Home
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2020 City Houses - BOOQ Publishing
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2018 Home Design and Decor · Rock House Restoration
2018 Open Concept Houses · LOFT Publications
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2019 Rock and Vine - "The Artists' Way"
2018 Spaces - "Artist Couple Goes Modern in San Marcos" (reprint from Texas Monthly Article)
2018 Texas Monthly- "Retired Couple Goes Modern in San Marcos"
2018 Home Design & Decor- "Artists' Abode"
2017 Texas Modern- Redefining Houses in the Lone Star State · The Images Publishing Group
2017 Residential Architect Design Award
2017 Architect Magazine · Featured Project
2016 Texas Architect · "A Pair of Jeans"
2016 Builder's Choice Custom Home · Grand Award
2016 Urban Home Magazine · Cover Feature "Artists' Abode"
2016 ArchDaily · Featured Project
2016 American-Architects "Building of the Week"
2016 Significant Homes · Featured Home
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2019 Little House in the City - Vassallo, Taunton Press
2014 Usual House "Character Breeds Individuality"
2014​​ Advocate Magazine · "A Little bit off Eden in Little Forest Hills"
2013 Home Adore · Featured Project
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2016 Feature Article in Urban Home Magazine
2014 Usual House "Little Red Box"
2013 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Creative Scholarship; Interiors as Design
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2013 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Creative Scholarship; Interiors as Design
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Guadalupe Station
2015 Downtown Development Award · Downtown San Marcos
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2014 Featured in Houzz · "Off the Grid"
2013 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Creative Scholarship; Interiors as Design
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2013 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Creative Scholarship; Interiors as Design
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Cooper (2) House
2011 AIA San Antonio Studio Award
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