PRACTICE
Building Ground Architecture is an architecture and design firm rooted in transformative solutions. Project types include adaptive reuse and new construction of residential, commercial and institutional spaces.
MISSION
We focus on sustainable projects that actively connect architecture to its local history and environment through form and materiality. Our design roots itself in contextual grounding relating to a specific location. At Building Ground, we believe design as intervention can be transformative in the future progress of communities and the betterment of people’s lives.
RESEARCH
Traditional notions of figure-ground are rooted in two-dimensional representations that contrast positive built space with negative un-built space. Building Ground attempts to blur these boundaries with each project. Through thoughtfully integrating architecture, interior design, site planning and landscape design, beginning in the concept phase of each project and extending through construction, Building Ground Architecture lays the groundwork for innovation. Our fundamental interest is to design more robust environments that optimistically shape everyday life at all scales.
TEAM
Brad Groff, Principal
Brad is a licensed architect with 20 years experience in PA, NY, DC and DE. He grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and received his Bachelor of Architecture (2002) from The Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design (2007). He is LEED Green Associate and a member of the AIA. Previously, Brad worked professionally at SHoP Architects and Ennead in New York, NY. Academically, he has taught or been a teaching assistant at Penn State University, Harvard Graduate School of Design and Parsons.
Dan Hoch, Designer
Aniket Surve, Urban Designer
Hannah Kadrie, Intern