Hanbury

Ideas with Stretch.

We are a diverse collective of architects, designers, planners, creatives, storytellers, and visualization artists shaping higher education, life sciences, civic & community experiences.

06/11/2026

Hello, Chicago!

Hanbury’s ninth studio opens this month, formalizing more than a decade of Midwest work and giving us a permanent home in one of the country’s most important design cities.

Leading the studio is Andrew Balster, who joins as Principal, Design Strategy Director, and User Experience Market Leader.

Andrew has shaped Chicago design and design education for nearly two decades, most recently leading the Chicago office of an international design firm, and earlier as director of the Virginia Tech Chicago Studio, where he taught members of our own design leadership.

Full announcement at link in bio.

📷 1, 2, 4-6: Radar Photography

05/22/2026

Located between the Sports District and the ViBe Creative District in Virginia Beach, the design for the 19th Street Mixed-Use Garage treats essential parking infrastructure as a canvas for activity.

The project provides approximately 1,000 new parking spaces while restoring connectivity across the site through the extension of Parks Avenue. Retail and restaurants activate the ground plane along 19th Street, while planned public art integrated into the facade extends the creative identity of the ViBe District across the scale of both the pedestrian and the building.

In collaboration with The Runnymede Corporation, W.M. Jordan, and Kimley Horn.

More on the project via link in bio.

05/13/2026

Set against the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains, the Lower Campus Residence Halls replace two aging towers with three appropriately-scaled buildings organized around a new central quad.

Home to more than 900 first-year students, the project moves away from an institutional, vertical model toward a community-scaled approach. Each building is organized around a central bar of porches, lounges, kitchens, and study spaces that pulls residents toward each other and the landscape.

Mass timber, regionally-sourced materials, and reclaimed elements from the original towers shape a lower-carbon approach, reframing the lower edge of campus as a welcoming, lodge-like arrival point.

Honored with a 2026 Citation Award from AIA South Carolina.

📷: Hanbury

05/07/2026

Color study: Prague edition. 🌈

The 2026 Design Retreat is well under way.

04/22/2026

We have completed year seven of reporting on the Commitment. Across more than five million square feet of tracked space, our projects are averaging a 37% reduction above baseline energy use intensity, with two projects achieving above the current 90% performance threshold.

Earth Day is a fitting moment for reflection. As we build out our 2030 portfolio, we’re finding new opportunities for improvement across project teams, market sectors, and geographic regions. Every project, both the obstacles and the success stories, contribute to informing earlier, better-calibrated design decisions across our practice.

Our many thanks to the clients, partners, and teams who make this work possible, and to the AIA 2030 Commitment for the framework that holds our profession to measurable progress.

04/07/2026

Historic preservation begins with a simple premise: the most sustainable building is one that already exists. It evaluates what can remain, then adapts it to perform in the present.

Principal Greg Rutledge approaches preservation through material understanding and construction logic, developed over four decades of work, uncovering and retaining the evidence embedded in each place.

Each project works within the constraints of the existing structure, introducing targeted refinements that support continued use while keeping its history legible.
Read the full conversation at the link in bio.

Photos 1-5: The Cavalier Hotel,
Photos 6-7: Norfolk Botanical Gardens Admin Building,
Photos 8-12: The Hermitage Museum Visual Arts School

03/30/2026

Once a niche material, mass timber is becoming more common on campus as universities look to reduce carbon and shorten building timelines.

A closer look at three recent projects shows the different ways it is being applied in practice, aligning material strategy with individual institutional priorities. Link in bio.

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