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Salvation Army Angel Tree Volunteering
December 2023
We have been volunteering with the Salvation Army Angel Tree for many years and it is one of our favorite activities to do as a group during the holiday season. We love sorting and organizing toys for children in need, and always makes us happy to volunteer with our HD family.
End of Year Donation
December 2023
During the holiday season, Hereford Dooley Architects makes a donation to charity near and dear to our hearts.
This is the first year we have donated to SATB2 Gene Foundation and we are so thankful we are able to support a cause that means so much to some of our employees.
The SATB2 Gene Foundation, Inc. was established to enrich the lives of individuals with SATB2-associated syndrome, including those diagnosed with the condition and their families, through support, research and education.
Learn more about the incredible foundation here and for more information on SATB2.
LoveHelps Holiday Luncheon
December 2023
LoveHelps is an organization that promotes literacy in Nashville schools that we have been involved with for many years. It is one of our favorite organizations to volunteer with and go into schools to read books to children. We enjoy supporting LoveHelps throughout their various events as well, and the Holiday Luncheon is no exception. Pictured in the photo L to R: Lance Adams, Dan Clark, Jack Wojcicki, Marry Rutland and Trip Hereford.
Gingertown 2023
December 2023
We always look forward to participating in Gingertown Nashville event every year hosted by ESa. It is a festive way to stretch our creative muscles. The theme was Christmas in Paris and we won Best Expression of Theme for our train station, affectionately named Running Lait Metro.
Giving Tuesday 2023
November 2023
We are so thankful to be able to make donations to different organization and charities that our dear to our hearts throughout the year. On Giving Tuesday of 2023, we donated to the Save Haven Family Shelter, Nashville Tree Foundation, and Adult Literacy Council.
To learn more about these incredible organizations, please click the links below:
HD Corporate Retreat
November 2023
In November, we took a Friday away from the office and gathered at Henry Horton State Park in Chapel Hill, TN. We took time to reflect as a group what is important to our firm, looked at areas of improvement and also celebrated some wins. Overall, it was a great time away to bond and come back before the holiday season reenergized and ready to tackle the new year.
Andrew Masison receives his LEED Green Associate
October 2023
Please join us in congratulating Andrew Masison, LEED Green Associate on receiving his LEED Green Associate.
He is currently enrolled at The Catholic University of America and also works for Hereford Dooley Architects remotely. He has been taking a LEEDLab at school which helps students have a greater understanding of LEED as an organization and achieving certifications. Andrew says he was interested in the class and saw it as an opportunity to have a better understanding of LEED, the process, and to help aid him with sustainable design for his post graduation career.
AIA Tennessee Conference
August 2023
Five team members gathered in Memphis last week for the AIA Tennessee conference. Our group enjoyed the speakers, learned a lot from the sessions, and also explored the city a little bit. The overarching theme of the conference was exploring places that bring people together and bring joy in a community setting.
Hereford Dooley Architects celebrates 29th Anniversary
July 2023
July 15th marked our 29th anniversary as a firm! We commemorated the anniversary with our annual group photo, as well as celebrations on Friday afternoon and Monday morning. To all who have supported us along the way, thank you. We look forward to many more years committed to our clients, community, and our profession.
Spencer Herring joins Hereford Dooley Architects
June 2023
Spencer Herring joined our team in June of 2023 as a graduate of Auburn University. He is from Rome, GA and grew up with parents in the healthcare industry. Growing up, he found interest in Legos and buildable toys that eventually turned into a love for architecture. In his free time, he loves to play video games, exercise and enjoy the outdoors. Spencer joined Stacy’s team as a project assistant. We are happy to have him on board.
Jake Millman joins us as our summer intern
June 2023
We are excited to introduce our summer intern, Jake Millman!
Originally from Charleston, Jake is going into his graduate year at Auburn University. He interned last summer with 2WR+ PARTNERS. He has been hard at work assisting our team with FSERs and 3D printing, among other things. In his spare time he enjoys tennis, bowling, camping and collecting vinyl records. We are happy to have Jake intern with us this summer.
Bryan Schlosser promoted to Project Manager
Nashville, TN
August 2022
Please join us in congratulating Bryan Schlosser on his promotion to project manager! Bryan has been with Hereford Dooley Architects for over five years as a project assistant. Throughout his time with us, he has gained invaluable experience in all phases of the design process that has equipped him to be a successful project manager.
We are excited to see Bryan step into his new role.
Hereford Dooley Architects granted Just 2.0 Label
Nashville, TN
January 2022
At the end of 2021, Hereford Dooley Architects received our first Just 2.0 label. It is an exciting landmark for our organization! As a program of the International Living Future Institute, Just is a voluntary disclosure tool used a nutrition label for socially just and equitable organizations. It is not a certification program, but a platform for organizations to disclose operations, such as employee benefits and where financial and community investments are made. The Just program aligns with our five core values: service, integrity, generosity, learning and improvement – and our desire to be transparent with the people we work with, from our employees to our clients and everyone in between. After an extensive data dive and collection, we were granted our Just label.
We are pleased with our grade and the benchmark provided for us to improve our current policies in the near future. We encourage all corporations to join us in taking this internal look at their own operations.
End of the Year Charity Donation - LiveLikeLou
Nashville, TN
December 2021
During the holiday season, Hereford Dooley Architects makes a donation to a different charity every year.
This year, we are giving back to a non-profit called LiveLikeLou, an ALS research foundation.
LiveLikeLou is committed to making an impact on ALS research while supporting children of families affected by ALS. Their impact is focused on facilitating learning amongst ALS researchers, supporting innovative research centers, and giving children of ALS families life-enhancing experiences and financial assistance as they pursue higher education dreams.
Learn more about their incredible foundation here and how you can get involved in ALS research.
Co-op Catholic University of America student joins our firm for a year
Nashville, TN
August 2021
Andrew Masison is from Bethesda, MD, and has an undergrad degree from The Catholic University of America. In 2020, his team was the winner of the AIA Northern Virginia Interschool Design Competition. Andrew will co-op with us for a year before returning for his graduate degree next fall.
He loves watching hockey, baseball, and football, and being outdoors. We think he came to the right place to enjoy all of these great things!
HD Welcomes Fourth Hire
Nashville, TN
July 2021
We are happy to introduce our fourth hire from this summer, Michelle Blackwell. Michelle is originally from Chicago and graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with a degree in architecture. While in college, Michelle was a finalist and attended the AIAS’ 60th anniversary conference in 2017 where she got to meet Disney Imagineers. She joins Whitney’s team as a project assistant.
In her spare time, Michelle enjoys playing board games, stargazing and reading.
HD Welcomes Dylan Bellah to the Team
Nashville, TN
July 2021
Join us in welcoming another recent graduate to our team, Dylan Bellah! Dylan is originally from Tucson, AZ and graduated from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville with a degree in architecture. When growing up, Dylan knew he wanted to have a career in the built environment and eventually settled on architecture because he appreciated the ability to be more creative. Dylan joins Heather's team as a project assistant.
One of Dylan’s favorite hobbies is collecting and restoring antique electronics, anything from televisions to radios.
HD Welcomes Mississippi State Grad to Team
Nashville, TN
July 2021
We are excited to introduce another new hire, Jesse Stevens! Jesse is originally from Anguilla, Mississippi and graduated from Mississippi State University with a degree in architecture. Jesse and his fiancé moved to Nashville this summer after their graduation. Jesse was an athlete in college and played on the tennis team. Jesse joins Daniel’s team as a project assistant.
In his free time, Jesse enjoys watching and playing all sports, traveling and spending time with family.
Hereford Dooley Architects celebrates 27th anniversary
Nashville, TN
July 15th, 2021
On July 15th, we celebrated our 27th anniversary by snapping an updated staff photo and enjoying sweet treats in our office. The celebrations continued as Trip Hereford hosted a backyard BBQ for our team.
As of July, we are a team of 21 and have six registered architects in our firm, our largest group yet.
We are looking forward to what the next 27 years hold.
Cheers!
HD Welcomes Sandra Ghabrial to the team
Nashville, TN
June 2021
We are excited to introduce one of our new hires, Sandra Ghabrial! Sandra is originally from Egypt but has called Nashville home for several years. She is a graduate of University of Tennessee-Knoxville where she majored in architecture. She decided in middle school that she wanted to be a designer and focus on architecture specifically when she grew up. Sandra joins Sara’s team as a project assistant.
Sandra is a creative at heart and plays two instruments and loves the theater. She enjoys acting, painting and playing volleyball in her spare time.
Hereford Dooley Architects ranks #22 in Nashville Business Journal
Nashville, TN
June 2021
Hereford Dooley Architects climbed up one spot from last year in the Nashville Business Journal’s ranking of the largest architectural firms within the city.
Lauren Johnson joins us as our summer intern
Nashville, TN
June 2021
Lauren joins Hereford Dooley Architects as a summer intern. Originally she is from Franklin, TN and is a rising senior at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville where she is majoring in Interior Architecture.
At school she works as a digital fabrication assistant at the FabLab and enjoys the creative process.
For fun she enjoys playing the guitar, riding her bike and making candles.
Join us in giving Lauren a warm HD welcome to our firm this summer!
Jeremy Dooley returns to Hereford Dooley Architects
Nashville, TN
May 2021
Jeremy first started with Hereford Dooley Architects in 2003 and is from Frankfort, Kentucky. He attended the University of Kentucky. He has been with Hereford Dooley for over 13+ years, and previously served as our in-house bookkeeper for six years and before that as a project designer working on projects such as Palms West ASC, Doctors Hospital (Evans ASC), and Port Charlotte ASC. After a brief hiatus, Jeremy rejoins Hereford Dooley Architects as a project assistant on Sara Frederick's team.
He loves good coffee and in his spare time enjoys exercising and spending time with his family.
Please join us in welcoming Jeremy back to the firm!
Ginny Luckie Farmer promoted to Director of Culture
Birmingham, AL
April 2021
In January 2021, Ginny Luckie Farmer was promoted to the position of Director of Culture for Hereford Dooley Architects, a healthcare-focused architectural firm with locations in Nashville, TN and Birmingham, AL. Ginny works in Birmingham and supports marketing and business development efforts for the firm. In this new role, she helps to accomplish important goals and strategic objectives with regard to employee engagement. The firm’s commitment to a value-driven approach and an employee-centric culture are vital to the framework of our mission to foster a healthy environment for our team, our clients, and our community.
Employee engagement has emerged as an imperative driver of success for today’s business owners. The formation of this position is a clear and concerted commitment to gaining a deeper understanding of these kind of key drivers that lead to change in individual and business performance. We are excited to see what change may come as we work to continually develop authentic, fair, and meaningful ways to improve our practice.
Habitat for Humanity Build
Nashville, TN
April 2021
Back in April of 2021, our firm participated in a Habitat for Humanity build. We missed being able to volunteer together over the past year due to COVID, so it was a great day getting out and giving back to our community.
Thanks to the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville for having us, and to our team member Abigail Myers for organizing it all for us
Sara Frederick returns to Hereford Dooley
Nashville, TN
January 2021
Sara originally joined our firm in 2013 after receiving her master's degree from Georgia Tech. Once licensed, she pursued her dream of moving to New York City but eventually moved back to Nashville and found her way home to Hereford Dooley Architects at the end of 2020. Sara rejoins our firm as a Project Manager with over seven years of experience. She is from Vidalia, Georgia and in her free time enjoys traveling, cooking, swimming and being involved in her church activities throughout Nashville.
We are happy to have you back, Sara!
Broken Restored Redeemed Charity Donation
Nashville, TN
December 2020
At the end of every year, Hereford Dooley Architects makes a donation to a different charity. Last year, we decided to get our team involved and asked them where they would like to see the donation go. We have carried the tradition into 2020. A survey with various charities in the Nashville area was sent to our staff to choose from.
The charity of choice for this year is Broken Restored Redeemed Ministries.
Broken Restored Redeemed Ministries is one of the largest faith-based, non-profit housing homeless ministries. They provide services throughout middle Tennessee by promoting the rebuilding of communities through their housing program services; and by teaching accountability, responsibility and sustainability.
Learn more about their incredible ministry here and how you can get involved.
Stacy Williams joins our team
Nashville, TN
Stacy Williams, AIA joined our firm as a Project Manager in March. Stacy has three degrees under her belt and over 15 years of experiences.. She hails from Columbus, Ohio and is licensed in Ohio and Kentucky. In her time at Hereford Dooley, she has worked on a majority of healthcare projects with various other projects peppered in. Currently she is leading the Central Tampa FSER, St. David’s Women’s and the Blake Kitchen Renovations projects. In her spare time, she enjoys photography, rowing, curling and community service. We are happy to have you on board, Stacy!
Opportunity for employees to give back
Nashville, TN and Birmingham, AL
October 2020
Hereford Dooley Architects has implemented a unique way for team members to give back to communities and charities of their choice. Using Charityvest, our firm matched 100% of the first $1,000 donated by our employees through a matching program. There are no additional processing fees using this web site, ensuring every penny goes to the charities in need. As an initial offering, Hereford Dooley made a deposit into each employee’s charity bank for them to make the first tax-deductible grants. Our goal for using Charityvest is to allow the philanthropical extension of our company be the main source for charitable giving in the future, while allowing employees to self-direct those funding measures.
Want to learn more? Check out CharityVest here or contact us directly.
Hereford Dooley Architects participates in Civic Design Center’s 2020 Parking Day
Nashville, TN
September 18, 2020
The Nashville Civic Design Center has been hosting Parking Day for several years. 2020 is Hereford Dooley Architects first year to participate. Our firm’s virtual submission is based off our theme, in order to heal, one must learn to heel. Taking that into consideration and the current circumstances of COVID-19, it is still important to maintain relationships with others. For example, dogs are designed to interact and learn from their surroundings. Interactions with other pups can help heal them mentally and physically. Thus, our heeling barklet was born. It is designed to allow dogs to interact and engage with their surroundings. Our design uses sustainable materials throughout the entire parklet. and was brought to (virtual) life by our team. Check out our work. We even won a Golden Bone award!
23rd Largest Architectural Firm June 2020
We are pleased to share that as of June 2020, we are the 23rd largest architectural firm in the Greater Nashville Area. Hereford Dooley Architects looks forward to growing our number of registered architects in the coming years.
Office Move January 2020
As of January, Hereford Dooley Architects has a new address. We moved just a few streets over to 205 17th Ave North, Suite 203, Nashville TN 37203. It was bittersweet saying goodbye to our old office on West End, but we are looking forward to a fresh start in our new place - with room to grow. Even though we are still settling in, we are already beginning to feel at home. We are now above Clyde’s on Church Street, so come stop by and see us. We would love to grab lunch or cocktail downstairs and then show you our new space. Cheers to new beginnings in 2020!
Both Hands 2019
At the end of every year, Hereford Dooley Architects always makes a donation to a different charity. This year, we got our team involved and asked them to choose where they would like to see the donation go for 2019. The charity of choice? Both Hands.
Both Hands is an organization that is formed off of James 1:27 call to take care of orphans and widows. Learn more about their incredible organization here.
Please join us in congratulating our new licensed architect, Heather Yaple!
Hereford Dooley is very proud of Heather’s achievement. She says, “becoming licensed is the culmination of a several year journey of school, gaining work experience, studying and taking exams. A large amount of time and effort has been put into this journey and a larger amount of pride and relief is the outcome. I’m looking forward to taking my career to the next level and looking for that next goal to accomplish.”
Hereford Dooley Celebrates 25th Anniversary on July 15, 2019
Hereford Dooley Architects was officially formed by principals Trip Hereford and Tom Dooley in 2014, but its roots trace back to 1994. Tom opened the Nashville studio in 1994 when he partnered with Lyman+Davidson of Atlanta to form Lyman Davidson Dooley. Trip came on board in 2006, and in 2014 the founding principals rebranded the Nashville studio from a divisive reorganization and became Hereford Dooley.
The firm has experience in public and commercial work, but at the heartbeat of their portfolio is healthcare work. Since 1994, Hereford Dooley has specialized in Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Freestanding Emergency Rooms, Oncology Centers as well as Medical Office Buildings and Acute Care Design. The firm has planned and designed almost 900 healthcare projects to date.
Their mission is to deliver exceptional designs that foster a healthy environment for their team, clients and communities. The firm is proud of their service first attitude, something that is translated into every aspect of their business. The firm leadership lives this by example and is trickled down and encouraged to every team member.
The leadership is quick to humble themselves and thank all the people that have supported and worked with them over the past 25 years. Hereford Dooley looks forward to their next 25 years and the opportunities they will have to continue to give back, share their expertise to invest in a sustained and bright future for all.