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Philosophy GVA is an award-winning architectural firm grounded in institutional and commercial work. Over the decades, the firm has broadened its expertise to include educational, financial, corporate, residential and interior design. GVA seeks to build upon its tradition of fine design and quality documentation established by the firm's founders, Edward Rogers and George Vaeth, Jr. We look to create strong connections with our clients, providing the most responsive and productive design experience while striving to make the entire process a pleasurable one. GVA considers the art of design and the craft of preparing documents equally important and feels that neither should come at the expense of the other. We pride ourselves as much on our latest design award as we do on our low record of change orders (typically less than 1%). Our design portfolio reflects an individual response to each set of design circumstances to create projects that are as much about the client and program as they are about their specific site and context. - GVA is certainly not new to energy conscious design or green buildings. During the energy crisis of the 1970's, our design for Rosedale Federal Savings and Loan Association in Churchville, MD was one of the first 'active solar' buildings in the Baltimore-Washington region. By utilizing an integral rooftop photo-voltaic array and implementing many passive solar concepts, energy costs for the building were diminished significantly. Unfortunately, the 1980's saw a decrease in energy cost and therefore a dwindling interest in energy and resource conservation. With energy costs now on the rise and a renewed concern for earth's limited resources, the same issues from the 1970's are once again on the public front burner. Informed by the lessons of the past and equipped with even more efficient and reliable technologies, owners, developers, architects and engineers are again addressing the concepts of sustainability in a more comprehensive