Based in Georgetown, Barnes Vanze Architects, Inc. has had a long and successful design history in the Washington area and beyond. Mr. Barnes, originally born and educated in South Africa, came to this country after working in London and Guatemala to attend the Masters Architectural program at Yale University. After graduating in 1983 he moved to Washington, where he joined Hartman-Cox, a DC-based firm. Mr. Vanze grew up in New York and attended Brown and the University of Virginia , and moved to Washington in 1977, where he joined the Washington office of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. Three years later he went to Hartman-Cox, where he and Mr. Barnes began working together.

While at Hartman-Cox, Mr. Barnes' and Mr. Vanze's projects included commercial, institutional and academic projects in Washington DC, Texas, Virginia and Delaware. Mr. Barnes and Mr. Vanze left Hartman-Cox to found Barnes Vanze & Associates in 1989.

Over the past 18 years, Barnes Vanze has consistently grown from two Principals to more than a 25 person firm, with offices in Washington, DC and Middleburg, Virginia. Our Senior Associates, William Wheeler and Timothy Clites, joined the firm in 1991 and 1999 respectively. Mr. Clites heads up our Middleburg office, while Mr. Wheeler is responsible for numerous projects in our Georgetown office as well as around the country.

The firm has completed several hundred projects of a variety of building types and scales. We have concentrated on high-end private residential work, as well as institutional and commercial projects, while continuing to expand our interest and expertise in other building types. The firm currently has projects at various stages of completion across the country.