BBGM Principals Domenic Giordano, Bahram Kamali and Bruno Grinwis recently sat down with Abha Bhattarai from the Washington Post to discuss the challenges of some of their projects, current trends and how they have continued to flourish.
Discussing some of BBGM’s recent high-profile projects, the Washington Post highlights what was true for many firms following the recession: business results were heavily entangled with the stock market.
As a boutique firm, BBGM has worked behind the scenes on many well-known projects around the world, offering unique design solutions that are tailored to the clients’ business needs. Specifically, the article covers challenges encountered on the InterContinental DC Wharf, which is scheduled for delivery late 2017.
An excerpt from the article:
To bring its project to fruition, Carr turned to BBGM, a boutique architecture and interior design firm that has worked behind the scenes on a number of high-profile renovations and office projects, from the interior of the Mandarin Oriental to the upcoming Marriott Marquis Washington.
At the Intercontinental, BBGM executives found a way to maximize water views while ensuring the ballroom would be accessible to kitchen and wait staff. There were other questions, too: Where would the pantry go? How would the ballroom be divided into smaller spaces without compromising the sweeping water views?
“It was a big design challenge to make everything fit together,” said Bahram Kamali, one of the firm’s three partners.
Business has grown steadily in recent years for the District-based firm, which was founded in 1987. A wave of hotel renovations in the Washington area has helped boost its bottom line, as has a move toward consolidated office spaces.
