GRO Architects is looking for a creative, detail-oriented architect/designer with a particular interest in interior design, to join our office. The position requires an individual with a strong design sense and the ability to communicate these ideas through digital visualization tools to create exciting spaces that capture a clear design vision for the project. Organizational skills and the ability to work in a team environment are critical to this position. GRO Architects is a fast-paced work environment that requires a commitment to developing innovative, thoughtful, and technical solutions for a wide range of clients and project types.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Participate in project design and conceptualization, using 3d modelling tools – specifically Revit and Rhino – to prepare concept renderings and drawings to convey design intent
- Prepare graphic presentations, and presentation materials using the Adobe Creative Suite
- Prepare detailed specifications for Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment selections
- Assist in the procurement of design elements by requesting and reviewing quotes from vendors, paying detailed attention to quote content
- Be passionate about design excellence and the ability of architecture and design to affect meaningful change
WHO WE ARE:
GRO Architects is an award-winning architectural practice formed by Nicole A. Robertson, AIA and Richard J. Garber, AIA in 2006. GRO Architects has been based in Lower Manhattan for the past 19 years, and opened an office in Jersey City in 2020, servicing projects throughout the metropolitan area. Our projects range in size, program, and complexity; our design portfolio includes several ground-up multi-family residential projects, the design for religious institutions such as the Montgomery Mosque for the Muslim Federation of New Jersey, and the adaptive reuse of historic structures such as our 125,000sf commercial project for Warren at Bay. Our projects always consider the specific needs of the client and site, responding creatively to constraints to propose innovative design solutions. For example, our Nest Micro-Housing project pushes the boundaries to propose the smallest legal dwelling possible in New Jersey, providing an innovative approach to the accommodation of accessible facilities and flexible built-in furnishings, thereby providing an alternative housing option that addresses the growing housing shortage. GRO recently received the 2024 Merit Award from AIA New Jersey for our Montgomery Mosque project, and in 2022 the Honor Award from AIA New Jersey for our Nest Micro-Housing project, completed in 2021. Our urban infill prototype, PREttyFAB, won an AIA Merit Award in 2009, a 2010 PCI Design Award in 2010, and was named “Project of the Year” by the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency that same year. In July 2009, Metropolis Magazine named GRO a “Next Gen Notable” for our Docking Stations project. The scheme envisioned a series of publicly accessible floating ex-tensions from Manhattan into the Hudson and East Rivers that powered city street lamps by harnessing river currents. In 2007, GRO won re:Construction, a design competition curated by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and sponsored by the Alliance for Downtown New York, with our project “Best Pedestrian Route”. In 2008, the same project also won an AIA New York Merit Award and a New York Designs Award from the Architectural League of New York. The fi rm’s design work has been published in the New York Times, the (Newark) Star Ledger, Architectural Record, The Architect’s Newspaper, Fast Company, Azure, Dwell, and Metropolis Magazine.
Our firm privileges the integration of emerging technologies to respond to client needs, project complexity, and collaboration between disciplines. As architects, we are intimately engaged in providing creative and sustainable design solutions for a broad array of project types and budgets. The virtual design and construction tools we use to realize our design proposals also allow us to bring to each project a more efficient and optimized construction process. Additionally, these tools have allowed us to operate in a highly efficient manner while maintaining a staff of two licensed architects and ten project designers. Through the conceptualization of how new digital protocols augment, challenge, and change the authorial process of design we create novel opportunities for our practice and bring excellence to design.
GRO ARCHITECTS, PLLC is a certified NYC M/WBE.
GRO Architects is committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Further, GRO Architects is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.
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