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Clark Nexsen history
Clark Nexsen company history timeline
1920: Architect Pendleton S. Clark founded his namesake firm in Lynchburg, VA. Over the ensuing decades, the firm builds a reputation for institutional design with a focus on higher education and K-12 education.
1936: Pendleton S. Clark, AIA (first from left) serves as President of Virginia Society of Architects (now AIA Virginia).
1946: Pendleton Clark sketches: Church; Broad Street Methodist Church.
1948: Two new partners join the firm: Walter Nexsen, AIA, and John Owen, AIA.
1950: Partners Victor Buhr, PE and Myron Sturgeon, PE join the firm and a new office in Norfolk, VA is established.
1952: Pendleton S. Clark, FAIA is elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects.
1954: Computation & Analysis Building, United States Naval Weapons Laboratory in Dahlgren, VA.
Walter Nexsen, AIA (pictured first from left) served as president of AIA Virginia for the 1967-68 term.
1967: The Grafton Library at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, VA remains a landmark building on campus.
1970: The firm's student housing work continued to grow during the 1970s.
1974: Pendleton Clark, FAIA is named a William C. Noland Medalist, AIA Virginia's highest award.
1977: John Owen, Jr., is honored with AIA Virginia’s highest award, the William C. Noland Medal.
1979: Bob Gibson, PE and Clifton Barbieri, AIA become partners and the firm’s two offices, located in Lynchburg and Norfolk, VA now operate under the name Clark, Nexsen, Owen, Barbieri & Gibson.
1980: The firm opens an office in Madrid, Spain to serve United States agencies in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
Since 1980, Clark Nexsen has designed hundreds of international projects for the United States government.
Rendering of 1984: Combat Systems Facility in Dahlgren, VA.
1985: Bob Gibson, PE becomes president, CEO, and chairman of the board.
1994: The firm merges with Gunn Hardaway, expanding into North Carolina with the addition of a Charlotte office and reinforcing its K-12 and higher education portfolios.
1994: The firm establishes its bridge inspections practice, which has since evolved into a multidisciplinary transportation design group.
1997: The interior design studio of Alpha Design Group joins the firm.
2000: Base Library, Aviano Air Base, Aviano, Italy.
2000: Chris Stone, PE, F.NSPE, F.ASCE becomes president and Ken Stepka, PE becomes CEO.
2001: La Bella Vista Club, Aviano Air Base, Aviano, Italy.
2003: The Raleigh office opens.
2003: UNC Pembroke Regional Center for Economic, Community & Professional Development.
2006: Clark Nexsen completes one of the first sustainable projects for the DoD, the Squadron Operations Facility at Goldsboro Air Force Base.
2007: Virginia Beach Convention Center (lead design: SOM). 2007: Half Moone Cruise & Celebration Center opens.
2008: Completion of the Squadron Operations Facility at Fort Bragg is among the first design-build projects for the DoD.
2010: Chris Stone, PE, F.NSPE, F.ASCE continues as president; Tom Winborne, AIA is promoted to CEO; Ken Stepka, PE becomes chairman of the board.
2011: The firm merges with Technicon, reinforcing its federal government design expertise, adding industrial mechanical engineering, and expanding into Georgia with offices in Macon and Brunswick.
2013: Merger with Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee strengthens the firm's focus on education, community, and commercial projects.
2013: Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters opens in New Cumberland, PA, United States Army Corps of Engineers.
2013: Time magazine calls Hunt Library at NC State University “the library of the future.” Designed by Snohetta and Clark Nexsen.
2014: Clark Nexsen sets a new standard for military dining halls with the design of the LEED Gold Edson Range and Chappo Dining Facilities at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California.
2014: Headquarters location moves from Norfolk to Virginia Beach.
2015: Firm rebrands with new logo and strategic plan.
2016: Executive leadership changes: Terri Hall, PE is named president; Chris Stone, PE, F.NSPE, F.ASCE continues as CEO; Clymer Cease, FAIA is named chairman of the board; Tom Winborne, AIA becomes chairman emeritus.
2017: Both AIA North Carolina and AIA Triangle honor Clark Nexsen as Firm of the Year.
2018: Clark Nexsen is recognized with a national ACEC Engineering Excellence Honor Award and an ENR National Best of the Best Project for Davis Barracks at United States Military Academy at West Point.
2019: Coastal Studies Institute in North Carolina marks the firm's 100th design award from AIA, winning a South Atlantic Region Merit Award.
2019: The new Lesner Bridge opens.
2020: Fitts-Woolard Hall opens at NC State University.
2020: Clark Nexsen expands into Tennessee with acquisition of Ken Ross Architects, adding an office in Johnson City, TN.
2020: AIA Charlotte names Clark Nexsen Firm of the Year.
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| Cooper Carry | 1960 | $65.8M | 342 | 22 |
| Robert A.M. Stern Architects | 1969 | $35.5M | 164 | 1 |
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| MBH Architects | 1989 | $40.3M | 152 | 3 |
| Moseley Architects | 1969 | $31.0M | 100 | - |
| Destefano & Partners Ltd | - | $21.0M | 50 | - |
| SHW Group | 1945 | $8.5M | 180 | - |
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| Goettsch Partners | 1938 | $8.1M | 50 | - |
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