ABOUT US

The Architecture Group (TAG), now Wendel, offers architecture, programming, planning, project management and interior architecture.

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The office will remain staffed by the same team and stay in the same location as it has been for more than 20 years. We continues to specialize in Institutional Architecture in Atlanta and the Southeast. It is recognized for strong public sector practice expertise including higher education, transit and transportation, water treatment facilities, risk assessment, and municipal infrastructure, among others.

CLIENT FOCUS

We specialize in program specific, technically sophisticated facilities. Clients’ operational challenges and aesthetic goals are addressed in a low key environment that facilitates sound design solutions responding to their special needs. We encourage clients to take an active role in their projects. Our excellence is exemplified by the number of clients who continue to work with us or refer us to their industry counterparts.

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MARKETS WE SERVE

TRANSIT

INFRASTRUCTURE

HIGHER EDUCATION

TRANSIT

TRANSIT

Our Transit and Transportation projects types are intensely focused on serving the public. Providing a positive experience for the customer is essential. Whether it relates to a transit system, airport or highway system, safety, security, timely service, convenience and accessibility to the public are critical to daily operations. Architecture is an integral part in accomplishing our clients’ project goals. Our projects vary from a quant historic renovation of a bridge tender’s house on a swing span bridge to the restoration of an 1850′s brick train tunnel. Facilities for Department of Transportation include welcome centers and truck weigh stations on the interstate system and regional bus facilities. Transit stations on heavy rail systems and a people mover maintenance facility at the world’s busiest airport are examples of our rail experience. We have teamed with nationally known airport design teams to renovate and expand concourses and designed pedestrian and transit connector tunnels. Support facilities such as train and bus control centers and maintenance facilities are in our portfolio as well.

INFRASTRUCTURE

INFRASTRUCTURE

Infrastructure is a category of work that is generally referred to as public works projects. The public is usually unaware of these important facilities such as water filter plants and water reclamation facilities – until things don’t work. Their cost can be from millions to hundreds of millions of dollars — and they do require architecture. These facilities are now being located in more populated urban environments and suburban communities. Therefore, they require a more aesthetic contextual approach than previously customary. They are also garnering more attention because of the concerns over clean water conservation and its condition when we return it to our rivers and lakes. Historians have stated that clean water has had more impact on human civilization than any other element or development. We take pride in contributing architecture that is essential to the everyday lives of so many people. These projects are the ultimate response to sustainability because it all starts with water.

HIGHER EDUCATION

HIGHER EDUCATION

Higher Education is integral to the success of our practice. Projects range from pre-design services such as master planning and programming, through construction. Our portfolio includes major library and classroom buildings, laboratories, career training facilities for medical technologies, dental hygiene, cosmetology, building trades, student services, dormitories, recreation facilities, conference centers and administrative support facilities. We believe a successfully designed building not only responds to the functional requirements of the end user, but also has structural integrity balanced with contextual design and aesthetic grace. Today in the higher education arena, design from an aesthetic perspective is an important marketing tool for institutions to draw students.

OUR SERVICES

Architecture

We believe high-quality design plays a vital role in creating spaces that foster collaboration, creativity and productivity while enriching and engaging the surrounding community. We do our best to understand the needs of your community and the people who call it home.

Driven to exceed our client’s expectations through innovation, new technologies and creative investigation, we balance vision and budget. Whether it’s an energy retrofit, adaptive re-use project or new construction, every design we create is an exercise in sustainability, striving to improve and protect the things we value.

Conditions Assessments | ADA Studies

We have developed a strong expertise in public architecture. Many of our projects are in the public sector, including municipal facilities, college and universities, airports, mass transit, water facilities, and welcome centers on interstate highways. Safety, accessibility, special needs individuals and environmental awareness are high priorities in all of these venues. We take a proactive role facilitating design solutions that respond directly to the special needs of the public and our clients’ staff.

Sustainability

We believe that sustainability is an integral part of project development. We incorporate green design (LEED or Green Globe) principles into every project. A project-specific strategy is tailored to our clients’ operational and philosophical directives through an integrated, multidisciplinary approach. Sustainability, durability and life-cycle cost are factored into each design, avoiding additional burdens on operations staff and annual budgets. Philosophically, we pride ourselves in the implementation of programs that are less costly to administer and practical, and focuses on results as opposed to process.

Master Planning

Master planning is an opportunity to look into the future and influence its outcome. The process analyzes existing conditions, capital projections, planning alternatives and resulting implications, proving a physical framework of an institution’s mission. The plan reflects existing facilities and future needs. It encompasses land/building use, vehicular/pedestrian circulation, infrastructure, recreational/open spaces, historic/cultural resources, community interface, and design criteria. The resulting plan expresses spatial and budgetary goals, allowing the client to move confidently towards their future.

Building Information Modeling

We have embraced Building Information Modeling (BIM), which is a methodology for project planning, design, and execution. We utilize BIM to develop designs, enabling clear communication with the design teams and clients. Use of BIM augments multi-discipline coordination by facilitating effective and expedient modeling of a virtual prototype. Study of the 3-dimensional prototype allows the design team to identify constructability challenges prior to implementation. By employing BIM technology, we deliver superior project design documentation facilitating construction.

OUR PORTFOLIO

Georgia State University at Georgia Perimeter College, Newton Campus

In association with LAS Architects, we master planned the new 100 acre Newton County Campus of Georgia Perimeter College along with design and construction services for infrastructure for the campus, Phases I & II buildings and the Ball Field Complex. We were the PM for the Master Plan, Site Development, provided QA/QC and CA services for Phase I. The projects include instructional and lecture facilities, student services, and laboratory spaces, library and administrative space, faculty offices and student gathering areas. On Phase II and the ballfield complex we were the Architect of Record.

Johns Creek Environmental Campus

The Johns Creek Environmental Campus exemplifies the scale of public works projects that TAG has completed. TAG’s experience with the design of water filtration and reclamation facilities located in urban settings was essential in responding to the goals and concerns of Fulton County, the City of Roswell, and the surrounding community. The Johns Creek Environmental Campus combines innovative technology with architecture that is respectful of local traditions. The building massing, detailing and materials are designed to emulate the architecture of historic mills in the City of Roswell. The buildings enclosing various treatment processes incorporate advanced odor and noise controls needed to lower the profile of the facility. The campus-like setting also includes an educational building dedicated to the teaching of water quality issues.

Savannah Visitor Information & Welcome Center

Located on southbound I-95 in Chatham County, Georgia, this project consists of the demotion of the existing center, and construction of a new Welcome Center and parking. Accessible temporary trailers were installed, as the facility remained operational during construction. Design of the visitor center, landscaping and hardscaping, picnic shelters, and landscape furnishings are designed to be accessible to each visitor. The main interior spaces are an exhibit area, large banks of toilet rooms, administrative areas and a vending area. The architectural aesthetic of the Center is reflective of the coastal region represented in this region. Durability, ease of maintenance and energy water conservation is incorporated into the final design.

Library / Technology Center, University of North Georgia

The Library/Technology Center at the University of North Georgia adds a new dimension to this campus providing a 21st century learning environment for students. The building includes the traditional library media, integrated technology, areas for individual and group study, and teaching labs to support students in research and production of their work. The facility also serves the faculty as a resource and location to interact with students. It functions as a social/community hub with amenities such as the cyber café and conference facility. The Architecture Group aided in site selection, general campus master planning, programming, design and construction oversight.

Murphy Building Renovation, University of West Georgia

The Murphy Building houses eCore, the on-line electronic core curriculum program managed by UWG for the USG and Continuing Education (CNA program). It was in very poor condition with few windows, low ceilings, with a patchwork of mechanical, electrical and IT systems. The objectives of this project were to repurpose the building for existing and new programs including additional space for eCore, new training space for CNA Continuing Education , and new facilities for Admissions and First Year Experience, the gateway to student recruitment. Upon review and due to the condition, age and general “bones” of the building, particularly the one story section, renovation was not ideal. Therefore the one story East Wing was demolished, a new wing constructed and the three story West Wing was renovated.

GRTA Bus Park Ride Xpress Station

The Park & Ride Xpress Station is located in the Hamilton Mill area of Gwinnett County. It provides infrastructure for the Xpress customers, carpool, and vanpool users. The project contains approximately 900 parking spaces, a transit platform with three architectural passenger pavilions, and an architectural systems building. The platform has the capacity four Xpress coaches. The site provides lighting and security for its patrons. The maintenance facility accommodates the daily servicing of GRTA buses. Included are service bay with fluids systems, lifts, parts wash, steam bay, bus wash, fueling, operators and dispatch facilities and administrative space. It will service and park approximately 20 -25 coaches with future plans for 50 - 60. The Park/Ride lot is adjacent to the bus parking with shelters and fare building.

CONTACT US

The Atlanta office will remain staffed by the same team and stay in the same location as it has been for more than 20 years. This office location continues to specialize in Institutional Architecture in Atlanta and the Southeast.

381 Venable St NW
Atlanta, GA 30313

678.222.0375