About Us

BJUArchitects is an award winning architectural firm who has been providing exceptional design services for more than 100 years. We are a practice that focuses on delivering thoughtful design with considerate and personal service. Our work aims to make a lasting contribution to the urban and natural context by challenging, provoking, and delighting. Our decades of service help us to understand the challenges of each project. Whether it be design, schedule, or budget, we enthusiastically face these challenges in pursuit of the best solutions.

BJUArchitects maintains the latest technology to assist each team member in developing beautiful, functional, and lasting architecture. We employ complex BIM (Building Information Modeling) modeling with sophisticated real-time 3D rendering software to analyze the proposed results before a brick is laid or a beam set. These capabilities increase the efficiency, accuracy, and economy of the team, and provide better control and monitoring of your project. We are confident that our team of knowledgeable, honest, and talented members will provide you with quality service.

The Team

We have an excellent reputation for providing architectural and engineering services utilizing innovative technology and creative design solutions.

Firm Leadership

Billy E. Upton, AIA, REFP

President – Principal-in-Charge

Edward F. Evans, AIA

Director of Architecture

A. Gordon Frantzich, CEM, CPQ, LEED AP

Director of Construction Administration

Benjamin E. Upton

Director of Finance

 


Awards

2015 VSBA Exhibition of School Architecture
People's Choice Award - Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County Public Schools

2014 VSBA Exhibition of School Architecture
People's Choice Award - Essex High School, Essex County Public Schools

2014 VSBA Exhibition of School Architecture
Silver Design Award - Essex High School, Essex County Public Schools

2013 CEFPI Southeast Region
Honorable Mention for The Virginia School of the Deaf and Blind

2012 Outstanding Design
Warren County Middle School - American University and School

Warren County Middle School, Warren County, VA
Virginia School Board Association, Platinum Design Award for Renovation, November 2010

The United States Postal Service Excellence in Design
Powhatan VA Main Post Office and Richmond VA Bon Air Station, Powhatan County, VA

Publications

Teran K. Mitchell. chapter 4 "Structural Materials" of Introduction to Structures: Architect's Guidebooks to Structures
New York, Routledge, 2016