About

SAMUEL GYULNAZARIAN      
AIA, IIDA, LEED BD+C
Founder, Design Director

Project portfolio includes a number of projects in architecture, planning, interior design, historic preservation and environmental graphic design ranging in construction cost from tens of thousands USD to $900,000,000.  Executed projects in 15 US States and the District of Columbia as well as in South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa.  Recipient of several national and international awards (see below).

SHG Associates PLLC, founded in 2010, was invited to enter 2010 Venice Bienalle, and subsequently selected projects were published in the Official 2010 Venice Biennale Catalog.

SHG Associates provides complete design direction and execution from conceptual design to construction administration.

Provides design leadership for teams on multiple projects in architecture, planning, urban design, interior design, historic preservation, and environmental graphic design.

All presented projects on this website are product of hard work / design teams including many talented professionals.  We thank each and every colleague for allowing to learn from you in the process of project delivery.

Among most notable client collaborations are Lockheed Martin, Boeing, NASA, FBI, CIA, USDVA, MGM Resorts International, The Institute for Genomic Research, The National Institute of Standards, Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, First National Bank, Chevy Chase Bank, as well as a number of international developers in the US, UK, Ireland, South Korea, Russia, Georgia, etc.

Invited to enter and published in the 2010 Venice Biennale Catalog,
August 2010

2010 AIA DC Chapter Award of Merit, Lockheed Martin CLE
Bethesda, MD

2010 NAIOP MD/DC Award of Excellence, Best Institutional Facility

The Grand Prize in International Competition for the Palace of Friendship
Yerevan, Armenia

The Bronze Award of 2006 IIDA Mid-Atlantic Chapter

The Runner-up award in the International Competition for the
National Conference Centre, Dublin, Ireland

Third Prize in the International Competition, Permanent Pavilion
  of  Architecture and Building, Armenia, USSR

Honorable Mention for the Seismic Resistant Houses 
International Competition for Earthquake Zone in Armenia

REGISTRATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

American Institute of Architects (AIA )- 2000

International Interior Design Association (IIDA) – 2001

International Union of Architects (UIA) – 1984 

LEED AP – 2004

Licensed Architect: 

District of Columbia – 1996 
Virginia -1999
Florida – 2006

NCARB Certified – 1996
NCIDQ Certified – 2001
FAC P/PM III Certified – 2012
FAC COR III Certified – 2018
FEC III Certified – 2020