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ABOUT

Welcome to GARC

Founded in 2015 in Norfolk, Virginia, GARC is a boutique design studio and an award-winning architecture firm renowned for crafting highly customized and impactful designs. We serve a diverse client base in Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C., and New York, dedicating ourselves to enhancing their living, working, and social spaces.

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PROCESS

A User-Centered Design Approach

GARC employs a user-centered design approach and a research-oriented design process to discover our Client's true needs, understand core design issues, and provide unique, customized solutions to shape meaningful and sustainable physical environments. The process covers six key phases:

– Vision Design

– Schematic Design

– Design Development

– Construction Drawings

– Bid and Award

– Construction Administration

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It was a pleasure partnering with Yang & Suping on this project. GARC we love how you truly embodied and captured our complete vision from start to finish. The details we have in place don’t go unnoticed. Thank you for understanding who we are and what we represent as individuals and as a brand.

Anticious B.

Got Fish Restaurant Renovation

GARC has been a dream to work with! They helped turn our conversations about our wellness studio into more than we could have imagined. We highly recommend GARC!

Virginia T.

Get Well Soon Wellness Studio

The GARC Architecture and Design firm is second to none! Plain and simple, they bring thoughts and dreams into reality. It has been an absolute pleasure working them! In every aspect! I enjoyed working with them so much that I am now motivated to work harder to find additional projects in which they can assist with.

Shane A.

Handle 19 Premium Sportsbook, Washington DC

The team at GARC was professional, responsive, and brilliant in creating a vision for my rehab project in Ghent. Suping and Yang fulfilled my vision for the property and took the steps to ensure that it was permit-ready by the date I requested. I look forward to working with them again!

Tim F.

Historical Apartment Renovation

Can’t recommend enough! Suping and Yang were so easy to work with! They took the time to actually get to know our business and the ins and outs to make the best possible design for us. They were ahead of schedule the entire way and took extra pains to work with the City Permitting agency ahead of time so we had no issues getting approved. Lovely people who made our lives easier through a true understanding of our purpose. Thanks, guys!

Maria & Patrick N.

Ruff House Renovation

GARC was outstanding to work with. They were responsive to our needs and exceeded our expectations in every way. All deadlines were met -- this was very much appreciated as we had a very tight timeline to adhere to and they worked quickly to accommodate our time constraints. We appreciated their approach to architecture which is thoughtful, methodical and sensible. We are very happy with their plans, and they were a pleasure to work with.

Julie M.

Residence Lighting Design

GARC did the design for our restaurants in both Virginia Beach and Chesapeake location. They did a wonderful job! We will definitely work with them again in the future.

Judy S.

Judy's Sichuan Cuisine Restaurant

Suping and Yang were able to help us finally nail down our dream home. Their attention to detail was greatly appreciated, and they offered fresh perspectives to help us lay out our future home. We look forward to continuing working with them in the future.

Kevin Eck

New Residence Construction