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2020 Merit Award for Historic Preservation / Adaptive Reuse / Renovation
Friday November 13, 2020

BOUDREAUX Office Wins AIA Columbia Design Award

BOUDREAUX was recognized at this year’s virtual American Institute of Architects Columbia award ceremony for the design of its own office. They accepted the 2020 Merit Award for Historic Preservation/Adaptive Reuse/Renovation for the design and rehabilitation of the former Powell Furniture store on Sumter Street.  One block from Main Street, the second floor of a […]

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Boudreaux & Hotel Trundle Award
Wednesday May 1, 2019

BOUDREAUX & Hotel Trundle Win Historic Columbia Preservation Award

BOUDREAUX’s professional offices and the boutique Hotel Trundle were recognized with an Adaptive Use Award presented by Historic Columbia as part of its Annual Preservation Awards. This project unites three historic historical retail buildings into one: 1519 Sumter Street (built in 1920), 1224 Taylor Street (built in 1940), and 1222 Taylor Street (built in 1914). […]

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Seibels Insurance Technology & Services
Friday December 14, 2018

Post Office Box One – Seibels Historic Preservation

Seibels, founded in 1869, is the oldest original Columbia corporation still in operation. This case study tells the Seibels story and how preservation became a financial tool for the transformation of their time-honored workplace.

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AIA Awards
Thursday November 1, 2018

Design Award Alert! UofSC Law School & Richland Library Cooper

The Columbia chapter of the American Institute of Architects recognized the University of South Carolina School of Law and Richland Library Cooper with 2018 design awards. Both projects celebrate visionary clients and design efforts led by BOUDREAUX, a Columbia-based architecture, interiors, planning, and preservation firm. The School of Law earned an Honor Award. The School […]

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Seibels Insurance Technology & Services
Friday July 27, 2018

Part One: The Seibels Design-Build Story

This three-part series, written in collaboration with M.B. Kahn Construction Co., Inc., reflects on the renovation of Seibels’ corporate headquarters in downtown Columbia, South Carolina. The Project Seibels partnered with M. B. Kahn Construction Co., Inc. and BOUDREAUX to complete renovations of its historic headquarters located at 1501 Lady Street in Columbia, SC. Together, the […]

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Historic Seibel building
Tuesday February 6, 2018

Renovating Occupied Spaces Story

THE PROJECT: Seibels selected the design/build team of M. B. Kahn Construction Co., Inc. and the architects of BOUDREAUX to design and construct the renovations to their Columbia, SC headquarters. The original building was completed in 1949, with an addition of greater size built in 1977; the total area of both wings equals 128,000 square […]

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Boudreaux Logo
Monday July 31, 2017

New Home. New Brand. Same Team.

Exciting things are happening: BOUDREAUX, formerly known as The Boudreaux Group, has a fresh new brand and a new home. The announcement was made by the firm’s president, Heather A. Mitchell, AIA, LEED AP BD+C. “2017 has been an exciting year for us,” explained Mitchell. “We just finished the celebration of our 40th year of […]

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