THE TEAM
Stephanie D. Pedigo, AIA, LEED AP ®
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Ann K. Rosenwinkel, AIA, LEED AP BD&C ®
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Irma A. Taylor
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Mariam Fallah, AIA
Petra K. Salameh, AIA
David Rincon, AIA
Wenyi Zheng, Assoc. AIA
Kasen Lee, Assoc. AIA
THE FIRM
GSMA is an award-winning architecture firm widely recognized for both its distinguished design achievements and worthy contributions to the greater community. Its professional team is closely-knit and collaborative, bringing an impressive compilation of far-reaching experience in the sectors of residential, civic and commercial design. GSMA's portfolio encompasses internationally awarded affordable multi-family housing projects, exceptional single-family houses and intricately designed community projects, with a particular focus on the specialized sector of affordable multi-family housing communities. Founded in 1996, GSMA has consistently created architecture that reflects the unique voices of its clients through a process of working meticulously to achieve an end result that is distinctive for each individual client and specific scope of project.
The work of GSMA sustains a longevity that reveals its inherent integrity throughout time. As individuals, the team members that comprise GSMA are dedicated to being active members of the Houston community, and consistently contribute their time serving in volunteer roles with organizations that support local schools, the arts, community neighborhoods, and civic planning boards in the area. The GSMA team is also committed to celebrating and supporting Houston's architecture with its colleagues in the design profession. Together with its clients, GSMA aspires to design buildings that have a lasting profound impact on the people they serve and the Houston community in its entirety.
FIRM HISTORY
Ernesto Maldonado and Carrie Glassman Shoemake met in 1992 when they, both as sole practitioners, officed next to each other. Carrie had moved her established practice from Austin to Houston just two years before, making a name for her residential work by receiving an AIA Houston Design award and having her work featured in national magazines. Ernesto had recently started his firm, focusing on residential work and volunteering his time raising consciousness of the need for affordable housing in Houston. Ernesto and Carrie realized through discussion of Architecture and their common background in Art History that their philosophy and attitudes towards their practice were very similar.
In 1996 Glassman Shoemake Maldonado Architects became incorporated.