HGA is pleased to welcome Scott Cryer, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, as Associate Vice President and Principal in the Washington, D.C. office.

He will direct new business opportunities, client relations, and team processes for the Arts, Community, and Higher Education practice group throughout the mid-Atlantic region.

“The arts have the power to communicate shared experiences,” Cryer said. “Arts and educational institutions are seeking new ways to create more inclusive environments that inspire creativity. I’m excited to contribute to HGA’s long-standing commitment to designing architecture that inspires community engagement and enrichment.”

Cryer has 20 years of experience designing museums, performing arts, academic arts, and community buildings nationally. Before joining HGA, he was Cultural + Performing Arts Leader at the DLR Group Washington, D.C. studio, where he led interdisciplinary teams on a variety of design projects for arts organizations and academic clients.

He previously had leadership roles with Westlake Reed Leskosky in Washington, D.C., and Nagle Hartray in Chicago, and has served as Adjunct Professor atUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he taught design studio and graphic communications courses. Prior to his architecture career, he served several large, publicly traded companies as an auditor for PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

“Scott is an important strategic addition to our team as we continue to promote our existing expertise serving clients throughout the mid-Atlantic region,” said Jay Scruggs, AIA, LEED AP, Principal and Office Director. “He has a passion for transformative design and is a client advocate who believes the arts can build strong communities.”

Cryer has an extensive record of community and arts advocacy. He is a Board Member and Chairperson of the Strategic Planning Committeeof ArtsFairfax in Fairfax County, Virginia; Advocacy Committee Member of Virginia Association of Museums (VAM); graduate of the AIA DC Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program;and Co-founder and Co-chair of AIA Chicago Community Interface Committee, for which he received an AIA Chicago Presidential Citation.

He has presented at multiple national conferences, including the Southeastern Museum Conference (SEMC), Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) Building Museum Symposium, VAM Annual Conference, Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG), League of Historic American Theatres (LHAT), Structures for Inclusion (SFI), and the AIA National Convention. He also has served as a guest design critic at UNC Charlotte, Illinois Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Cryer has a Master of Architecture from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Indiana University.

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