Vision & Firm Profile
"... to be sought rather than to seek."
The Freelon Group is a fifty-six member architectural firm located in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. Founded in 1990 by Philip G. Freelon, FAIA, the firm offers specialized design expertise in the areas of Museum/Cultural Center, Higher Education and Science/Technology facilities. Our building designs have received numerous awards including twenty-six American Institute of Architects (AIA) regional, state, and local design awards. In 2008 The Freelon Group was recognized by Contract Magazine as The Designer of the Year. Our firm is also the recipient of the AIA North Carolina Outstanding Firm Award in recognition of outstanding service and design excellence.
Our Mission Statement speaks to the delivery of innovative and inspiring design through collaboration and the stewardship of our environment. Building on this philosophy, we have consciously focused our design energy toward clients and projects that ultimately serve the greater good of the community, whether that be a neighborhood, city, state, or the nation. This commitment has led us toward certain projects and deliberately away from others. Our portfolio does not include prisons, jails, strip shopping centers, and a host of other building types that we believe are not consistent with our mission. On the other hand, our work supports education, the advancement of understanding between disparate cultures, and the creative expression of the arts. At the end of the day, it is extremely important that we feel a sense of pride in the results of our labor.
Our firm has recently delivered successful museum projects on both coasts including the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture in Baltimore. We are currently working on cultural facilities in Washington, DC, New Orleans, LA and Charlotte, NC while serving University clients including Yale University and the multiple campuses in the University of North Carolina system.