Eric BaumgartnerAIA

As the son of a contractor, Eric Baumgartner grew up with an appreciation for nurturing a project’s vision to fruition by focusing on the big picture. With a knack for aligning people to a common goal, he guides education projects from small renovations to entire campuses through design to construction.

On every project, Eric works to align the input of diverse user groups, while managing budgets and schedules and balancing site constraints. Eric enjoys finding unique opportunities on each campus that will bring a project to life and elevate the experience for the greater campus community.

He has led integrated design teams on several marquee facilities that contribute to an institution’s visual identity and culture. Early in his career, Eric worked on an athletic facility for Salisbury University in Salisbury, Maryland, that grew from a single stadium into a multi-field complex, helping to hone his ability to establish consensus and focus on a shared mission.

In San Antonio, Texas, he helped lead the project team that developed a 150,000-square-foot, net-positive-energy academic building and library for Alamo Heights High School that met the school’s academic goals and generates enough surplus renewable energy to offset other energy use on campus.

Eric has been an avid sports fan since the first time he put on skates, which helps fuel his passion for sport and recreation projects. He relaxes by biking and building furniture and kitchen items from cherry, walnut and maple.