It’s the People that Make the Place / Maria Gomez

Maria Gomez, AIA, LEED AP is a Principal at GFF and functions as our Cultural, Office and Build-to-Suit Market Sector Leader. Maria has diverse experience on projects ranging from corporate offices to institutional facilities. Maria collaborated in the Park 17 multi-use building which received the Texas Construction Best Office Project. This was the first office building to achieve LEED Gold certification for New Construction in the City of Dallas. Maria has served as juror for multiple Design Award competitions, including the Boston Society of Architects Honor Awards, the AIA Atlanta Residential Design Awards, the RTKL Works in Progress Awards, Latinos in Architecture (LiA) Fort Worth and AIA Lubbock Design Awards among others.  She has served the AIA Dallas Board in several capacities and was President of the organization in 2020. She served on the Board of the Dallas Assembly for 3 years and currently serves on the Board of the Dallas Architecture Forum, Dallas Arboretum and the Architecture and Design Foundation. She currently serves on the Trinity Park Conservancy Design Advocacy Committee. Maria is Chair of the prestigious Texas Society of Architects Design Awards Committee. In 2009 she was appointed by the Dallas City Plan Commission Chair to the Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee, a position she held for 10 years. She also served on the Special Sign District Advisory Committee for the City of Dallas for 7 years.

For more information on our Cultural, Office and Build-to-Suit work please contact:

Maria Gomez, AIA, LEED AP
Principal / Studio Director
Cultural, Office and Build-to-Suit Market Sector Leader
maria.gomez@gff.com