Antonio Rebelo AIA

Grimm and Parker Architects
11720 Beltsville Dr Ste 600

Beltsville, MD 20705-3144
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Office Phone: 301.595.1000
Office Email: [email protected]
Direct Email: [email protected]

County: Montgomery

Firm Employees: 103

Years under Firm Name: 48

Firm Description:
Grimm + Parker is a diverse group of architects who aspire to make our communities wonderful places to live, learn and play. Our purpose is to serve our clients and their neighborhoods through a collaborative design process that helps create innovative friendly buildings that give back to their communities for years to come.

Areas of Specialty:
Athletic facilities, Colleges & Universities, Courthouses, Cultural and Educational projects, Extended care facilities, Fire stations, Health care buildings, Health Facilities, High-rise buildings, Historic, Interiors, Libraries, Municipal buildings, Performing Arts, Planning/Urban Design, Police stations, Recreation, Renovation/Restoration, Research facilities, Schools K-12, Senior/Assisted Living, Sustainable Design

Bio:

Native of Portugal, Graduate of the University of Maryland with a Bachelor in Science Degree in architecture, 1996 and a Master’s Degree in Architecture, 1998, Antonio has been a Maryland resident for over 25 years.

Interned with the well-known Maryland professor and modernist architect Frank Schlesinger, FAIA for the first 2 years, after college graduation and subsequently for 8 years at Shalom Baranes Associates Architects in Washington DC, where he became a design team leader, having worked on numerous award winning projects.

Transitioned to Grimm and Parker Architects in 2006, where he currently serves as Director of Design for the firm. He leads the design effort for over 90 architects in 4 offices in Virginia and Maryland.  Projects range from high-rise multifamily (affordable and market-rate), K-12 schools, universities, and public building such as City Halls, Libraries, and Recreation Centers. 

Antonio has extensive experience on formulating and identifying a building program that addresses the client’s spatial and functional needs, within a given budget. He has a facile ability to tailor designs for whole buildings to different public and private clients, developers, and even residential homeowners.  Leads design charrettes with owners, engineering consultants, specialty consultants, green designers, and users and is able to lead users/clients through the design vision process in an inviting and effective way.  Focused on inspiring the culture of the firm to focus on design at all phases of documentation and at all levels of detail. 

Loves sketching, painting, and 3-D modeling in clay and computer – as tools of design and architectural detailing.  Has a passion for all aspects of design and is able to create and develop the initial vision of buildings, interiors, and sites in a friendly and engaging way, demonstrating a care for scale, proportion, environment, and feeling. 

Antonio has served on the Board of Directors of the AIA Maryland Chapter and is currently on the Board of Directors of the AIA Potomac Valley Chapter, where he served as President in 2018.