From the onset, Kirk Craig and Earle Gaulden envisioned their firm as one at the forefront of design innovation and cultural impact. Sixty years later, the impact of such foresight is evident in Greenville and across the Southeast.
Though this vision was intended to be applied regionally, its greatest enactment has arguably landed locally on Greenville’s Heritage Green. Over five decades, CGD has led the effort in creating a cultural pocket at the northwest extents of Greenville’s lauded downtown. The design of the Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville Little Theatre, Hughes Main Library, and the renovation of the Bob Jones Museum & Gallery affirm CGD’s enduring and comprehensive expertise in the field of community and cultural design.
Today, construction of the CGD-designed South Carolina Children’s Theatre is imminent, expanding a cultural corridor running from the Heritage Green, down Main Street to the Peace Center, and now into the West End. Concurrently, CGD’s regional impact persists as work on the initial design phase of the Columbia County (GA) Performing Arts Center nears completion. The 2,000 seat performing arts center will serve as a bedrock and focal point of the Evans, GA downtown.