Commercial / Automotive  

 

 

   

While not specializing in any one building type, twenty-one per cent of BQD’s projects have been automotive.  We have designed over 40 Jiffy Lubes from Baltimore to Virginia Beach, numerous stand-alone automotive repair facilities, as well as serving Precision Tune Auto Care as its corporate Architect in designing new repair and car wash prototypes.

BQD has brought unique design solutions to ordinary problems.  In the gas station located in Columbia, Maryland, the facility had to satisfy the new town’s Design Review Board in the exterior “look”, while still satisfying its functional and budget needs.  In addition the client wanted constant weather protection for his customers between the self service islands and the cashier's window.  The canopy over the self service islands, provided by the major oil company, was designed to move depending on climate conditions while the cashier's window was located inside a stationary structure.  This simple problem was solved with a barrel vaulted skylight.  This allowed the skylight to act as a hinge between the stationary building and the somewhat moveable canopy while providing the desired weather protection to the customers.

While performing franchise work sounds very repetitive, the fact is, each franchisee operates slightly different from one and other and often has different zoning and local appearance requirements.  Therefore, each Jiffy Lube maintains its own uniqueness.

And finally, BQD has been at the forefront of a relatively new concept in automotive repair facilities – Auto Malls.  These are facilities where multiple repair facilities share a common building, site, parking, and service areas while maintaining their own store.  BQD has designed several of these facilities, the largest to date being a 41,000 square foot, 82 auto bay facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Design is our passion