Our Story
Solid Roots
At the start of each design project, we dig deep. We collect more information than seems possible in order to start the process with an informed initial impression. We look at the opportunity from every conceivable angle in order to unearth the key insights that will drive the work. Here on our web site, we invite you to do much the same thing. Read about our organization. Meet our people. Listen to what clients and colleagues have to say in our project Portfolio. See what we are capable of designing when we combine the BPA Perspective with our clients' needs.
If there is one thing above all else that we hope to convey, it’s that we are here to collaborate with you to help you reach the best possible solution for your project.
Our Vision
Bialosky + Partners is here to develop a vision and then give it voice. We do this by having the ability to think at 50,000 feet and also drill down to the smallest specification, never forfeiting the big picture for a critical detail.
We know how to harness the right talent for each job, working with a deep talent pool of experts in areas including planning, project management, interior design, renovation and historic restoration. We partner with artisans and architects, and work from two award-winning studios in New York City and Cleveland.
We meet each project with a smart and sustainable solution. For over six decades, it has been in our DNA to make certain our work will work and endure, and that we continue to earn the title of Architect with a capital A.
Decades of Design
As you look through the six decades we have been in business you will see how the times have shaped us and how we helped to shape the times.
1949
At the age of 24, Jack A. Bialosky, Sr. returns from service as a Commissioned Naval Officer to start an architectural firm in Cleveland, Ohio. A graduate of the Yale School of Architecture, his first project is The Suburban Temple. His relationship as a Founder of the congregation and the Principal Architect of the site continues today with on-going expansions and renovations, and serves to underscore the firm’s history. In fact, in a ceremony to celebrate his decades of stewardship, the temple was referred to as The House That Jack Built.
1959
The firm’s first collaboration is between Jack Bialosky and Victor Gruen, resulting in The May Company’s flagship suburban department store, featured on the cover of Architectural Record. This is a period of significant regional commercial projects including hotels, office buildings, and corporate and banking facilities.
1969
Myron Manders joins Jack Bialosky as a partner. The firm's residential work expands, as does its geographic scope. The office moves to its current location of Shaker Square.
1979
The firm begins its landmark work with Progressive Insurance; the start of a long-term corporate client relationship that endures today.
1989
Jack A. Bialosky, Jr. returns to Cleveland having been an associate with Kallmann McKinnell and Wood in Boston. While there, Jack taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Named a partner later in the decade, Jack initiates a period of expansion with the first projects in education and non-profit sectors.
1999
William B. Bialosky establishes his design studio in Tribeca, New York (1989), bringing the total to three family members in the firm, all graduates of the Yale School of Architecture. The relationship Bill established with Maya Lin at Yale continues, with Bialosky + Partners serving as architect of record on numerous collaborative projects. At the same time, the firm's first major government project is completed, alongside continued work on education and non-profit projects.
2009
Six partners are now responsible for the oversight of day-to-day operation and long-term direction of the firm, which was awarded the AIA Ohio Gold Medal recognizing depth and breadth of work, demonstration of a collaborative environment, and signifying respect of clients and peers.
