Thomas G. Tingle, AIA
President

Registration: Virginia, North Carolina, Delaware

Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bachelor of Architecture, Cum Laude, 1980.

Mr. Tingle’s twenty-six years of experience have included responsibility for virtually all phases of architectural projects, from feasibility analysis and programming to specification writing and construction administration. Prior to his association with Guernsey/Tingle Architects, he worked for other mid-size and large architectural/engineering firms in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. He was project manager for larger commercial, governmental, and multi-family residential projects throughout the Mid-Atlantic states.

Mr. Tingle’s work has been featured in Custom Home Magazine, Inform Magazine, Virginia Record Magazine, Tidewater Virginian Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens’ Home Plan Ideas Magazine, Mid-Atlantic Country Magazine, and Portfolio, as well as newspapers in Norfolk, Newport News, Williamsburg, and Richmond, Virginia.

Mr. Tingle serves as professional consultant to the Fawn Lake Architectural Standards Committee in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and The Albemarle Plantation Architectural Review Committee in Hertford, North Carolina.

In addition to his design of many of the firm’s commercial, recreational, institutional, and residential projects, he oversees Guernsey/Tingle’s production management and quality control. He is a member of the Hampton Roads Chapter, American Institute of Architects, and has taken part in the AIA’s Professional Development Program through participation in energy design, life safety code, and ADA education workshops.

Mr. Tingle currently serves as President of Virginians for High Speed Rail, and as a Director for Chesapeake Bank. He also serves on Chesapeake Bank’s Loan Committee and Peninsula Advisory Board, and is also a director of the James City County Economic Development Authority. He is the past president of the Williamsburg Area Chamber of Commerce, and former treasurer and chair of the Chamber’s Business Development Division. Mr. Tingle serves on the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army of Williamsburg as past chair, and as a Director of Housing Partnerships, Inc., of Williamsburg, as well. He is past Chairman of the Williamsburg Chamber’s Economic Progress Committee and past Treasurer of the Board of Directors of Charterhouse School in Richmond. Mr. Tingle is also a member of the Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate.

 

 

Andrew F. Cronan, AIA
Vice President

Registration: Virginia

Education: University of Arizona College of Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture, 1976. Magna Cum Laude, Ranked First in Class, Henry Adams Fund Award Scholar, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

Mr. Cronan’s twenty-eight years of experience have included responsibility for all phases of practice, and have included a five year period of being principal of his own firm, as well as time as an associate and project manager in mid-sized architectural firms in Tidewater and Richmond, Virginia. Since merging his practice with Guernsey/Tingle Architects, Mr. Cronan has carried on many of the same duties as he did previously, but with the backing and resources of the merged entity. He is currently working with church, recreational, residential, and commercial clients on projects at various stages of development.

 

 

Gary S. Bowling
Vice President

Education: J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Associates in Applied Science – Civil Engineering, 1989
                  Old Dominion University, Advanced Land Surveying, 1980
                  Thomas Nelson Community College, Associates in Applied Science – Architecture, 1976

Before joining Guernsey/Tingle Architects, Mr. Bowling worked for two major mid-Atlantic residential builder/developers. He has acquired extensive experience as chief designer and architectural services director in charge of new designs and documents of single family and multifamily homes. Mr. Bowling also brings twenty-one years of experience in civil engineering, structural engineering, and surveying. He has completed college courses in computer aided drafting and advanced land surveying, and has attended seminars pertaining to erosion and sediment control, storm water management, and computer HVAC design. Mr. Bowling’s broad range of experience allows him to manage a project from site planning and schematic design through construction administration.

Mr. Bowling has received two first place awards from the Consulting Engineers Council of Virginia’s Drafting Competition. He is a member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a member of the Peninsula Housing and Builders’ Assocation, and a recent graduate of the Leadership Historic Triangle of Williamsburg.

At Guernsey/Tingle Architects, Mr. Bowling serves as vice president and project manager for many of the firm’s recreational, residential, and commercial projects. He also works extensively with several of the firm’s planned community clients, including Ford’s Colony, Stonehouse, The Governor’s Land in Williamsburg, Albemarle Plantation in North Carolina, and Maple Ridge in Blacksburg, Virginia.