Firm History
Building Design for Animals
In 1977, Wayne Usiak completed the design of his first animal hospital, also serving in the capacity of Construction Manager and acting as site superintendent.
In 1980, Wayne designed the conversion of a historic carriage house into a specialty veterinary practice which won him his first Veterinary Economics hospital design award.
In 1986, Wayne founded BDA Architecture to specialize exclusively in the design of animal care facilities. From 1986 to 1991, BDA completed the designs for over 50 veterinary facilities, winning 2 more veterinary hospital design awards.
In 1996, Architect/Partner Paul Gladysz joined the firm and in 1999 Dave Gasser was recruited, becoming a Partner in 2007.
In 2022, Wayne retired and BDA welcomed two new Partners; Colin Campbell and Becky Gasser. Colin has been with BDA since 2002 and Becky started with the firm straight out of college in 2010.
Today, BDA Architecture has now completed over 1,000 animal care facilities in 46 states and 13 countries, with an aggregate construction value in excess of $1 billion. We have been awarded over 40 national design awards including 6 Hospitals of the year. Our in-house construction division, CMP, Inc., is the world’s only veterinary-exclusive contractor. Allow us to share our steady evolution as the world leader in Veterinary Architecture.
