Flad Architects

Flad Architects

Type	Corporation
Industry	Science & Technology, Academic, Healthcare, Corporate
Founded	1927
Founder	John J. Flad
Headquarters	Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Number of locations	Madison, Wisconsin; Atlanta, Georgia; Tampa, Florida; Raleigh, North Carolina; San Francisco, California; and New York, New York;
Services	Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Structural Engineering, Strategic Planning, Master Planning, Sustainable Design
Website	Flad Architects.

Flad Architects is a national architectural firm with offices in Madison, Wisconsin; Atlanta, Georgia; Tampa, Florida; Raleigh, North Carolina; San Francisco, California; and New York, New York. In addition to architectural design, Flad offers interior design, landscape architecture, master planning, strategic planning, structural engineering, and sustainable design services. The firm is involved in multiple markets and building types including: corporate, healthcare, higher education, science and technology, and the federal government.

Flad is among Building Design + Construction’s Top 50 Architectural and Engineering firms and is ranked number 170 on the Engineering News-Record’s list of the “Top 500 Design Firms, and number 16 on the “Top 100 Green Firms.”

John J. Flad was born and educated in Madison. He apprenticed with Madison architects James O. Gordon in 1907 and briefly with Robert Wright before working at Chicago firms from 1909-1914. He returned to Madison to work under Alvan E. Small until 1917; worked two years as Wisconsin State Architect; then rejoined Small until 1926. As part of Flad & Small, Flad designed the St. Bernard's Roman Catholic Church at 2460 Atwood in Madison. He also apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright.

From 1926 until 1932, Flad partnered with Frank S. Moulton (1891-1981) to form Flad & Moulton. The firm produced several surviving buildings including South School (Reedsburg, Wisconsin) at 420 Plum Street (a Works Progress Administration funded project), the 1931 remodel of the Dowling Apartment Building (originally constructed in 1922) in Dane County, Wisconsin; the U.S. Post Office and Federal Courthouse (Madison, Wisconsin) and the Madison Catholic Association Clubhouse. Moulton designed the Reedsburg Municipal Hospital built in 1932, and his later work included the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union, University Hospital, and Student Nurses' Dormitory all on the University of Wisconsin campus.