Shalom Baranes Associates (SBA) was founded in 1981 by Shalom Baranes. The firm was picked in 2010 as the architect of record for Waterfront Station, a $140 million, two-building mixed-use complex atop the
Waterfront Washington Metro station. Shalom Baranes Associates won the
American Institute of Architects' Institute Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design for their design for Burnham Place, a $7 billion development of the air rights over the
Amtrak and
CSX railway tracks behind the
Washington Union Station railway terminal. The firm is also the architect for two apartment buildings which are part of the $1 billion
CityCenterDC development. SBA also assisted with the master plan for the development. On December 4, 2025, it was announced that Shalom Baranes had been selected by President
Donald Trump to pick up the design of the new
White House State Ballroom that will replace the demolished
East Wing of the White House complex. ==References==