The Bowden: Event & Weddings
Keller, TX
Expertise
- Commercial
Services
- civil engineering
- land surveying
- landscape architecture
Size
- 35,000 SF
The Bowden is a newly constructed, unique event center for weddings and community events in Keller, Texas. The center includes an 7,000 SF chapel and a 28,000 SF community center that can be divided into three smaller meeting rooms. Architectural design elements include an elegant stone and stucco façade, expansive floor-to-ceiling windows, intricate wood ceilings reaching heights up to 31 feet, and LED room lighting.
A spacious patio overlooks landscaped grounds and a pond with LED fountain lighting. The center was constructed to complement the natural landscape and views of the surrounding 5.6-acre wooded site. Additional measures were taken to minimize impact to the environment. A ground water well supplies the landscape irrigation system.
In addition, only a few trees were removed during construction and subsequently replaced on the multi-acre wooded site. The unique elements of The Bowden also extend to its impact on the Keller community. Constructed on land donated by Linda and Don Bowden, the facility serves as a social and event location for citizens of Keller and Keller ISD. All profits from the center benefit the Greater Keller Women’s Club Foundation (501(c)(3) non-profit) to support local educational scholarships and families in need.
Key People
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Konstantine Bakintas, PE
Konstantine Bakintas, PE
Chairman of the Board | Senior Civil Engineer
Konstantine Bakintas has a passion for improving the landscape of our community by building innovative infrastructure and site improvements that will serve the public for decades. His extensive experience includes engineering design and project management for a wide variety of civil and environmental assignments. Konstantine also enjoys assisting small municipalities as a consulting city engineer.
He has been recognized as a Distinguished Engineer by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, Engineer of the Year by the DFW Mid-Cities Chapter, and has presented technical papers to the Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Public Works Association. Konstantine has also been involved with the annual MATHCOUNTS competition to get middle school students excited about math.
He lives in Grapevine with his wife Stephanie, an educator, and he enjoys sailing, movies, and bikes.
Project Experience
Church Street
Glade & Pool Road Roundabout
Meadowview Estates Channel Improvements
Monterra Medical Campus
The Bowden: Event & Weddings
Education
University of Utah:
Bachelor’s Degree/1985/Civil Engineering
University of Texas at Arlington:
Master’s Degree/1990/Water Resources & Environmental -
Tom Kellogg, RLA
Tom Kellogg, RLA
Project Manager | Senior Landscape Architect
As a Landscape Architect, Tom Kellogg has experience working in a project management position for both multi-disciplinary firms and landscape architecture design firms. His project history includes a wide variety of project types, including parks and recreation, commercial landscape design, streetscapes, single and multi-family developments, and multimodal recreation trails.
Living only a mile away from our Grapevine office, Tom discovered BHB while he was riding his bike and instantly wished he could work here. As it turned out, BHB was looking for a landscape architect at the time, and the rest is history.
Outside of work Tom enjoys bicycling, something he’s loved doing since he was a kid. He rides 80-100 miles a week on his road bike. Tom also loves playing tennis, reading, camping, traveling, and visiting museums with his son.
Tom has lived in a lot of places growing up and due to work, including Louisiana, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Maryland. His favorite place to visit is England, especially London. Tom has also traveled to Italy, Switzerland, and France. His favorite place for natural scenery is the Swiss Alps, and his favorite man-made sight is St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome.
Project Experience
Imperial Construction Office and Shop
Monterra Medical Campus
Park Hill Surgery Center
The Bowden: Event & Weddings
Education
University of Arkansas:
Bachelor’s Degree/1982/Landscape Architecture -
John Margotta, RPLS
John Margotta, RPLS
Vice President of Land Surveying
John Margotta has been with BHB for over 20 years. Previously, John worked for a company that provided surveying services to BHB. Shortly after BHB added a surveying department, John joined the team and is now the head of the surveying department. He has provided field and office supervision on land surveying projects for public and privately funded projects, including the DFW Airport, City of Fort Worth, TXU Electric, Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., Trinity River Authority, Federal Aviation Administration, TxDOT, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Railtran, and Fort Worth Transportation Authority.
In high school, John held the rank of Master in the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (World Chess Federation). Outside of work, John loves cooking, football and karaoke. If he wasn’t a land surveyor, John would be a chef. “Cooking is very relaxing to me and I feel like I’m creating something good out of raw ingredients that may or may not taste good by themselves.” John’s favorite place to visit is New York City because he loves the different cultures, food, and architecture it has to offer.
John is an active member of the Texas Society of Professional Surveyors and the National Society of Professional Surveyors. He also volunteers for Skills USA, teaching high school-aged kids, who compete in local, state and national competitions, about land surveying.
John has two kids, a son who who graduated from The University of North Texas with a degree in graphic design, and a daughter who works for Mothers Milk Bank of North Texas, a nonprofit that collects breastmilk from healthy, nursing mothers who have a surplus and is dispensed to premature and fragile infants without access to their mother’s own milk. He also has one granddaughter. John’s favorite quote is from Winston Churchill, “Success is not final; failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts,” because he believes that one is never finished in life and even if you fail, at least you tried.
Project Experience
Catholic Charities of Fort Worth
Fort Worth Country Day Lou and Nick Martin Campus Center
Fort Worth Country Day Sid W. Richardson Visual Arts Center
Imperial Construction Office and Shop
Early Learning Center
Meadowview Estates Channel Improvements
Monterra Medical Campus
Park Hill Surgery Center
Presbyterian Night Shelter Morris Foundation Women & Children's Center
Rogers Road Pavilion
Saint Patrick Cathedral Parish Hall
Star-Telegram Building
Tarrant County Downtown Courthouse
Texas Wesleyan University Rosedale Renaissance
Education
ITT Technical Institute