Many people believe that the bulk of an architect’s job involves detailed drawings and communication with internal teams of consulting...

As the City of Atlanta has grown and matured, its zoning ordinances have become more complicated. Throughout my career, I’ve seen...

Atlanta’s re-surging in-town development has led to higher property values and inflated construction costs. Coupled together, these two...

When most people think about rebranding, they think about product marketing. They certainly do not think about architecture. But why not?...

Tactics Used to Update a Ranch House Style: Open Living Plan edition A client came to Jones Pierce after finding a great ranch house...

Yesterday, I posted about the functional features of an outdoor space to create a backyard escape. Today’s post is about how to make an...

Nearly all of our residential projects include backyard escapes. This project includes a pool, expanded upper open porch with see-through...

What is the right prescription for southern high performance residential architectural design and building? In our evolving practice we now recommend a prescription of high-performance solutions on every project. From a humble renovation to custom new home built to Passive House criteria we consider features in a following order of priority according to our client’s budget. Tighten It Up The first priority is to seal the house to provide 1 air change per hour or less minimu

What does “project stewardship” mean? Sometimes project stewardship is literal; like when we were recently commissioned for our 5th project for the 3rd owner of the same property. Other times project stewardship involves helping clients make long-term decisions. These decisions, for example, might include using advanced building science strategies that create healthier, more resilient, lower operating cost buildings. We compare our buildings to a child leaving for college. We

Viridian Leasing is Nearly Complete! Our long awaited Viridian Leasing Office is finally finishing up this week. The Grand Opening will take place this weekend. The rain has slowed construction down a little bit. However, we were able to capture a few photos during our punch list review. Exterior Exterior View of Viridian Leasing Office In September of 2015, we were asked to renovated the Leasing Center and Clubhouse at the Conservatory at Druid Hills. The new design struck

Viridian Leasing Center Is Now Under Construction! Check out our progress below of the Viridian Leasing Center. Viridian Clubhouse Renovation The Viridian Leasing Center is under construction and moving at a good pace. The initial design for the building was completed in December of 2015. Then, construction began at the end of this April. The structure and most of the TPO roofing is complete. Installed framing and clerestory. Viridian layered heights and spaces. Cooper Pierce

Rebranding a Leasing Center Back in September 2015, Jones Pierce Studios was asked to renovate the leasing center and the clubhouse at the Conservatory at Druid Hills. The new design became a modern rebranding of the existing structure. It contains flat roofs and significantly more and more modern styled windows. The leasing center’s design plays with varying heights and volumes of spaces. This gives a layered effect to the building and maximizing sunlight. The new design str

Jones Pierce has won a national Chrysalis Remodeling Award! Jones Pierce is among the eighty-four remodeling companies from across the United States to be named winners at the 2016 Chrysalis Awards for Remodeling Excellence. The award judged entries on overall design, the creative use of space and materials, and the degree to which the project enhanced the original structure. The Chrysalis Awards program begun in 1994. It recognizes the nation’s best work in fifteen general c

Midtown Residence Finished! Construction has finished on this Atlanta Beauty. Now, the first owner is beginning to move in. This home is located on a corner lot in Midtown Atlanta. It is one block from Piedmont Park, one block from the Atlanta Beltline, and one block from Starbucks. Who can ask for more! Check out images of the project below: The project sits on a corner lot in Midtown Atlanta. Despite its urban location, the home still has a large cozy side yard. The corner

MF Sushi Restaurant, Inman Park, Atlanta The famous Kinjo brothers are back! Atlanta’s original sushi masters have returned from a successful expansion into Houston. Now, they are setting up their next award-winning restaurant, MF Sushi, in the trendy Highland Avenue corridor of Inman Park. This restaurant features interior stylings by Alex Kinjo and architecture by Jones Pierce Studios. Warm tones, decorative lighting fixtures, and natural light keep the dining space bright

Living in Harmony with Your Home An organized mudroom organizes your life. The Classic Case of “Muddling Through” There are many patterns that every home owner is a part of. As I toured a potential clients’ home for the first time, I recognized the classic 1990’s residential architecture entry pattern. Either I could chose the “friends entry,” use a direct route from the driveway, or hike to the front door on the other side of the yard. I was directed to the friendly approach

Families’ First Back in 2014, Jones Pierce was asked to transform a former Atlanta Public Schools building (est. 1928) into the new headquarters for Families’ First. This organization is a prominent and highly regarded Atlanta-based family services foundation. For the last 125 years, they have been providing empowering solutions for Atlanta’s most vulnerable population by connecting, strengthening and sustaining families. This large scale adaptive reuse project protected an

A lot of building construction has occurred in the years since Jones Pierce has been around. Specifically, development, housing, and mixed-use have exploded with growth in the 2000’s. Hundreds, if not thousands, of projects were proposed, with only a select few making it to fruition. We had the privilege of working on several of those projects, ranging from single family houses to large scale city developments. However, only a select number of people were able to see many of

One of our most efficient homes we’ve designed yet, this custom home in Brookhaven, was designed with “Not So Big House” strategies. The lot for the Atlanta Not So Big House is in a changing neighborhood. This neighborhood has been replacing smaller dilapidated homes with several new homes, either built or currently under construction. Our concept for the southern colonial vernacular home was to position it on this prominent corner lot to look as if it had been there for dec

The construction is taking off on a custom home we designed in Brookhaven, off Lanier Drive. The exterior is almost complete, with only the front porch columns left to install. Trim has now begun on the interior. Seven years ago, we designed this house for a different lot but never built it. In 2011, after purchasing a new property, the client came back to us to help adapt the original design. We then got busy, tweaking the plans and elevations as needed for the new lot. The