Listen First, Then Design What determines the design course heading for a particular project? Is it a memory of a favorite place, a collection of images, written goals, or the bottom line result of a proforma? We notice clients using different methods to communicate their goals for the project. Our job is to understand the reasons behind the root goals – listening first, then designing. To listen first, then design allows process alchemy to unveil ideas and solutions that

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