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

Earlier this month, our first completed passive house was featured in Lake Martin’s Lake Magazine. Our goal is to constantly design better houses for our clients and this is a big step towards accomplishing this. Check out the article and learn how this design approach can use less energy and save you money! Click the images to enlarge and read more. Download the PDF here. Bryan Jones #PassiveHouse #residentialarchitecture #published #LakeMartin #JonesPierceStudios

We’ve just wrapped up design on this Lake Martin Custom Home. This lot is one of the best lake lots we have ever seen! Located on a peninsula in a quiet area on the lake, the land holds two original stone chimneys that belonged to the original site’s cabin. Designing Around the Existing The design of the home started around the larger of the to chimneys. In an attempt to preserve the historical aspect of the site and provide visitors with a unique story and experience, we le

We believe in homes with names, outdoor showers, and docks with flags so your friends have a landmark to find your house. We believe in knowing the homes entrance from your car is a portal to lake life, and that the entrance from the lake is the real front door. We believe that lake homes are different than city homes and can provide the peace of reprieve. We believe in packing up at 4 o’clock and leaving by 5 o’clock to not waste a lake day. We believe in taking 20 pounds o

The following are images of the 2 new lake homes at Water’s Edge on Lake Martin. Recently, we were asked to “re-design” these homes on existing foundations for a bank when a local home builder went bust. The original plans called for a house too large and too expensive for the current market conditions. Jones Pierce created new, smaller “not so big house” plans to fit on these existing foundations that would meet the market and still make “the numbers work” to help recoup the

A lake home designed by Jones Pierce Studios on Lake Martin, was recently published in Lake Magazine’s Lake Martin edition. Read the full magazine article here Here are the images from the article: Back to Freshwater View View another Lake Martin project: Water’s Edge on Lake Martin Back to JonesPierce.com #lakehouse #LakeMartin #published

My wife loves football Saturday’s…… on the lake. in October. 80 degree days with water temps still in the 70s. Low humidity nurtures the best sunsets of the year. The seasonal water level draws down on Lake Martin, Alabama exposing our favorite beaches. We share the same opinion, unless somehow I have scrounged up 2 tickets to THE monster SEC game of the weekend and fostered a plan to show my oldest daughter the meaning of the big game: The idea of boat up tailgate vision ev