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

Trust, but Verify Quality Control of High Performance Insulation & Sealing on a Full-House Renovation Even when you hire the best talent, it still takes a team approach to produce the highest quality finished project. We snapped some photos, as seen below, at a Jones Pierce job site this week. This project is a complete renovation & addition residential project in a North Atlanta neighborhood. The house has already been sheathed then insulated with open cell foam. At this poi

The owner of a period ranch house in Morningside realized her house no longer fit her needs or lifestyle. It had awkward circulation, too small of a kitchen, not enough parking, and on and on. However, she loved the neighborhood and location and did not want to move. Therefore, she contacted Jones Pierce to explore her renovation options. We had a blast renovating this home. Our client is very satisfied with the result! View some before and after images of the Morningside hom

A client came to Jones Pierce after purchasing a dilapidated ranch home on a large 2 acre lot on the prominent West Wesley Road in Buckhead. The abandoned and boarded up home has been sitting open to the elements for at least 2 years! The proposed design solution takes off the existing low slope roof and replaces it with a new steeper roof. This allows for a new second level addition over the existing house footprint. A painted brick home with timber accents pulls from a Euro

Ansley Park Ranch Home – Before Before image of the Ansley Park Ranch The floor plan of 1960’s ranch was chopped up into several small rooms with no connectivity between the spaces. The existing living room, kitchen, dining room, and family room were all individual rooms with low ceilings, adding to their cramped feeling. The new owner wanted to connect these spaces and introduce more of a mid-century modern feel to the home. Mid-Century Modern Renovation After Image of the A

Virginia Highlands Home – Before A couple recently came to us to help them expand their home but keep the historic integrity of the bungalow. They love their current one-story, two-bedroom home. It is located in a wonderful neighborhood, Virginia Highlands. However, they are expecting their first child and simply need more space. Before Image of Front of House Framework Due to the lot size, we decided the best way to expand this home was to extend up. The design adds two addi

Construction is nearly complete on our renovation home in Big Canoe, Georgia. This home originally had several chopped up rooms with small windows, which did not take advantage of the incredible views. Plans are to open up the public spaces add larger fixed windows, create 2 spacious master suites with larger windows, and add a double height heavy timber porch off the rear of the home. We are also updating the dated front of the home with a new stair tower and heavy timber e

A renovation to a 1980’s home in Big Canoe is underway. The home originally had several chopped up rooms with small windows. The home was not taking advantage of the incredible views Big Canoe has to offer. Our plans are to open up the public spaces, add larger fixed windows, create 2 spacious master suites with larger windows, add a double height heavy timber porch off the rear of the home, and update the dated front of the home with a new stair tower and heavy timber entry

A few progress photos from our Big Canoe project currently under construction. Lots of big changes are taking place, including a new heavy timber entry porch and a new 2 story heavy timber rear porch. Additionally, we are doing significant interior renovation and adding new larger windows. These photos help show existing conditions of Big Canoe Project with construction progress photos. Tearing out an old greenhouse on a floor level in between the first and basement floors a

Our project in Duluth, St Marlow Residence, is complete. The project included a backyard transformation with a new pool, firepit area, patio, and deck. A new entry removed a 20 foot tall west facing window wall replacing it with a new double entry and portico. We also completed a full basement renovation. Our team included Core Landscape Architects and Keiffer Phillips Patricia Brown Builders . St Marlow Residence Images: Entry St. Marlow Residence New double entry doors and

Here are before and after images of a few renovations we have completed over the past few years: See our portfolio page of various sized renovations. Back to the JP Blog Back to JonesPierce.com #beforeandafter #JonesPierceStudios #residentialarchitecture #Residentialrenovation

These Atlanta clients have undergone several small renovations and additions to their home over the years. Now, they are coming to Jones Pierce to help them bring cohesiveness to their ranch style home. They are hoping this renovation will transform their home into a Lifetime Home for their family. To add cohesiveness to the ranch home, we started by re-organizing the first level, opening up space for a Mother-in-Law Suite. The new living space opens the home up to woods at t

Here are final photographs from our latest kitchen renovation on a home in Ansley Park. This is the first phase of a two-phase project on this Historic Colonial Home. This phase includes renovating the kitchen, minor interior reconfiguration, basement structure remediation, and a new stone patio. At the end of this Ansley Park kitchen is a breakfast nook, complete with a built-in bench and lots of natural light. The renovation adds plenty of addition storage in the kitchen. W

Dunwoody Ranch Facelift A Dunwoody Ranch gets a front yard facelift when a new entry and courtyard takes cues from Japanese Zen gardens, while maintaining handicapped accessibility. From the approach, the transformation begins at the new exposed aggregate driveway. The driveway gets interrupted by radiating bands of sandstone finished concrete, whose axis are centered on one embedded flagstone paver. From there, the new frosted glass garage door and timber pergola add anoth

The big picture goal for this Roswell backyard project was to add a pool with a built in “Endless pool” to allow a very busy corporate client to train at home for an Iron Man, instead of having gym memberships all over the city. We saw this as an opportunity to use the new pool and the landscape design to fit the house to the site instead of following a typical home builder approach of fitting a site to the house. We achieved this by using the pool structure combined with bo

The Split Level Home Unleashed by production builders in the 60’s and 70’s, split level homes are the most difficult type of house to transform into the way our customers want to live today. At the same time, these homes are also in the current sweet spot for in-town renovations because of their location on the growth rings of cities. Typically, split level homes are good candidates for an architectural intervention. They are close to town, and they have a reasonable cost bas

Back to the Renovation Financing Future In “the day” of the housing bubble the financial viability of a project was the last check mark on our list to determine viability. As architects we worried about making sure the changes were exactly what our clients needed. We also made sure the context was right with the neighborhood. Then, we checked the comparable after renovation values of homes in the neighborhood to our proposed design. We acted responsible to keep our clients

Construction is wrapping up on our Renovation to a historic home in the Forest Park neighborhood of Birmingham. Stay tuned for final photographs. Back to JonesPierce.com. Back to JP Blog. #Birmingham #constructionupdate #ForestPark #Residentialrenovation

Our latest featured project is a sustainable whole home renovation we are working on in Marietta, Georgia. Large overhangs, wood brackets, and lot of natural light describe this Arts & Crafts style renovation. The homeowners loved their area so much, they decided to renovate rather than move. View construction images of the project below. Front Porch under construction. War Eagle! View of the front entry of the Marietta Home Side view from the approach

A new phenomenon we’re seeing is a transition from clients updating intown pre-war bungalows to a focus on Ranch and Split level renovations. It is inevitable that the homes of the next great era of home building would need remodeling to suit modern tastes and be reconfigured for contemporary lifestyles. Split Level Renovation Before Before photos of the front and rear of this Marietta, Georgia Split-level home. It was the desire of our client here, a husband and wife contra