As we prepare to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day (April 22, 2020) while sheltering in place from COVID-19 (coronavirus),...

We are excited to share an update regarding our ongoing adaptive reuse design project: Empire Hotel in Salisbury, North Carolina....

A few months ago, we discovered a Solar Tax Credit hack, and we’d love to help you take advantage of the opportunity. The federal solar tax credit, also known as the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) allows solar array customers to deduct 30% of the cost of installing a solar energy system from their federal taxes. The ITC applies to both residential and commercial systems, and there is no cap on its value. Note that this is a tax credit, not a deduction, that can be spread across

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

Moving Towards a High Performance Architecture In architecture school, the only studio class we had beyond design and theory was given by a sandal-clad professor reacting to the 1970’s energy crisis. Norbert Lechner had a passion for passive solar design. He had a goal to develop students’ studio designs with solar orientation in mind. He assigned each of his students to create an adjustable stand for use in the college sun simulation model. Unfortunately, our passive solar

This months edition of the magazine Green Building and Design features 2 of Jones Pierce’s most sustainable projects. The first feature is a commercial project, The Monastic Heritage Center. The second feature is a residential project, The Creek House at Lanier Enclave. Both projects were done by one of our principles, Cooper Pierce. Click on the images to read the article. Thanks for the feature, Green Building & Design! Check out the blog posts below to read more about

Assessing Our Living Situations Whether it is the economic fall out of former homeowners expanding the rental market, or retired Baby Boomers shedding the burden of maintaining houses, or the increasing rental population of Millennials, rental space is in demand. Given the current situation of the post-real estate bubble burst, now would be a good time to assess our living conditions. We need to ask ourselves, what should the next generation of living environments be like? Le

Our recently completed custom home in Dothan, Alabama was published in the latest edition of the local magazine Wiregrass Living. Wiregrass chose to feature this project because of it’s focus on sustainability. The most prominent “green” feature in this project is the array of solar panels in the rear yard of the Dothan home. Click the images below to read the article: Back to JonesPierce.com #Dothan #residentialarchitecture #published #JonesPierceStudios #sustainability

Author Pattie Baker recently got in touch with Jones Pierce. After a 24 hour visit in silence to the Monastery and the Monastic Heritage Center, she wanted to learn more about the project and its’ sustainable features. She spoke with Drew about the project and wrote a great article on her blog FoodShed Planet. Read the article on FoodShed Planet. Pattie Baker is the author of the soon to be released book Food For My Daughters, and the publisher of Sustainability Today. Check

We have just completed construction on 1141 Lanier Blvd, our first LEED certified home! This is the first home of Lanier Enclave, a 3 custom home development in Virginia Highlands. We refer to this home as “Creek House.” The unique pie shape of the “Creek House” comes from tight lot restrictions that include a 75′-0″ stream buffer to the side of the home. The classic Prairie style home fits well into the old Atlanta neighborhood, but also brings touches of modern living and d

Recent clients from Montana got in touch with Jones Pierce to help them create a “not so big” retirement home for them. The site is located in the Big Canoe community of North Georgia, near Jasper. The home not only incorporates “not so big” detailing, but it’s also designed around the sun. Known as a passive solar design, this home’s aim is to maintain interior thermal comfort throughout the sun’s daily and annual cycles while reducing the requirement for active heating and

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

Determining the Sustainability Prescription for Your Home Renovation Large overhangs shade this Lake Lanier home’s large windows which maximize view and natural light. Sustainable building Sustainability is the new frontier of residential design and construction. Key stakeholders are working hard to have a say in what is green and why. Government has been quick to incent sustainable building. And most importantly, owners are increasingly asking for it. Everyone involved in a

Lanier Enclave Lanier Enclave is a new three-home development in Virginia Highlands neighborhood of Atlanta. All three homes will be prairie style and designed by Jones Pierce. “Creek House” is the first of these homes to be built. It is located at the rear of the property, along the creek. The unique shape of the home is due to the tight restrictions of the lot, including a 75 foot stream buffer. This home is LEED-for-Homes certified! Lanier Enclave Site Plan Creek House Ba

Monastic Heritage Center: A Destination with a Monastic Experience The Monastery of the Holy Spirit has commissioned Jones Pierce Studios to transform an old barn compound into a public gathering space called the Monastic Heritage Center. This center is slated as the premier destination for Rockdale County, near Conyers, Georgia. What is now a cluster of brick buildings, dating back to the early 1900’s, will be stabilized and renovated to be opened as a Monastic Center. Monas