The 2017 Atlanta Urban Design Commission 40th Annual Awards for Excellence recognized projects, programs, and individuals that have significantly contributed to the improvement of the built environment in the City of Atlanta, as well as the preservation of the City’s heritage. This year, Jones Pierce received the Award of Excellence in Contextual Infill category for the 405 9th Street project. Urban Lot 9th Street front elevation. The project’s home is located on a corner lot

5 Tactics used for Modern Living in a Ranch Home: Indoor-Outdoor Edition A client came to Jones Pierce after finding a good ranch house candidate to convert to the mid-century modern style. Their strategy was to sell the home their kids grew up in then downsize into a single level living . This also fulfilled a long-term bucket list item to live in smaller, mid-century modern home. We identified 5 tactics to convert a ranch to mid-century modern living. 1. Indoor/Outdoor Fun

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

The Atlanta Music Project strives to expose children and teens throughout the City of Atlanta to classical orchestral and choral music. It also provides quality, intensive, and tuition-free music education to our city’s under-served youth. Jones Pierce Studios has had the exceptional opportunity to work with the founders and board of Atlanta Music Project. We have been working to identify a vision and set goals for a physical home for AMP. Check out what they are doing and ho

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

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

Construction Progress – Modern TransformationConstruction is well underway on a modern transformation of a mid-century home. This home is located on a steep, wooded upper Chastain hillside. The exterior walls and roofs are intact and the interior walls are ready for solid partitions. This project features the use of planar site retaining walls to create a modern patio layout in the back yard. We’re really excited about this project and we’ll keep you abreast of its’ progress

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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