Sometimes the professional aspects of running Jones Pierce Architects intermixes with the personal — and that’s the case for one of our historic renovation projects. Cooper Pierce purchased the Wylie Chapel in 2018 to live in (and later restore) while he built a new home next door. By the time it came to renovate the…
Our intern, Elizabeth (Lizzy) Johnson, is more than halfway through her stint working in our Commercial studio. It’s been great having her here this summer. Lizzy is a fifth-year architecture student at Kennesaw State University and an active volunteer for Georgia nonprofits, like Atlanta’s Habitat for Humanity. (If you know us well, you know we…
When an EPA decree births a beloved community attraction, it’s a win-win — and this is how the Rome-Floyd E.C.O. Center came to be. One element of the EPA decree was the option to create an ongoing educational component that rallied area communities around protecting the Etowah, Coosa and Oostanaula (ECO) river waters. The idea…
A lot can happen in 25 years. You can grow a family. Grow a business. Grow a head of gray hair. This year is Jones Pierce’s twenty-fifth anniversary, and we’ve grown considerably since 1998. Our big milestone has me reflecting on what our business was like when we first started it and how we’ve moved…
OPPORTUNITY: Renovate certain interior and exterior portions of a building, including better configuring common areas for the tenant spaces (e.g., bathrooms and corridors), exterior walls and a restaurant patio area LOCATION: Northeastern corner of Elizabeth Street and North Highland Avenue, near the BeltLine’s East Side Trail and in the Inman Park Historic District CLIENT: Experienced developer…
OPPORTUNITY: Convert two disparate lots separated by an alley into 11 separate million-dollar townhomes (about 2,000 square feet each) that complement the Victorian-style architecture of this well-known historic area LOCATION: Inman Park Historic District on Atlanta’s east side, known as Atlanta’s first suburb CLIENT: Experienced developer and private investor OTHER PROJECT INFLUENCERS: Inman Park Historic…
When recommending sustainable building materials to Jones Pierce’s clients, Cooper Pierce speaks from experience, both as an architect with almost 40 years of experience and as a homeowner of his test lab. Recently, Cooper and the Jones Pierce Architects commercial team installed a green roof above the carport at Cooper’s intown Atlanta home. Cooper originally…
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Alex Hays developed his unique sense of design by taking inspiration from the New York borough’s eclectic community and architecture. As a contextual designer now based in Atlanta, Alex’s early years inspired him to elevate the environment by building upon the urban fabric and its community. Alex joined Jones…
For Jones Pierce’s Commercial Studio, May 19 at Urban Land Institute’s 26th Annual Awards of Excellence event was a night to remember. As the Commercial Studio and Firm Leader for Atlanta-based Jones Pierce Architects, Cooper Pierce was honored to see James P. Brawley Apartments win the Excellence in Small Scale Development award presented to the…
An ambitious young family fell in love with a Tudor home in the heart of historic Druid Hills with its expansive lot and a backyard they affectionately began to call “the back forty.” Our task was to bridge the gap between the original 1923 home that sat on the property and the family’s modern living…