Associate

A graduate of the University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture, Joe spent the first few years of his career freelancing between design firms and employed by an architecture firm in the west Chicago loop.  In 2016, Joe was selected through an international competition as the official Designer of Record for the National World War I Memorial in Washington, DC.  From 2016 until early 2021, Joe owned and operated his own rendering and residential design firm in Washington, DC while design and construction of the memorial was underway.  After the Memorial opened in April of 2021, Joe and his family moved to Atlanta to be closer to friends and family.

In addition to the National WWI Memorial, Joe has been recognized in several other design venues. In 2011 he placed second individually in the Lyceum Fellowship Competition sponsored by the Lyceum Fellowship of Boston. In 2010 he was a part of the team that completed the HABS/HABER documentation of the Fay and Gus Jones Residence, which garnered the Peterson Prize for historic documentation from the Library of Congress. In 2016, Joe was named as one of Crain’s Chicago Business’ Emerging Voices as part of their “20 in Their 20s” series and has since been profiled in an array of media venues for his continued work on the National WWI Memorial. Joe has experience designing memorials, mixed-use developments, commercial buildouts, and single-family residences.

Interests
Oil pastel painting, watercolor painting, cooking, and gardening

Personal Quote
Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency.  -Daniel Burnham