From Imagine a Place podcast, August 2026. By Maria VanDeman, Director of Design Strategy & Host of The Imagine a Place Podcast This was not just another panel about design or the workplace. It wasn’t stuffy, formal, or forced. It was a group of people coming together around a part of life that is foundational to so many of us, yet …
Johnson Architecture has been selected as Architect of Record for the Women’s Suffrage Museum – Events & Cultural Center, joining the team working to create what will become the world’s largest museum dedicated solely to women’s suffrage. Planned for 706 and 708 S. Gay Street in downtown Knoxville, the museum will transform two historic properties into an immersive destination centered …
Architecture is inherently visual. It is communicated through sketches, drawings, renderings, and models—tools that allow ideas to be explored, challenged, and refined long before a building takes shape. But every so often, a project reminds us that great design isn’t defined by how it’s presented. It’s defined by how well it’s understood. “Listening has always been the foundation of our …
