Jeff Williamson first joined JAI in 2003 (staying until 2010) and rejoined the firm in 2014. What is your role at JAI? Project manager, mentor and fiduciary of the annual JAI office basketball pool. What three words best describe you? Communicative, meticulous and witty. What are your favorite aspects of being on the JAI team? Working …
Get to Know: Brandy Hatmaker
Brandy Hatmaker joined JAI in 2005. What is your role at JAI? Drafting the plans, coloring the renderings, fixing the computers, finding the things but, most importantly, mayor of Brandyland! What three words best describe you? Jeans, fleece and sneakers. What is your favorite aspect of being on the JAI team? The team functions more like a family. …
Get to Know: Linda Mollica
Linda Mollica joined JAI in 2003. What is your role at JAI? I’m officially the receptionist, but my team says I’m the quarterback – I handle the ball on almost every play! I know I may be the first voice you hear or the first face you see at JAI. What three words best describe you? Accommodating, patient, compassionate. …
Get to Know: Colleen Riordan
Colleen Riordan, RA, joined JAI in 2001. What is your role at JAI? Project manager, intern mentor, garlic-cheese-grits casserole maker. What three words best describe you? Gregarious, hilarious, organized. What is your favorite aspect of being on the JAI team? JAI has given me complete autonomy to run my own projects from start to finish. It is wonderful …
Get to Know: Rick Friel
Rick Friel, AIA, joined JAI in 1999 and is a partner in the firm. What is your role at JAI? Partner and, somehow, I have been labeled the code and ADA guru. What three words best describe you? Kind, patient, caring. What is your favorite aspect of being on the JAI team? I feel like the three …
Get to Know: Eric Bowen
Eric Bowen, AIA, joined JAI in 1999 and is vice president and a partner in the firm. What is your role at JAI? To manage projects, people and myself. Each with varying rates of success and lack thereof. What three words best describe you? Curmudgeon. Does that count as three? If not, it should. What is your …
Get to Know: Daryl Johnson
JAI President Daryl Johnson founded the firm in 1994. What is your role at JAI? I wear many hats, but my preferred role is Director of Design. What three words best describe you? Loyal, ethical and compassionate. What is your favorite aspect of being on the JAI team? Watching and helping young architects and designers develop and …
WTNZ-TV: New Year’s Resolutions – Home Improvements
Are home improvements among your New Year’s resolutions? Before you get started, here’s some advice from JAI Founder and President Daryl Johnson from FOX 43 News This Morning. Watch now . . .
Shopper News: Lakeshore Park chapel now award-winning public space from Knox Heritage
By John Shearer Shopper-News, Dec. 27, 2018 For several years, the mid-century former chapel of Lakeshore Mental Health Institute was mostly closed as the hospital became smaller, and Lakeshore Park began developing around it. But in recent months, the old chapel building has become open in more ways than one. The building – now called Marble Hall due to its …
Johnson Architecture surpasses Light The Night fundraising goal
The Johnson Architecture team has surpassed its 2018 fundraising goal for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night Walk to become the second-ranked corporate team by dollars raised for the Oct. 25 event in Knoxville. To date, the 20 members of the Johnson Architecture team have raised a total of $12,667, besting a $10,000 goal and marking the largest …