The Friday, December 18 edition of The New York Times has a feature on 2020’s transformation of New York’s streets. City officials redirected vehicular traffic and turned over 83 miles of streets to people on foot or riding bikes. Restaurants and retailers started doing business alfresco.
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Designing for health and resilience
Designing for wellness has been a key design driver from the beginning of The Water Tower visioning process. Even before the current pandemic, we’ve known the health impact of the built environment in general and building interiors specifically.
Juneteenth reminds us to join together to build a more peaceful and just future
We celebrate June 19 to honor that which is sacred in all of us. As one of our associates, Byron Jefferies, said, “I was happy to see more Juneteenth coverage in the news this year. It’s one of the most important events in our country’s history and often overlooked.”
How the Coronavirus will reshape architecture
A thoughtfully conceived built environment enhances our well being. This article from The New Yorker offers a pause for reflection for what that might be like in the near future.
April 22 is Earth Day
Please touch the earth in mindfulness, with joy and concentration. The earth will heal you, and you will heal the earth. — Thích Nhất Hạnh We believe in the power…
Johnston Design Group hosts Clemson architecture students during annual Greenville Firm Crawl
We were excited to welcome Clemson University School of Architecture student organizations — American Institute of Architecture Students, Equity In Architecture – Clemson Chapter, and National Organization of Minority Architects-…
Johnston Design Group provides restorative design for the former Piedmont Shirt Factory building
Our rendering shows the completed 2020 restoration and transformation of the site, located on Poinsett Highway. What could be more restorative than taking a landmark Greenville building and turning it…
A client gift that takes the cake
Actually, the gift is the cake. It’s from our client, Jay Desai, the owner of The Palms at Brushy Creek, a retail and restaurant strip center in Greer. Jay’s wife,…
Johnston Design Group and The Randolph Group bring “the magic of mixed use” development to Simpsonville
The Greenville News recently published this article on an exciting project we’re working on with an old friend, Jeff Randolph of The Randolph Group, called The Settlement. It’s a new,…
A new design and structural system eliminates the problems of urban multi-family construction
When we look at new design and construction technologies, we evaluate them objectively and in terms of what will work best for the project. That said, we were excited to…