Building a gingerbread house for the holidays
Anu Rao, Casey Smithling and Helen Mittelstadt place the roof on their gingerbread house. Note the job site littered with construction materials. This year our holiday festivities included the design…
Casey Smithling, Licensed Architect
Join us in congratulating Casey on passing her architectural boards! See Casey’s Bio
Halloween is the perfect way to start the holiday season
Everyone at Johnston Design Group loves Halloween. It’s the perfect way to kick off the holidays… a little creativity, some pumpkin carving and last, but not least, all that candy.…
Johnston Design Group welcomes Byron Jefferies
Byron Jefferies has joined us as an Architect Intern and will assist on the firm’s residential, retail and commercial projects. We’re excited to welcome Byron to the firm and add…
Johnston Design Group welcomes Anu Rao
Anu Rao has joined us as a project manager and will work on the firm’s residential, retail and commercial projects. She earned a Master of Architecture degree at the University…
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,…
Johnston Design Group welcomes Lydia Powell
Lydia Powell has joined us as a project manager to work on the firm’s commercial and multi-family projects. She’s a recent graduate of Murray State University, where she earned her…
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…
An eco-friendly vision for the restoration of Notre Dame
Photo/Rendering Credit: Vincent Callebaut Architectures In April, the French government announced an international competition to redesign the cathedral’s 19th-century spire, following the devastating fire earlier in the month. This is…