Let’s work together to protect and restore our planet — because there’s no Plan B if we lose this one.
Johnston Design Group welcomes Jon Haile
Jon Haile has joined us as a project architect, working on residential and commercial projects. He earned his BA in Architecture at Clemson and is currently working on his registration.
Johnston Design Group donates restorative design for historic McClaren project in downtown Greenville
Restorative design lends itself to other values we support — urban renewal, affordable housing and social justice. We’re proud to help restore the former McClaren Medical Shelter as a community center honoring Dr. Edward E. McClaren.
Remembering one of the great voices of our time
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, bookstore owner, First Amendment defender and champion of the Beat poets, has died at 101.
Restorative design and a skilled builder make the living easy
atHome recently featured a Lake Keowee home that we worked on with Ray Foral and his colleagues at Ridgeline Construction Group.
We’re celebrating the holidays with a plan for more kindness in 2021
This has been a tough year, but we feel fortunate. So we’re celebrating the holidays and ringing in the New Year by looking forward.
A re-imagined NYC streetscape makes a better pedestrian experience
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.
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.
A re-imagined mountain site for a new house with a western view
The client had purchased a rundown house on Paris Mountain in Greenville, SC. The house didn’t have much of a view, but the site did.
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.”