Architecture is only part of the job.
I’m a registered architect and design leader based in Greenville, South Carolina, with 19 years of experience across mixed-use, multifamily, hospitality, commercial, adaptive reuse, education, and residential development.
My work has covered architectural design, client relationships, entitlement strategy, project recovery, public approvals, consultant leadership, construction administration, and studio operations. I’m most useful when a project needs both a clear design idea and someone who can carry it through the decisions, constraints, and competing interests required to get it built.
Most recently, I led MHK Architecture’s Greenville commercial studio, overseeing 8 to 12 active projects and pursuits, more than $1 million in annual revenue, and a team of local and national staff.
The work has to work.
I care about design, but not as an isolated exercise.
A project has to respond to its site, support the client’s goals, navigate approvals, respect the budget, and survive construction without losing the idea that made it worth pursuing in the first place.
That means design, planning, entitlement, documentation, and delivery are part of one continuous process. The strongest projects are not only visually clear. They are practical, defensible, and built around decisions that hold up over time.
A little more context.
I live in Greenville with my wife and two children, and family is the center of life outside work. We homeschool, travel when we can, and try to build a life that leaves room for both ambition and time together. That usually means a mix of family projects, baseball, time outdoors, and turning ordinary weeknights into something worth remembering.
I’ve always liked making, fixing, and learning by doing. Outside architecture, that shows up in woodworking, home projects, baking bread and pizza, keeping older cars on the road, and occasionally taking apart something that was probably working well enough to begin with. I also enjoy strength training and running, both for the discipline and the chance to clear my head. Music is another constant. I play on my church’s worship team and still enjoy the mix of preparation, collaboration, and improvisation that comes with playing live.
I’m also slowly learning Italian, with progress that depends heavily on how generous you are with the word “progress.”
A few things that matter to me.
I value clear thinking, direct communication, and people who take responsibility when something goes wrong. I enjoy helping younger staff grow, giving clients honest advice, and making decisions that still hold up when budget, code, and construction enter the room.
I believe people understand good space even when they cannot explain why. Light, acoustics, proportion, massing, material, and detail all shape how a place feels. People read weight, structure, and joinery instinctively, so those elements should be honest and make sense. Materials should look and behave like what they are, and details should feel resolved rather than applied.
To me, architecture is not art for its own sake. A building is the physical expression of a design goal and a place made for people to inhabit, activate, and enjoy. The work should be beautiful and responsive, but it also has to function, endure, and feel right in its context.
I also try to keep work in its proper place. Family comes first, and I want room for travel, learning, and a life that is not defined entirely by architecture.
