Jones Architecture

Jones Architecture

Jones Architecture | Architecture Firm | Salem, MA & beyond

About Us

Jones Architecture is a medium-sized, design-oriented architecture practice with a strong culture of service and collaboration, founded in 2011. Based in Salem, Massachusetts with offices in Miami, Florida and Nashville, Tennessee, Jones thrives on uniting design and service in a celebration of people and place—on campuses, in the office, at home, and in many spaces between. Specialties include learning environments, academic libraries, workplaces, athletics, and any type of project that involves the intricacies and delicacies associated with a wide-ranging stakeholder group. Supporting local communities and “designing with” rather than “designing for” is the firm’s passion. Jones is committed to design that avoids flash in favor of contextual sophistication, achieved through meticulous study and impeccable execution.

Our Experience

Jones Architecture’s process starts by asking, then listening. It deepens with research and response, advances with more probing and integration, and culminates in a union of ideas, needs, and aspirations. Service and design are intertwined such that a durable and quiet beauty emerges.

Core Offerings

• Architecture and planning
• Programming and project management
• Learning environments and academic libraries
• Workplace design
• Campus planning
• Athletics facilities
• Residential design
• Historic preservation and adaptive reuse
• Accessibility improvements
• LEED consulting

Design • At Your Service

Many architecture firms talk about “balancing” design and service, as if they are walking a tightrope. Jones sees it differently. The best architecture is not binary—there is no need to choose between beauty and service, between what the client needs and the designer wants. At Jones, service and design are symbiotic, each feeding the other in an exercise of synthesis where it becomes impossible to know when design begins and service ends.

Bright Moments

There’s no point in solving a problem until you understand why it exists. Jones finds beauty somewhere in the problem and does something special that improves the human condition. That’s a bright moment. That’s design.

What Makes Us Unique

• Sharp Listeners – refreshing lack of ego and uncommon interest in what clients care about
• All Shapes and Sizes – from out-of-the-ground landmarks to small interior renovations, roof replacements, and everything between
• Future-Focused – thinking about physical longevity and conceptual endurance, not fads
• Contextual Sophistication – meticulous study and impeccable execution
• Collaboration Across Disciplines – working in new and inventive ways at every scale
• Wide Geographic Reach – serving clients across Massachusetts, New England, down the Atlantic seaboard to Miami, and west to Illinois

Markets Served

Higher Education: Planning, programming, libraries, classrooms, labs, athletics, dining, student life, campus master planning

K-12: Classroom design, accessibility improvements, athletic facilities

Government: Office headquarters, accessibility upgrades, site infrastructure

Corporate: Workplace design, office renovations

Non-Profit: Community spaces, galleries, resource centers

Residential: Custom homes and renovations

Notable Projects

Work includes projects for Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Boston College, Northeastern University, UMass system, Dartmouth College, Norwich University, Salem State University, Boston University, Tufts University, Commonwealth of Massachusetts/DCAMM, Salem Five Bank, and many other institutions and clients.

Culture

Jones Architecture believes in dualities in practice—being rigorous and playful, imaginative and exacting, considered and spontaneous. The trick? Take the architecture seriously, ourselves not so much. The team works hard and cares about smart design that enriches the human experience. They also like to hang out, tell jokes, attend workshops and conferences together, and spend Friday afternoons at the neighborhood watering hole. This camaraderie is key to creating great things.

Contact

Salem, MA (Headquarters)
10 Derby Square, Suite 3, Salem, MA 01970
Phone: (978) 744-5200

Miami, FL
2916 N Miami Ave., Miami, FL 33127

Information

• Website: jonesarch.com
• Email: gina@jonesarch.com
• Phone: (781) 956-3410
• Facebook: facebook.com/JonesArchInc
• Instagram: @jonesarch
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/jones-architecture

Design • At Your Service. Uniting design and service in a celebration of people and place—creating bright moments that improve the human condition.