From ‘Top-Down’ to ‘Hands-On’: The Evolution of Community Design in Knoxville

A South Forty exhibition opens at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC on February 15.

Summer Dreamin’: A Sneak Peek at Augusta Quarry

Here’s a look at the Future Jenny Boyd Theatre at the University of Tennessee

We’re honored to be included in Forbes Magazine List of the top 200 residential architects in the United States

Brandon Pace to lecture at the University of Cincinnati as part of the Fall ’24 School of Architecture + Interior Design Lecture Series

John Sanders lectures in Omaha as part of the Maple St Construct Lecture Series

John Sanders and Brandon Pace were recognized with the AIA East Tennessee Gold Medal

Sanders Pace Architecture projects recognized at annual AIA East Tennessee Design Awards Gala

At last week’s @aiaetn gala we were proud to have several of our projects recognized by the jury.  The Baker Creek Preserve Pavilion at Urban Wilderness Gateway Park was recognized with an Honor Award and the Downtown Bentonville Workforce Housing project was the recipient of a Citation Award from the jury and the recipient of the Chapter Choice award at the Gala.  Our team’s entry into the AIA East Tennessee ADU Competition was also recognized by the Chapter during the event with the Gala Choice Award.  Congratulations to all of the winners!

Sanders Pace Architecture honored by Knox Heritage as this year’s Preservationist of the Year

This year’s Scruffy City Soiree will honor 50 years of Knox Heritage and celebrate Sanders Pace Architecture as this year’s Preservationist of the Year on Friday, September 20th. Sanders Pace Architecture has made significant contributions to historic preservation and revitalization in Knoxville. Some of their notable projects include the rehabilitation of the Candoro Marble Building, preservation efforts at Little Switzerland in South Knoxville, the transformation of the historic Dogan-Gaither Motel into the Dogan-Gaither Flats in East Knoxville, the adaptive reuse of the Dewine Building in North Knoxville (now known as The Press Room), and ongoing preservation work at the Eugenia Williams House in West Knoxville. Their preservation work has been recognized nationally, and with over 100 local, regional, and national design awards, Sanders Pace has established itself as one of the most thoughtful and imaginative firms practicing in the Southeast.

Sanders Pace Architecture was recognized with this year’s Partnership Award along with DSCI Construction for work on the new Urban Wilderness Gateway Park Pavilion at Baker Creek Preserve.

Check out the video HERE.

Our Baker Creek Pavilion at Urban Wilderness Gateway Park was featured in an article titled “Postcard from Knoxville” which highlights the work Sanders Pace Architecture and PORT Urbanism have contributed to this important and iconic City of Knoxville project.

Clauss Haus II recognized with a Citation Award by Residential Design Magazine as part of the 2024 Residential Architect Design Architecture Awards.

The Architect’s Newspaper Best of Practice awards include an Honorable Mention for Sanders Pace Architecture in the Southeast Medium-Sized Category.

Keep Knoxville Beautiful honors the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Learning Center with an Orchid Award for New Construction!

Brandon Pace to present in panel “Nature/Culture” at the Place of Practice / The Practice of Place symposium at the University of Arkansas School of Architecture.

John Sanders goes to Little Rock to accept the Best of the South Award from the Southeast chapter from the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH)

UTIA College of Veterinary Medicine and Dogan-Gaither flats receive Honor Awards from our local AIA East Tennessee Chapter

A Second Chance for Knoxville’s Dogan-Gaither Flats and Its Residents

We are proud of the SPA team for taking home an Excellence Award for our addition to UT‘s College of Veterinary Medicine at the 2023 @aiatennessee design awards gala!

John Sanders’ restoration work at Little Switzerland featured in the Wall Street Journal

Candoro Marble Building celebrates 100th Birthday

Dogan-Gaither Flats wins Knox County Mayor’s Award at annual East Tennessee Preservation Awards awarded by Knox Heritage

Dogan-Gaither Flats receives Keep Knox Beautiful Orchid Award at annual celebration

2023 AIA Membership kickoff meeting with the presentation “Site Specific” by Sanders Pace Architecture

Finding a Renewed Sense of Place in the American South by Michael Cockram

Residential Design Citation of Merit is given for the restoration of Clauss Haus II at Little Switzerland in the Docomomo’s 2022 Modernism in America Awards

Jurors for this year’s AIA Tennessee Design Awards selected two Sanders Pace Architecture projects for recognition. The Artist Cabins at the Loghaven Artist Residency received an Award of Excellence while the Visual and Performing Arts Studios at Loghaven received an Award of Merit.

See Knoxville News Sentinel article “What a new partnership with industry leader Tombras means for UT’s advertising and PR school”

John Sanders and Brandon Pace present Site Specific at Columbia Design League

Global Design News published article “Sanders Pace Architecture Breathed New life into Five Historic Log Cabins from the 1930s creating the “Loghaven Artist Residency”

The annual Bowman Design Forum was introduced by Kansas State alumnus Brent Bowman to expose third-year architecture students to the field’s top professionals. Participants compete through submissions of innovative design for scholarships and interact with nationally recognized architects. This year’s Bowman Design Jurors are Brandon Pace, FAIA and Michael Davis, AIA of Sanders Pace Architecture in Knoxville, Tennessee.

We are proud to announce that four projects were the recipients of Design Awards at the annual Gala. Cityhouse and the French Broad House as Award of Honor recipients, Clauss Haus II as an Award of Merit recipient, and The Historic Candoro Marble Building as a Citation award winner.

We were proud to have 3 projects recognized as award winners by the AIA Gulf States Region during last night’s Design Awards Celebration.

“Loghaven re-emerges as an artist’s haven”

Loghaven Artist Residency has been awarded a 2021 American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum.  The award is the nation’s highest public award given by a non-commercial, non-trade affiliated, public arts, culture and educational institution.

Read the full article HERE.

Brandon Pace presents a lecture titled Site Specific as part of the AIA Arkansas Member Engagement Series.

Residential Architect Magazine included a feature on Sanders Pace Architecture’s French Broad House as part of their “Quiet Time” feature in the most recent issue of the magazine.

Oxford American Magazine features work of Southern firms as part of it’s Summer 2021 Place Issue.

Loghaven Artist Residency featured in Hellbender Press, the Environmental Journal of Southern Appalachia

Sanders Pace designs Loghaven artist campus in a Tennessee forest

Sanders Pace Architecture’s work exhibited at Venice Biennale as part of A South Forty, an exhibition focused on Contemporary Architecture and Design in the American South

7 Sanders Pace Architecture projects receive awards at the 2021 Knox Heritage/East Tennessee Preservation Awards

See inside Loghaven, South Knoxville artists’ retreat that won top architectural prize

$1 million plan to enhance Augusta Quarry recreation

Loghaven Artist Residency presented with 2021 AIA National Architecture Award

Michael Davis receives 2021 AIA Young Architects Award

Short Mountain House featured on Dezeen. Click HERE to check it out online.

Knoxville News Sentinel ‘Dogan-Gaither Flats provides the pathway to ‘a different life’ for men leaving prison’

WBIR ‘Historic Motel to provide affordable, supportive housing for former inmates’

French Broad House featured on Dezeen. Click HERE to check it out online.

Short Mountain House featured on ArchDaily. Click HERE to check it out online.

You can watch the full lecture by clicking HERE.

How to Keep Skies Dark at Night

Calloway Ridge House / Sanders Pace Architecture

Could Knoxville Be the Next Boulder of the Agency World?

Gateway swings open to a ‘front door’ to Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness

Admissions headed to ‘new’ location with renovations, construction

Sanders Pace Architecture Project Manager Michael Davis, AIA was elected to serve a 3 year term as Secretary for the AIA East Tennessee Board.

The Press Room Set to Open in the DeWine Building

Houzz Tour: New Design Complements Historic Charm in Tennessee

Introducing: 2017 Curbed Groundbreakers

Recode Knoxville is an effort to revise and update the City of Knoxville zoning regulations which haven’t been updated in nearly 50 years.  Learn more about the process by clicking HERE.

The Best Bakery in America Is in . . . Knoxville, Tennessee?

Catching Up With Two Big Development Projects: The KUB Building and Kern’s Bakery

Brandon Pace served as this year’s jury chair for the 2016 AIA Charleston Triennial Design Awards Program.  The awards were presented on October 28th at the South Carolina Aquarium in downtown Charleston.  Congratulations to all of the winners!

Wild Love Bakehouse was the recipient of an Award of Merit at the 2016 AIA East Tennessee Design Awards Gala.  Very proud of our amazing clients and the entire team including Dewhirst Properties and Christopolous & Kennedy on this project!

We hope you can join us next Monday at the Kern’s Bakery Building to give input on future programming and access Fort Dickerson Quarry Lake! We’ll join our friends at PORT Urbanism as tour guides for what we hope is a fun and interactive experience.

Hope to see you there!

The Seymour-Tanner House is featured in the current issue of the Knox Mercury.  The “Abode” feature highlights several of Knoxville’s mid-century landmarks.

“University of Tennessee Gardens host to new Treehouse as part of Children’s Discovery Garden” – Knoxville News Sentinel

The Knoxville News Sentinel featured a story on the dedication of “Nest”, the winning competition treehouse competition entry designed by Sanders Pace Architecture and constructed by a team of volunteers and UT Gardens Staff in the new Children’s Discovery Garden.

UT Gardens is hosting an opening dedicating the newest addition to the State Botanical Garden, the “Nest” Treehouse designed by Sanders Pace Architecture.  The project is part of a bigger project called the Children’s Discovery Garden which will open in the Spring of 2017.  The opening is scheduled for Tuesday October 4th at 4pm at the UT Gardens

Our Barrier Island House in Vero Beach, Florida is currently listed for sale and was chosen for the weekly New York Times column “What You Get” column which looks at what you can get for a given price in homes listed for sale around the country.

Holston River House featured in Knox Mercury’s inaugural “Abode” issue which highlights several local home design projects.

Check out Inside of Knoxville’s blog for a story featuring our design for the rehabilitation of the downtown KUB building into the new corporate offices for The Tombras Group.  The conceptual package for the project was approved by the Downtown Design Review Board so we are moving forward with design work. 

Happy to find our Wild Love Bakehouse project featured on The Mug Diaries!

We enjoyed the opening event at Wild Love Bakehouse Friday night and want to congratulate Mid Mod Collective on their 1 year anniversary!  We loved working with the team at Wild Love and wish them the best of luck as they help anchor new urban redevelopment on the north side of Knoxville.  Thanks to all involved in the project including our friends at Dewhirst Properties, Christopolous and Kennedy General Contractors,  Nathanna Design who handled the branding and Holler Design who provided the tables and seating.

More information on the opening event can be found at the Inside of Knoxville blog by clicking HERE

We are excited to see Wild Love Bakehouse open its doors at 1625 North Central Street in early November.  The adaptive reuse project is a collaboration between Sanders Pace Architecture and developer, Dewhirst Properties.

‘Vine Avenue Rowhouses to break ground in October’ – Inside of Knoxville

“The Modern Home with Southern Charm” – Dwell Magazine

‘Room of the Day: Swank Basement Redo for a 100-Year-Old Row House’ – www.houzz.com

Cape Russell Retreat featured in the book ‘Out of Scale – AIA Small Projects Awards 2005-2014’ published by ORO Editions

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Holston River House featured in an article on Houzz.com

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‘City plans meeting on World’s Fair Park bridge’ – Knoxville News Sentinel

Barrier Island House featured on Archdaily

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Brandon Pace is interviewed for a short film by the Brass Brothers as part of their series on creativity

Southeastern Glass Building featured in Archdaily

Cape Russell Retreat featured on ArchDaily

Inskip Park Renovations complete, ribbon cutting ceremony scheduled for September 26

Click HERE to see article

‘Clean Care combines wash, maintenance operations’ – Cookeville Herald-Citizen

‘The Carson – Suburban Amenities in a Downtown Setting’ – Knoxville News Sentinel

‘Cityview’ Magazine Feature “Designing Downtown”

‘Knoxville Architects Take Home Awards’ – Knoxville News Sentinel

‘Renovation More Than Just a Pretty Face’ – Knoxville News Sentinel

‘Facade Project Gets Nod’ article in Knoxville News Sentinel

‘Local Architects Honored with Design Awards’ – Knoxville News Sentinel