Architects in Athens, GA

“Maureen Mortenson has the knowledge, experience and vision to make any space into a calm, beautiful area. With her artistic abilities and years of construction and imports, she bring truly unique ideas to any job.”

“We hired Lori to design a home we want to build in Athens. We already had the lot and Lori's challenge was to design the house down to the last detail working with us who live 3,000 miles away! Not an easy task, but she was up for the challenge. With emails and teleconferencing, using ideas from Houzz, and her 3-D software to help us "walk through" the spaces, we're almost done - and we haven't yet set foot on the ground. I thought I knew precisely what I wanted, but didn't know how to execute the plans to get there. Lori had creative solutions and offered alternatives I hadn't even considered, many of which are now in the final plan. She's thorough, detail-oriented, patient with a client (me) who changes her mind at times and spent a great deal of time at the onset just getting to know us. When you're building your dream house from 3,000 miles away you'd better be comfortable with the architect you hired. We're VERY comfortable!”

“We met Van through our (soon to be) builder, who has worked with Van for years on various projects, including his parents house. So, having that kind of recommendation we were very interested in seeing how Van would work for us. Happy to say that we are thoroughly impressed with the work he has done so far. Van has taken a lot of time to get to know my husband and myself and our style preferences, and is great at listening to what we want (or think we want!) and transforming those talks into a fabulous home design. It's been great to have Houzz as a tool, so that we can communicate styles or ideas that my husband and I may not have the correct terminology to describe. Van has a great attention for detail and has been able to lead us in the direction of creating a beautiful and functional design for our home. He has made plenty of suggestions that show he understands the style we would like to have in our house (modern farmhouse) and many of his recommendations are in our final plans. He came out to our property, and from where we wanted to "plant" the house, he made quite a few adjustments to the plans that we hadn't even considered; so glad to have his eye on that! Van is also great with explaining why things can or cannot be done, and is very pragmatic in guiding us on our choices and the costs and benefits from those choices. He knows how to get you what you want in a design and keep it within a budget.”

“I hired Alexa because I was moving into a 350 sq foot studio and knew that I would need a professional to maximize space and make it livable and not feel super cramped. She had amazing storage solutions which were functional and attractive and I get so many compliments on my apartment. We focused on a pallet of a few colors/patterns and she helped me know where to splurge and where to save. She is extremely easy to work with, stays within a budget and is a lot of fun. She has tons of ideas but also keeps you on track so that in the end, it's exactly what you want.”

“Studio.BNA provided full architectural services. Fresh ideas, innovative materials, workable design and most importantly listened to what we wanted and morphed that into a home - a spectacular home.”