HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY

Formed in 2002, Sanders Pace Architecture combines the design talents of John Sanders and Brandon Pace to provide full service architecture, planning, and design services to clients seeking a thoughtful, progressive solution to their goals and needs. The collaboration of John Sanders and Brandon Pace extends back to 1992, when both were enrolled at the University of Tennessee. After studying together in Europe in 1996, both received Bachelor of Architecture Degrees with Honors from the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Planning. Sanders' subsequent work in Knoxville and Pace's work in Nashville and New York City was well received as both have been honored on the local, regional, and national levels on projects ranging from furniture and product design and fabrication to designs for prototypical affordable housing and multi-million dollar medical and office space. In 2003, Pace began graduate studies at the Yale University School of Architecture, where he was twice nominated for the schools highest honor, the H. I. Feldman Prize for Design Excellence, and was the recipient of the Robert Allen Ward Scholarship Award. In 2005 he received his Master of Architecture degree from the university.

In addition to private practice, both John Sanders and Brandon Pace have made a commitment to teaching architecture. Both Sanders and Pace have been adjunct faculty at the University of Tennessee. In addition, Pace was a teaching fellow at Yale University and has been an invited critic at The University of Pennsylvania, The Pratt Institute, and The University of Tennessee. Over the past 15 years John Sanders and Brandon Pace have gained valuable knowledge about the design and construction process that they bring together with the creation of Sanders Pace Architecture. Each project is inherently different, and the firm thrives on the unique opportunities presented. We take pride in providing personal professional attention to each of our clients as we assist in developing a team centered around specific project goals and needs. The task of the Architect is to lead this team down the exciting path, from conceptual design to construction administration. The ultimate result is the realization of a tangible product that exceeds the hopes and dreams of the client.

We believe architecture is ultimately an assembly of prescribed materials and methods. The creation of form and space must begin with the smallest and most mundane of details to be successful. It is the design and organization of these details and how they relate to a greater whole that creates the spaces we perceive, the comfort we desire. The careful, thoughtful assembly of the materials of a building is of no less importance than the careful, thoughtful assembly of the buildings and spaces within a city. The planning of each should carry no more weight than the other. It is our job to see to it that the details of design and construction are not overlooked. Sanders Pace Architecture believes that as an Architect, one has a responsibility not only to themselves and their clients, but to those that will follow us to create a lasting architecture. Just as the masterbuilders did generations before, we must create an enduring architecture which we can be proud to leave as our legacy for generations to come.