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Don Shell awarded with Legion of Honor

Don Shell has been awarded the Legion of Honor from the Downtown Kiwanis Club of Knoxville. Kiwanis is an organization consisting of volunteers loyal to changing communities through their service. Don has been actively involved [...]

Bill Vinson recognized as leading Muscular Dystrophy fund raiser

We are always grateful for the hard work that Bill Vinson contributes to Red Chair, but today we also recognize his generous contribution to an important foundation. Bill was recognized as the leading fund raiser [...]

Red Chair Architects Develops Strategic Alliance for School Security Design, Planning and Implementation

Knoxville, Tenn. – Red Chair Architects, an award-winning planning and design firm with the largest school design portfolio in Tennessee, announced today its strategic partnership with federal security veteran and entrepreneur Randall E. McGinnis, to [...]

Intern wins First Place in Gowanus by Design: WATER_WORKS Competition

Red Chair Architects intern, Amanda Gann, won first place in the architectural category of the Gowanus by Design: Water_Works Competition. Her entry, HARVEST(IN)Gowanus was advised by Professors Ted Shelton and Tricia Stuth from the University of Tennessee. We are very proud of [...]

Introducing our New Intern, Amanda Gann

Red Chair is happy to have a new intern join us for the Spring Semester! Amanda Gann, a May 2012 graduate of the UT College of Architecture and Design, is currently pursuing a Post-professional Master of Architecture degree with [...]

Aaron Miller – Knoxville 40 Under 40 Honoree

Congratulations to Red Chair’s very own Aaron Miller who was honored as one of the Greater Knoxville Business Journal’s 2012 40 under 40. Each year they recognize individuals who are leaving an imprint on the [...]

Meet Daniel Olberding, our New Intern Architect

We are happy to have University of Tennessee graduate, Daniel Olberding join us as an Intern Architect at Red Chair. Daniel has completed two previous internships with TheMooreGroup Architects in his hometown of Kingsport, TN and with The [...]

Red Chair Receives Tennessee School Board Association (TSBA) School of the Year awards

Red Chair Architects had a wonderful time this weekend at the annual Tennessee School Board Association conference visiting with School Board members from across the state. We were especially thrilled to have two of our schools recognized with [...]

Introducing our new Intern Architect, Todd Sparks!

Todd Sparks recently joined the Red Chair team as a full time intern architect. From his time working at Eric Cohler Design in New York while studying Interiors at Harding University to his graduation from the University of Tennessee’s Master of Architecture program, [...]

We Welcome A New Intern

Rushika Patel has recently joined the Red Chair Architects team as a part-time intern architect. Rushika is a 4th year student in the University of Tennessee’s Architecture program and comes to us from a very [...]

Business Digest: Lauren Rogers Joins Red Chair Architects

Chattanooga Times Free Press by Mike Pare – Chattanoogan Lauren Rogers has been hired by Red Chair Architects in Knoxville as a full-time intern architect. Rogers is a 2010 graduate of the architecture program [...]

We Welcome Two New Interns!

Lauren Rogers, our new full-time intern architect, has joined the Red Chair Architects team. Rogers is a 2010 graduate of the architecture program at the University of Tennessee (UT) and was a team leader for [...]

UT School of Architecture Awards Convocation

Paul McCall represented Red Chair Architects at the University of Tennessee College of Architecture + Design to present the firm’s Hubert Bebb Scholarship to a deserving 2nd year architecture student. Hubert Bebb was the founder [...]

Red Chair’s Community Television Interview

David Cockrill and Dianna Osickey had the opportunity to sit down with Community Television of Knoxville’s Carolyn Jensen for a discussion about Red Chair Architect’s new identity and involvement in the community. It is quality [...]

Loudon County Schools – new ground breaking!

Last week was the Ground Breaking ceremony to commemorate the start of construction of the Philadelphia Elementary School additions. This is the third project in the current building program that Red Chair Architects have been [...]

Morrison School Progress

The new Morrison School project, which will serve the Morrison and Viola communities, is currently under construction and slated for a fall 2012 opening. The building is a 72,000 square foot, 550 student-core facility at [...]

Red Chair Architects to Locate Downtown

Knoxville, Tenn. – Red Chair Architects, a recent merger of Knoxville-based Cockrill Design & Planning (CDP) and Community Tectonics (CT), announced today it will locate its offices at 220 W. Jackson Ave. in Downtown Knoxville, [...]

Red Chair Architects Formed by Cockrill Design & Planning and Community Tectonics

Knoxville-based firms unite to create dynamic new Tennessee design practice Knoxville, Tenn. – Knoxville-based Cockrill Design & Planning and Community Tectonics announced today the merger of their firms to form Red Chair Architects. [...]

Dibrell Elementary Open House

Dibrell School is complete and had their OPEN HOUSE on Friday! 1759 Mike Muncey Road | McMinnville, TN 5pm : Ribbon Cutting 5pm-7pm : Open House

Patrick Core

Patrick Core, formerly of Cockrill Design & Planning and now of Red Chair Architects recently earned his professional architect’s license from the State of Tennessee. Patrick has been with the firm since 2009 and graduated [...]