The Architecture Workshop is the artful professional practice of Architecture & Urban Design. It was founded by Earl Jackson and is driven by lessons learned from more than 20 years of experience, 16 of which were spent with Michael Graves, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, and Cooper Robertson. While the work of the practice may appear radically diverse, its core principles are grounded in climate & culturally sensitive design, creating a meaningful experience of place, and the honest use of materials. Our work is always local. Whether that locale is our hometown or yours, we take the time to immerse ourselves in the physical and social contexts of our projects to ensure that our designs are authentically native.

Earl's work while Design Director and Partner at Cooper Robertson included leading the competition winning design for MGM's Las Vegas Boulevard Streetscape and Park Master Plan, the competition winning design for Lower Manhattan's Holiday Light, the design of the Vision Plan for the Campbell Soup Company's Gateway District (now Knight's Crossing), and the design of Coral Gables' downtown streetscapes on both Miracle Mile and Giralda Plaza. He led the designs for coastal resilience projects such as Mayor Bloomberg's Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency, HUD Secretary Donovan's Rebuild By Design, and served as subject matter expert for the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities. In his time with Cooper Robertson, he helped rebuild and restructure their urban design practice by winning new work and hiring more than 20 talented young urban designers and architects to work on relevant projects. He re-started and managed the firm's internship program, initiated a series of monthly round table events that helped keep the firm current in the market place, and gave birth to a series of gallery events that broadened the spectrum of work that staff shared with each other and the firm's clients and collaborators. Before leaving the firm, he helped lead the firm's effort to rebrand their identity and helped the firm move their office from midtown to the financial district.

In Earl's time with SOM he worked on and led urban design projects in the US, Mexico, the Kingdom of Bahrain, India, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Malaysian Borneo, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore. He led internship, recruiting, and hiring efforts for his urban design group and presented his work on the firm's behalf at both AIA and AICP conferences and events. He worked on campus design issues for Columbia University at their Manhattanville Campus and for the United States Air Force Academy. He worked on the vision for Tysons Corner pre-metro that led to changes in the comprehensive plan and the evolution of Fairfax County that we are seeing today. Earl worked on many new city and district designs in India and China and was the lead urban designer for the master plan and public realm design at Bahrain Bay in Manama. While at SOM, Earl led competition winning designs for the North Port Redevelopment in Busan, South Korea and for KL Metropolis in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Project experience:The US Embassy NOB in Seoul, KoreaThe Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch, TexasThe Monument to America's First Freedom, Richmond, VirginiaThe Detroit Institute of Art Renovation, Detroit, Michigan

Project experience:Siemens Headquarters, Metro Park, NJ

Project experience:Vacant City, Brussels, Belgium

Project experience:Gordon Residence, NY, NYMarks Residence, Queens, NY

Project experience:Asbury Park Stars, Asbury Park, NJBrunnette/Lepree Residence, Brielle, NJ (Design/Build)Massonius Residence, Spring Lake, NJDiTullio Residence, Manasquan, NJ

Project experience:Rudman Capital Management, New York, NYStranahan/Ward Residence, Woodstock, NYRosenbaum Residence, New York, NY