Preserved Forward

Remnants of winter storm Fern still coat the streets of downtown Nashville in slick shards, but it’s cozy inside The Arcade’s Urban Cowboy Bar on an early February afternoon. Jack the bartender finishes prepping a piping-hot toddy, floating cream and dusting just the right amount of shaved nutmeg. That architect Nick Dryden and designer Chuck […]

Collective Vision

For years, our city’s rapid residential growth has often felt defined by speed — build quickly, sell quickly, repeat. But a new project by Lotus Building Group in East Nashville pushes back against that mentality, approaching speculative homebuilding less like a transaction and more like a creative collaboration. How very Nashville. The result is a […]

Built To Last

Inside Houston Station, the building’s industrial past still lingers in the worn hardwood floors, exposed timber beams and sprawling factory-style corridors now occupied by a growing mix of creative businesses. Fine dining destination Bastion sits alongside custom boot and hat retailer Planet Cowboy, while vintage streetwear shop Red Rose Hype Retail and the forthcoming Gannons […]

The Power of Partnership: Athena at the Park

Bringing this 51-unit luxury development to life required more than just premium materials; it required a deep-rooted partnership between the most respected design and construction firms in the Nashville area. In the heart of Nashville’s West End near Centennial Park, Athena at the Park has emerged as a landmark of “wellness-focused living.” A shared vision […]

Pursuing Excellence, Honoring Legacy

The evolution of a legacy usually begins with a hard worker and an idea, and that is no different than the beginnings of Huskey Building Supply in Franklin, now run by its third generation of brothers.  Huskey’s growth began in 1945 when the company was founded by builder Clay Huskey. He circumvented the lack of […]

Family Farmhouse Rescued From Ruin

If it weren’t for the Robertson County archives, the Fykes might’ve unknowingly demolished their own family heirloom. The homeowners had just purchased an 1880s farmhouse in Cedar Hill, Tennessee, with the intention — seemingly their only option — of tearing it down. “It was in such a state of disrepair,” says interior designer Sarah Capps, […]

Bold & Beautiful

Maybe the walls in Powell’s new Berry Hill headquarters can’t talk, but they’re certainly telling stories. In the conference room that looks onto Bransford Avenue, custom wallpaper — a collaboration with surface design studio New Hat — turns a selection of Powell’s greatest hits into a purposeful patchwork dubbed “Project Palettes.” “Every rectangle (references) a […]

Rock & Roll Refinement

After Lauren Medwed went through a divorce a few years ago, she moved into the luxury high-rise Icon in the Gulch. She knew right away who she wanted to hire to make the space a joy to come home to—one of her patients, designer Evan Millárd. “So she’s my dentist,” he laughs. “She really wanted […]