For The Love OfHistory And Design

Say hello to Centric Architecture

01Design

Combining human need with art, science, and care for our environment to create transcendent value.

We Make It Look Great

02Preservation

Passionately reviving the landmarks of our culture so they can be enjoyed for generations to come.

We Make It Last

03Development

Initiating plans that inspire and shape the future of our communities.

We Make It Work
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Work With Us.
Everyone here cares about great design, but complements that with a deep understanding of people.
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01Design

Combining human need with art, science, and care for our environment to create transcendent value.

We Make It Look Great

02Preservation

Passionately reviving the landmarks of our culture so they can be enjoyed for generations to come.

We Make It Last

03Development

Initiating plans that inspire and shape the future of our communities.

We Make It Work
Superior Work In These
Work With Us.
Everyone here cares about great design, but complements that with a deep understanding of people.
See Open Positions

History

CENTRIC Architecture has had a long tradition of the ‘pioneering spirit’.  Dating back to 1955, Centric is one of the oldest architectural firms in middle Tennessee. Through different names, mergers, and leadership transitions our firm has carried that pioneering spirit through from the jump. From beginning a historic preservation office in 1960’s Nashville when no one really knew what “preservation” meant, to our early office in 1970’s Germantown, where our closest neighbors were 3 prostitutes named Foxy, Bunny, and Go-rilla, to our current office in The Trolley Barns, when the previous occupants (among the abandoned bus parts and former swat team training targets) included the occasional graffiti artist and a few sewer rats. We are proud of our history, and we continue to look for ways to maintain that pioneering spirit. From continually evaluating the way we practice architecture and how we can expand what we do to better serve our clients, to becoming one of the premier adaptive re-use design firms in today’s tear-down-and-build-new Nashville economy.

Centric Architecture is proud to associate with both the “old” and the “new”.  First, our work is a healthy blend of historic preservation, creative adaptive reuse, and some kick-ass cool new design. Second, we have a over 60 years of successful work across a spectrum of project types, yet we have a young leadership and a young staff that is focused on providing innovation and bleeding-edge awesome-ness. We believe you will find in Centric that perfect collision of naive optimism and grizzled veteran experience that is needed to deliver something truly authentic and unique—no matter the scale, budget, or type.

Approach

While our portfolio is varied, we do not consider ourselves “generalists” in the sense that we will work on whatever happens to stumble through the door. To the contrary, we are quite selective in the projects we take on, but find that it is less about the project-type selection than it is about client selection. We look to work with clients who seek quality, a sense of place, efficiency, and longevity—and who also appreciate the value of good design.

Our work is guided by these fundamental principles:

Influence

We work to inspire and build communities by creating unique, intentional environments that instill a compelling sense of place… And we seek to become an integral part of the communities in which we work—above and beyond architecture—through volunteerism, outreach, and service.

Quality

We carefully combine beautiful form, smart design, and high-performance solutions to ensure extraordinary results, both for today and decades into the future.

Collaboration

Guided by a passion for learning, a genuine care for ideas, and an empathy for all voices, we are committed to consensus-building within our staff, with our consultants, with our clients, and with the community at large.

Ingenuity

Working to stay ahead of the curve in building technology, sustainability, and project delivery methods; and pushing ourselves to constantly re-think how we might better serve our clients through innovation.

Legacy

We passionately strive to preserve what is historically significant while creating progressive additions to today’s culture.

And it all starts with the team. Ours is a passionate group of creative thinkers and problem solvers—who also happen to be great friends outside of the architecture grind! We have been deliberate in building a firm culture based on collaboration, creativity, and a shared vision of working hard for our clients while also having some fun while we’re at it. We find that when people are passionate about their work, and enjoy the people they work with, then together we can do some pretty cool stuff. We hang out together, have fun together, trust each other, and work hard together—and do all of that pretty darn well if we do say so ourselves.

Today, Centric isn’t standing still.  Our pioneering spirit is continuing to drive new innovation and exploration, and our passionate team is continuing to create a new architectural practice—firmly rooted in the past, planted in the community, and proudly built for the future.  If you’ve got the hankering to be a part of that journey, then don’t hesitate to give us a holler!