University Recreation Center at UNC Charlotte.
We’re thrilled to announce that Jenkins•Peer Architects will be joining CannonDesign. By bringing our two firms together, we’ll gain a broader network of talent, expertise and resources that strengthen our ability to deliver purposeful design across the Southeast.
Since 1978, we’ve grown alongside the Carolinas, designing for the communities, organizations and people who make our region special. Joining CannonDesign, a team we’ve successfully collaborated with for more than a decade — most recently on the award-winning University Recreation Center at UNC Charlotte — will deepen our impact in the communities where we live and work by enhancing service for current clients and expanding our reach to new ones.
Importantly, our commitment to client service — and to the qualities that have long made our firm distinct — remains as strong as ever. Clients consistently tell us that what sets us apart is the care and responsiveness we bring to every project. That will not change. Our team will continue to be led by people who live and work here in North Carolina, ensuring our approach stays personal and deeply rooted in the success of our communities.
Williamson Road Parking Garage at Clemson University
“Jenkins•Peer Architects has a long and rich history of creating spaces and places for their community,”
Bradley Lukanic, CannonDesign CEO
Lukanic continues, “We welcome the entire team to the CannonDesign family, where together we will craft more impactful design solutions throughout the Carolinas and the Southeast. Our firms have worked together on past projects, and our new partnership is an exciting opportunity for both of us.”
The transition to joining CannonDesign will be complete on December 31, at which point our Charlotte office will become CannonDesign’s first office in the Southeast. For the near term, we’ll operate under the name Jenkins•Peer Architects, a CannonDesign company. All our teammates are staying with the firm, and our company owners will transition into ownership roles within CannonDesign.
CannonDesign is among the largest and most recognized design firms in the world, repeatedly named by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies in North America, and just this year, named by Fortune as a Company Changing the World.
Through its Living-Centered Design approach, CannonDesign leads with purpose and uses design to make a measurable impact for the communities and clients it serves. Its services and market focus align closely with ours while introducing new areas of expertise, including building engineering, lighting design, technology planning, experiential graphic design, facility management services, building transition and activation and a range of consulting services.
Recent projects designed by CannonDesign in the Southeast include North Carolina A&T State University’s Student Center in Greensboro; the University of Florida’s Reitz Student Union and Student Health Care Center in Gainesville; The Mill office development in Atlanta; CAA Music Group’s new workplace in Nashville; and multiple projects with Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, including the in-construction Braman Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The Mill office development in Atlanta
University of Florida’s Reitz Student Union
Mount Sinai Medical Center’s Braman Comprehensive Cancer Center
With deep roots in Charlotte and enduring partnerships across nearly every major market, our Jenkins•Peer Architects team adds valuable regional strength to CannonDesign. Some of our notable recent projects include the renovation and expansion of the historic Charles R. Jonas Federal Courthouse, the transformation of the Foundation for the Carolinas Headquarters, the North Carolina Transportation Museum and the Clemson University Williamson Road Parking Garage, as well as numerous projects at Appalachian State University, NC State University, UNC Pembroke, UNC Charlotte, UNC Chapel Hill and the University of South Carolina, among others.
“This merger gives our team the resources and expertise of a larger firm while allowing us to keep doing what we love most here in Charlotte, where we are based,” said Benjamin D. Benson, Principal and Managing Partner of Jenkins•Peer Architects. “This is a unique opportunity that provides the resources and expertise to grow our impact and stay deeply connected to the clients and places that have defined us.”
We’re incredibly excited about this new chapter and the greater impact we’ll create alongside CannonDesign. Learn more at www.cannondesign.com.
