FIRM OVERVIEW
Background
Minton Design was founded by Jeff Minton as a small business focused on using the power of innovative design solutions to create a positive impact in the world. Jeff Minton has over 35 years of experience as an architect working on projects in 27 states in the U.S. and 31 foreign countries. He is a licensed architect in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee; holds national certification with National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB); is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA); and is a LEED Accredited Professional - Building Design + Construction (LEED AP BD+C).
Minton Design has focused on providing Architectural, Interior design and Planning services on Research, Laboratory, Healthcare, Entertainment, Hospitality and Commercial facilities with varying degrees of complexity for Institutional, Governmental, Academic and Corporate clients. Minton design excels at teaming with other design professionals and institutional stakeholders to provide specialized subject matter expertise, design leadership, and design support.
Design Excellence
Minton Design believes that the best designs evolve from a genuine fascination in the discovery of new ideas that are not constrained by predicated formulas or preconceptions. The essence of responsible architectural design is innovation that challenges the status quo. We believe in the premise that the best design is not necessarily always the most complex or the most expensive; and that great design creates an environment that propagates specific human aspirations, ideas, and behaviors.
Design Philosophy
We are passionate about great design that incorporates principles based on an understanding and exploration of the Client’s Vision, disciplinary Integration, Innovation, Conservancy, and Process to ensure all the Client’s needs are met.
Vision
Design that holistically embodies an aspirational concept or idea. Design can play a unique and profound role that creates breakthrough designs and strategies that advance our Client’s Growth, Culture, and Success.
Integration
All disciplines in the Design Team, Client, and User Group work together, to cultivate a culture of design innovation that promotes diverse thinking so that functional and behavioral integration informs Planning, Form, and Aesthetics.
Innovation
Looking at problems with an optimistic and unique point of view offers a strategic advantage to Clients while pushing the boundaries of architecture, design, and technology. This involves examining new ideas in planning and design, while evaluating them against previous experience for best practice, safety, security, and a balance of “Outside-In and Inside-Out” thinking.
Conservancy
… “of Being, Environment, and Resources. A thoughtful holistic design improves the user’s human experience, elevates the project’s capacity to embody culpable design in the environment, and where Simplicity empowers Sustainability.
Process
Consensus building empowers momentum through a method of Data Gathering, Dialogue, and Advocacy with the Client/User group. The project’s success is a consequence of continually striving to learn, by listening to the Client, Stakeholders, Users, and Team members, focusing on providing optimal services.