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ON THE MOVE ROBERT NUSSEAR NAMED CHIEF PRACTICE OFFICER JDavis , is a 75-person multi-disciplinary design firm providing architecture, planning, landscape architecture, and interior design services, has named Robert Nussear, AIA, LEED AP as chief practice officer. Additionally, Y.E. Smith, AIA, and Beret Dickson, AIA, have been elevated to the role of partner. Nussear’s role as chief practice officer will expand his position into overseeing the newly created Market Sectors that structure the firm’s studios in both Raleigh and Philadelphia. Nussear will retain his responsibilities as a principal and director of multifamily. Smith and Dickson joined JDavis as partners in efforts to strengthen the firm’s service offerings in mixed-use, retail, and office design. “JDavis’ strategic shift and new additions to our leadership team will well position our firm for many years to come,” says Nussear. “I am extremely excited about the direction our firm is taking and the quality of the design work that we have been providing in recent years across all sectors.” Nussear joined JDavis in 2004 and was named principal in 2006. He brings more than 32 years of experience in the architecture profession. Nussear was drawn to JDavis because of their focus on urban revitalization in complex mixed- use and multifamily infill projects. His strength in organizational and technical skills have helped guide the firm in maintaining the critical balance of design and service through the market sector programming. Smith joined JDavis in late 2018 bringing more than 30 years of experience in the design of retail centric mixed-use, commercial, community, and institutional environments. In addition to being a partner in the firm, his role as director of mixed- use and retail positions JDavis to manage the challenges that mixed-use and retail require when delivering quality design for our clients. Smith specializes in creating destinations that elicit memory, empathy and respect for natural and man-made influences on our built environment including context, history, culture, budgets and market trends. He has worked with clients throughout the U.S. and abroad including China, India, Korea, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Dickson joined JDavis in mid-2018 as design director and has now evolved his role as a partner of the firm. Beret is an award-winning architect with experience in commercial, residential,
mixed-use, planning, and education projects. Beret is motivated by the power of design to shape culture through inspiring, timeless spaces that support social equity, environmental stewardship and personal well-being. Working across all design disciplines and market sectors, his role at JDavis is focused on building an integrated design process fueled by research, analysis, collaboration and experimentation. His primary role is to fulfil the company’s strategic goal to become a regional and national design leader. JDavis’ five year strategic plan, initiated in the Fall of 2017, is focused on the firm’s Mission to Build Value and Pass it On. This idea is reflected in how JDavis works, cultivates the growth of employees and partners, and engages with communities in which it works. One of the key elements of the strategic plan is the reorganization of the design studio into a market sector approach to delivering services. This structure allows JDavis to focus on its core expertise, and provide identifiable value to its clients. JDavis’ clients can be certain that the entire project team, from the principal-in-charge to the project designers have a passion for their work, and are recognized experts in their project type. JDavis’ market sectors include: High-density multifamily; low-density multifamily; senior housing; student housing; commercial architecture; landscape architecture; mixed- use; and interior design. These market sectors are each led by a director, with support from a manager, with teams in two locations: Raleigh, North Carolina, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. JDavis connects communities through design by creating places that bring people, neighborhoods, cities and regions together. It is JDavis’ mission to build value and pass it on. JDavis believe that it should build value for clients, itself, and its communities; and that the firm has a responsibility to pass on its knowledge and experience to those who come after them. JDavis’ multi-disciplinary practice brings together professionals in architecture, landscape architecture, planning, interior design, and procurement management serving the Mid- Atlantic and Southeast regions. The firm’s areas of expertise include multifamily housing, urban design and planning, affordable housing, student housing, senior living, commercial office, mixed- use, retail, clubs and resorts, coastal, parks, and master planning.
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