ABOUT US

JAMES ATKINSON IS AN ACCOMPLISHED DESIGNER WITH MORE THAN 21 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE DESIGN OF HIGH END HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION. HE STARTED HIS CAREER IN COLORADO, WORKING WITH CHARLES CUNNIFFE ARCHITECTS, ONE OF THE TOP RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, SO AS TO GET THE BEST EXPERIENCE HE COULD WHILE FOCUSING ON STARTING HIS OWN FIRM IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY, MONTANA IN WHICH HE GREW UP. HE IS CURRENTLY PRACTICING IN WHITEFISH, MONTANA AND HAS BEEN OPERATING A FIRM THERE, J DESIGNS, FOR MORE THAN 19 YEARS. HIS DESIGN WORK FOCUSES ON THE USE OF NATURAL MATERIALS UTILIZING AS MANY RESOURCES FROM THE SITE AS POSSIBLE. SPECIALIZING IN TIMBER, STEEL AND LOG-FRAMED RESIDENCES, MR. ATKINSON HAS ALWAYS FOCUSED ON A STRICT CLIENT BASED DESIGN WITH EMPHASIS ON THEIR NEEDS AND REQUESTS AND HAS HAD NUMEROUS RETURN CLIENTS SPURRING FROM THIS METHODOLOGY. IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, HE HAS BEEN FOCUSING ON USING MORE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIENCE METHODS OF DESIGN AND BUILDING. BY THE USE OF PASSIVE SOLAR, VARIOUS LEED STANDARD PRACTICES AND MANY DIFFERENT EARTH FRIENDLY PRODUCTS, HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO A SERVE HIS CLIENTS IN BOTH THEIR PARTICULAR “GREEN” REQUESTS AND BRING IN THEIR PROJECT WITHIN BUDGET.

EDUCATION:

BACHELORS OF ARCHITECTURE – MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY – 1996

MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE – MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY – 2008

PROFESSIONAL BOARDS:

ELK HIGHLANDS AT BIG MOUNTAIN (2004-2007)