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Mark is respected for his calm, thorough, and thoughtful approach to all challenges, characteristics that add value to all situations. Continually driving for good design and the best project outcome, Mark is a skilled critical thinker and efficient decision-maker with leadership skills that guide positive results. A 1999 graduate of The University of Tennessee College of Architecture + Design, Mark has over two decades of experience practicing Architecture.
Mark’s architectural career began in Nashville, followed by three years in Boston before returning to Nashville and joining HASTINGS in 2003. As a Principal, Mark is responsible for managing the firm’s most complicated and challenging projects. In addition to his experience in leading projects such as Asurion Gulch Hub, 805 Lea, Vertis Green Hills, Twelve | Twelve, and Terrazzo, Mark has detailed knowledge of residential, educational, commercial, recreational, and workplace projects.
Mark is actively involved in the Nashville community and regularly coaches his children’s sports teams. Mark served six years as a board member for the Friends of Warner Parks, and he is a past participant in the Young Leaders Council of Nashville.
Mark has an insatiable appetite for new challenges and adventure, and his diligent commitment to personal growth doesn’t stop with architecture. Mark is always looking for the next outdoor adventure, be it hiking the remote mountain regions of the American West with his wife, backcountry camping in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with his son, or navigating the mountain biking trails of Percy Warner Park with his daughter.
Thompson Nashville
Terrazzo
Harding Academy Early Education and Admissions Building
Montgomery Bell Academy
Donelson Library
Nelson Andrews Leadership Lodge
805 Lea
Camden Gulch at 909 Division
Montgomery Bell Academy H. Frank Burkholder Wellness Center
Peabody Union
Smith Springs Community Center
The Eastland
Twelve | Twelve
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Vertis
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional
Harvard University: Division of Continuing Education: Managing Yourself and Leading Others, 2016
Friends of Warner Parks, Board Member, 2009-2014
USGBC Middle Tennessee Chapter, Member; Young Leaders Council, 2009
Architecture, Interior Design, Planning, and Sustainability
SHRM-CP
NCIDQ
AIA, LEED Green Associate
CMA
FAIA, LEED AP
FAIA, LEED AP
AIA, LEED AP
LEED Green Associate
LEED Green Associate
AIA, LEED AP
AIA, LEED AP
AIA, LEED AP
AIA, LEED AP
LEED AP
AIA, LEED Green Associate, CDT
AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Fitwel Ambassador, NCIDQ
AIA, LEED Green Associate
AIA
AIA, LEED AP
AIA, LEED Green Associate
AIA, NCIDQ
AIA, LEED Green Associate
LEED Green Associate
AIA, LEED Green Associate
IIDA, NCIDQ, LEED Green Associate
AIA, LEED Green Associate
AIA
AIA, LFA, LEED Green Associate
AIA, LEED Green Associate
NCIDQ, LEED Green Associate
AIA, LEED Green Associate
AIA
AIA, LEED BD+C
AICP, LEED Green Associate, CDT
AIA
AIA
AIA, LEED AP
AIA, LEED AP
AIA, LEED AP
ICC, AIA, LEED Green Associate, CSI, CDT
AIA
AIA
AIA, LEED AP