About

J Griffin Design is led by founding principal Jennifer Griffin, an architect and urban designer with experience working in the US, Europe, and Central America on a variety of projects, from small-scale renovations and additions of historic structures, to mixed-use urban infill projects, to city-wide form-based codes, to master plans at both the neighborhood and regional scales. Her work has received both national and international accolades, including five Congress for the New Urbanism Charter Awards, a Richard H. Driehaus Form-Based Code Award, and an Award of Excellence in Urban Design from the global organization INTBAU.

At its core, Jennifer’s work is rooted in a deep understanding of the relationship between the built environment and human flourishing, striving to create places and spaces that support our ability to live well in community with each other. She was educated at the University of Notre Dame, from which she received both her Bachelor of Architecture and her Master of Architectural Design and Urbanism degrees. Before founding J Griffin Design, she obtained her professional training while working in the offices of several renowned architecture and urban design firms, among them Porphyrios Associates in London, Hartman-Cox Architects in Washington, D.C., and Hart Howerton in New York.

In addition to her professional design work, Jennifer has lectured throughout the US, and has served on the faculty at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Oklahoma, and the Institute for Classical Architecture and Art.