"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things."

- Steve Jobs 
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James Merrell
Principal Partner
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Steve Soule
Partner
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Janara Garcia Soule
Partner
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Corey Swinson
Executive Administrator
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Garrett Wineinger
Senior Project Designer
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Gregory Thorpe
Senior Architect
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Elena Echarri Myers
Project Designer
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Alec Bliss-Pryor
Project Designer
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Eitan Albukrek
Designer
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Steven Worthington
Project Designer | BIM Manager
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Alison Sekerak
Project Designer
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Christopher Mechaley
Head of Studio Brooklyn
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Hailey Ciolino
Summer Intern
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Protik Choudhuri
Entry Designer
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Architects are taught to view the House in architectural terms, but the House also resides as an ideal in the narrative imaginations of each of us.  As such, it is laden with the values, memories and associations that make us individuals, that make the House the symbol of the self in our dreams.

Recognizing this special idealized connection between our stories and our homes is what drives James Merrell Architects to specialize in this building type.  We explore in each project the relationship between our architectural and our narrative imaginations.  We have tooled our design process to better engage and guide our clients along the way.  And our completed projects offer the best proof of our success--a wide but related series of architectural expressions, each designed to meet the idealized dreams of a particular client.