• Industry

    Architect

  • Services offered

    Architecture

  • Has Experience with these building types:

    Business (Office), Hotel/Motel, Mercantile (Retail), Mixed-Use, Multi-Family (Apartments, Condos, etc.), Student Housing

  • Has Experience with these material types:

    Mass Timber, Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), Dowel-Laminated Timber (DLT), Glue-Laminated Timber (GLT or glulam), Timber-Frame / Post and Beam, Open-web trusses

  • Has experience with these construction types:

    I-A, I-B, II-A, IV-A, IV-B, IV-C, IV-HT

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John Mitchell is an Associate Partner at Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture. The Chicago-based design firm is at the helm of several of the country’s most significant mass-timber projects, including Sterling Bay’s 2100 N. Southport project, anticipated to be Chicago’s tallest mass timber building; T3 West Midtown in Atlanta; Nashville Warehouse Company; and the INTRO project in Cleveland, which was the nation’s largest mass-timber construction building when completed in Spring 2022.
Since joining HPA in 2004, John has led the design team for several of the firm’s mass-timber projects, including INTRO and 1036 West Fulton, one of the first multi-story timber office buildings built in Chicago in a century. His project portfolio also includes complex mixed-use commissions, including the Graduate Hotel Nashville and 1225 Old Town in Chicago.

He is a frequent speaker about wood construction topics, and has juried several wood-design competitions for WoodWorks.  

He holds a Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati. He is a registered architect and a LEED Accredited Professional BD+C.
Innovative Light-Frame and Mass Timber Project Portfolio:
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INTRO

Cleveland, OH

Nashville Warehouse Company Office

Nashville, TN
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