Check. And check.

JWA is honored to be working with The Community Builders on the renovation and addition of Greenfield's Wilson's Dept. Store building into a critical mix used redevelopment project supported by Mass Development and EOHLC. We are finally getting into the fun part of the project, revealing the architectural details buried under years of re-use. Kudos to JWA's Henry Albin for his stalwart leadership on this exciting project.

It's always exciting when the vision for a project starts to become reality and you can share it with the people who will one day become its occupants.

At the new East Longmeadow High School Jones Whitsett Architect's Aviva Galaski, and our partners at Fontaine Brothers and Skanska, recently lead faculty members on a tour of the ELHS work-in-progress.

Thankfully, they all showed up with the right footwear and were thrilled to see their new home.

We are excited to announce our recent relocation to the village of Florence, just west of Northampton, Massachusetts.

The new space was designed by the firm principals Dorrie Brooks and Kristian Whitsett with key input from the entire enthusiastic staff.

JWA is wearing out its hardhats this year with housing and school projects coming up out of the ground. The fastest of all is East Longmeadow High School, a 197,960sf new facility for 800 students.

On March 11, 2025 the Town of East Longmeadow celebrated the completion of the steel erection of their new high school with a ceremonial meal, speeches and topping-off ceremony. In keeping with the building industry tradition,

JWA staff have been busy leading tours and facilitating public presentations to raise awareness of Northampton’s investment

Where would western Massachusetts firms be without the graduates of UMass Amherst architecture programs?

We were excited when Gardner Elementary was recognized as an Outstanding Project in the Spring issue of Learning by Design magazine,

The Massachusetts School Building Authority’s (MSBA) Designer Selection Board recently selected JWA to study the feasibility

On Nov. 7, 2023 the residents of East Longmeadow voted to fund the construction of a new 191,796 sf Net-Zero-ready

JWA Staff Visit: Gardner Elementary School

After a rewarding 43 years of practice, Margo Jones, FAIA will be retiring beginning January 3, 2022. She leaves JWA in good hands under the leadership of Kristian Whitsett, AIA and Dorrie Brooks, AIA.

Progress is accelerating at the site of the future Gardner Elementary School. We will share drone shots as we gather them. Thanks to Joe Brooks-Kahn for the footage.

As she looked around the building assessing classroom space, Jenahsiz Millan Tao said the new Springfield Prep Charter School is just the right size. “I love it. I like all the space in the classrooms and that the teachers are nice and kind,” said the 9-year-old,

Our second fieldtrip of the month as a staff was to Historic Deerfield to see the in-progress renovation of the historic Creelman House. Built in 1730 and revised by many different hands over the years, the historic home is being renovated once again, with the rear and upper floor converted to serve as a dormitory for summer fellows.

A recent Spring day was a special event for our team because we gathered in person to revisit a past project, seeing some colleagues for the first time since last April. The administration of Colegrove Park Elementary hosted us with touching generosity, providing a tour of their well-loved school.