What Jones Studio does

Jones Studio is an architecture, design, and public art firm founded in 1979 by Eddie Jones, FAIA, and headquartered in Tempe, Arizona. The firm operates as a privately held, principal-led practice organized around eight expertise areas — Visioning, Public, Learning, Resilience, Cultural, Dwelling, Reinvention, and Workplace — and delivers full-service architecture from concept through construction administration. Its core technical differentiator is desert-adaptive, climate-responsive design with a particular specialty in water stewardship, net-zero energy and water facilities, Passive House, and LEED-certified federal and institutional projects. The portfolio spans civic-scale federal commissions (Mariposa LPOE, San Luis I LPOE North Annex), higher education facilities (ASU Beus Center for Law & Society, University of Arizona CAPLA, University of Jamestown), cultural and religious adaptive reuse (Monroe Street Abbey, Valley Presbyterian), water education centers (Central Arizona Project Water Education Center), and high-performance residences.

Revenue is generated through negotiated professional service fees on a project basis, with project lifecycles typically multi-year given the building scale involved. Go-to-market is direct enterprise engagement led by the principals (Eddie Jones, Brian Farling, Jacob Benyi, with Neal Jones retiring June 1, 2025 to President Emeritus), with federal work acquired through GSA Design Excellence and competitive bid channels, and institutional work via referrals and competitive commissions. Customer segments span federal/state government, higher education, cultural/religious institutions, and high-end residential clients, with marquee logos including the U.S. General Services Administration, Arizona State University, the University of Arizona, Central Arizona Water Conservation District, and Valley Presbyterian Church. Geographic reach extends across the western United States — Arizona, Oklahoma, Montana, North Dakota, Texas, California, Washington, and Oregon — and the firm has cultivated a 250+ award portfolio, including AIA National Honor Award recognition and selection for the 2025 U.S. Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia.

Name

Jones Studio

Legal name

Jones Studio, Inc.

Website

https://jonesstudioinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Jones Studio is a Tempe, Arizona-based architecture, design, and public art firm founded in 1979, specializing in climate-responsive, high-performance buildings for federal, higher education, cultural, and private clients across the western United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture & Design Services

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Sustainable architecture
• Public art design
• Adaptive reuse design
• Desert climate architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Tempe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Jones Studio generates revenue through professional architecture, design, and public art services billed on a project basis. Revenue is earned through design fees, project management, and construction administration for projects across cultural, learning, dwelling, public, resilience, reinvention, visioning, and workplace categories.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Jones Studio is an architecture, design, and public art studio that provides full-service architectural design, landscape architecture, public art, visioning, adaptive reuse, and resilience services for government, education, cultural, religious, and high-end residential clients. Its practice is organized around eight expertise areas (Visioning, Public, Learning, Resilience, Cultural, Dwelling, Reinvention, and Workplace) and emphasizes human-centric, climate-responsive design with leadership in desert, net-zero, Passive House, and LEED-certified projects. Revenue is generated through negotiated, project-based professional service fees across the western United States.

Product overview

Jones Studio is an architecture, design, and public art studio founded in 1979, offering comprehensive architectural services across multiple sectors. The firm operates as a single, unified practice organized around eight expertise areas: Visioning, Public, Learning, Resilience, Cultural, Dwelling, Reinvention, and Workplace. The studio specializes in sustainable, desert-adaptive design with notable projects including the Central Arizona Project Water Education Center, ASU Beus Center for Law & Society, Mariposa Land Port of Entry, and various performing arts centers, higher education facilities, and custom residences. The firm also offers specialized public art design, landscape architecture, and adaptive reuse services, with expertise in Passive House certification and LEED Gold standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services Full-service architecture design for residential, commercial, institutional, and public building projects with an emphasis on sustainable, desert-adaptive design principles; offered across the western United States.
• Public Art Design Creation of public art installations and streetscape enhancements that serve community identity and placemaking functions, frequently integrated with civic architecture commissions.
• Landscape Architecture Site design and landscape architecture integrated with building projects, emphasizing native plantings, water harvesting, and desert-appropriate environments.
• Visioning and Master Planning Programming, concept design, and master planning services to help organizations develop future-oriented architectural visions across campus, civic, and site scale.
• Resilience and Sustainable Design Sustainable and resilient design services with expertise in water, energy, and material systems for demanding environments, including Net-Zero and Living Building Challenge concepts.
• Adaptive Reuse and Historic Preservation Transformation of existing buildings through adaptive reuse and renovation, balancing historical preservation with modern functionality and contemporary amenities.
• Land Port of Entry / Civic Federal Facility Design Architecture and design services for federal civic facilities, including land ports of entry and other GSA-managed public buildings that meet federal standards for security, trade, and shared humanity.
• Higher Education Facility Design Design of university and college facilities including law schools, performing arts centers, libraries, student centers, academic buildings, and campus renovations.
• Passive House Residential Design High-performance single-family residential design meeting Passive House building standards, incorporating super-insulated envelopes, triple-pane glazing, ground-source heat pumps, and passive solar orientation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Mariposa Land Port of Entry was called 'the new standard for land port of entry design' by GSA when completed in 2014.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Ennead ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJones Studio collaborated with Ennead Architects on the ASU Beus Center for Law & Society. Jones Studio served as local architect of record while Ennead Architects contributed design leadership for the 225,000 sf facility in downtown Phoenix. The partnership leveraged Ennead's national profile alongside Jones Studio's local expertise.
• Chris Winters AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChris Winters Associates served as landscape architect for the Monroe Street Abbey project in Phoenix, collaborating with Jones Studio on the restoration and adaptive reuse of the historic 1929 structure.
• EverGreene Architectural ArtscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEverGreene Architectural Arts provided preservation expertise for the Monroe Street Abbey restoration, ensuring historic brick and ornamental details retained their historical significance while integrating modern functionality.
• General Services Administration (GSA) — Art in Architecture ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe GSA's Art in Architecture Program commissioned two art installations at the Mariposa Land Port of Entry: 'Passage' by Matthew Moore and 'An Album: Sewing into Borderlines' by Kimsooja. These were integrated into Jones Studio's architectural design as part of the GSA's design excellence program.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Lake|Flato Architects: San Antonio-based architecture firm of similar size (~80-100 staff) with a parallel focus on sustainable design, regional modernism, and design excellence across the Southwest. Compares directly to Jones Studio in typology (residential, civic, cultural, higher ed) and approach (climate-responsive, place-based design).
• BNIM Architects: Kansas City-based firm nationally recognized for sustainability and high-performance design leadership (AIA Committee on the Environment top firm). Comparable to Jones Studio in net-zero, LEED, and Living Building Challenge work and in winning AIA Honor Awards for civic and cultural projects.
• Will Bruder Architects: Phoenix-based architect with parallel Arizona roots and a portfolio emphasizing sustainable, material-rich, desert-responsive design (e.g., Burton Barr Central Library). Comparable to Jones Studio in regional focus, sustainability leadership, and design-award profile.
• Rick Joy Architects: Tucson, AZ-based studio specializing in desert architecture and arid-climate modernism. Highly comparable to Jones Studio in geography (Sonoran Desert focus), typology mix (residential, hospitality, civic), and design ethos (contextual, material-driven, sustainable).
• Studio Ma: Phoenix-based architecture practice with similar size and a focus on sustainable, contextually responsive design across cultural, civic, and higher-ed typologies in the Southwest. Compares on geography, sustainability mission, and project type overlap with Jones Studio.
• Olson Kundig: Seattle-based design firm of similar size (150-200) with an internationally celebrated portfolio of residential, civic, and cultural projects. Comparable to Jones Studio in design-excellence positioning, award profile, and high-touch principal-led studio model.

Broad incumbents

• Ennead Architects: New York-based, larger architecture firm with a national portfolio of civic, cultural, and educational projects. Already a documented partner with Jones Studio on ASU Beus Center for Law & Society; comparable as a design collaborator and as a broader competitor for institutional commissions.
• SmithGroup: Large, national integrated design firm with deep higher-education, healthcare, and civic practice. Comparable to Jones Studio in typology overlap (especially higher-ed) and in sustainability/LEED leadership, but operates at materially larger scale and with a national footprint.
• HOK: Global architecture and engineering firm with a large civic, federal, and higher-education practice. Comparable to Jones Studio as a competitor for federal GSA commissions and large university campus projects, though operating at a vastly larger scale.
• HKS Architects: Large national architecture firm with a strong higher-education and civic portfolio. Comparable to Jones Studio in competing for university, civic, and cultural commissions, particularly in the Southwest and Mountain West.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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