COLLABORATION

ONE OF JACKSON’S MOST EXCITING BOUTIQUE ARCHITECTURE FIRMS HAS ADDED INTERIOR DESIGN TO ITS OFFERINGS.

Offering interior design services was always something I was interested in doing,” says Chris Jaubert, who founded A43 Architecture in 2016 after more than a decade of working as an architect at larger valley firms. “It makes building a new home, or remodeling an existing one, more efficient and can save clients money. And it can result in a more cohesive finished product.” In 2020, Jaubert brought interior designer Reed Duggan on board. Duggan had been on the interior
design team at CLB Architects for five years. “If an architect and interior designer are working together, the interiors become so much more profound,” Duggan says. “Chris’s work informs mine and mine informs his. He draws something and I refine it, and then he refines it again, and that goes back and forth throughout the duration of the project. You can really drive home a design concept when there is this continual collaboration.”

We work together to achieve results in architecture and an interior design aesthetic that are synchronized and that make clients happy.
— Chris Jaubert, architect

Since joining A43, Duggan has been involved in every project the firm has tackled, from new builds to kitchen remodels to full remodels; he’s even involved in projects where clients opted for an outside interior designer. “We love collaborating with others; Reed isn’t at A43 for us to shut out other designers,” Jaubert says. “And when a client does use another designer, they still get the benefit of Reed being part of A43. Reed is a great translator between other designers and the builder and the clients. He makes our work better and clients’ lives easier.”

This is especially the case in bigger projects, which Jaubert sees A43 doing more and more of. “Bigger projects come with more challenges, and also with more license for both myself and Reed to explore creative solutions,” Jaubert says. “Creating things out of thin air—to start with nothing and end with something beautiful and functional— that is the reason we do what we do. We work together to achieve results in architecture and an interior design aesthetic that are synchronized and that make clients happy.”