About ESa

Serving clients in community + arts, corporate, education, healthcare, hospitality, residential and senior living.

Founded in 1961 and located in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee, we celebrate our past and look toward the future by creating environments across the country that shape lives. With more than 13,500 projects completed and 80 percent of our business from repeat clients, we listen and respond with creative solutions to design projects that inspire, sustain and improve the communities we serve. People and relationships are our greatest resources, and our service is our greatest commodity.

We are passionate about promoting wellness in our design and our corporate culture. More recently, we have signed the AIA 2030 Commitment, an actionable climate strategy that gives us a set of standards and goals for reaching net zero emissions in the built environment.

Guiding Principles

1. Listen First

Amazing things happen in architecture when open and ongoing communication takes place. And the best ideas—the creative, long-lasting, practical ones—come only after listening first. By closely partnering with our clients, we make sure that the people most impacted by the building are the ones who live and work in it.

2. Problems Have Solutions

Problems are simply disguised possibilities. We thrive on solving them with ingenuity, humility, and experience, aided by the tools of research, benchmarking, evidenced-based design, and expanding technology.

3. Look Forward

We are proud of our past, but our eye is on the future. With a holistic approach that celebrates both form and function, we create healthy spaces that improve the quality of life for those inside while protecting the world outside.