Specialties

Carter + Burton Architecture is a full service design firm that works on a variety of projects within a six hour radius of Berryville Virginia.

History

Established in 1992.

Carter + Burton has been at the forefront of the sustainable design movement since the firm was founded in 1992. We are in this business because we love to design and work with people. We focus on new home design as well as residential renovations, additions and commercial projects. Our built work and current projects demonstrate the process of blending site, program, innovation, and craft in search of a hybrid vigor between universal and local intentions. Energy efficiency, air quality, eco-friendly building materials and controlled natural light combined with thoughtful design are the cornerstones to our approach. We care deeply about connecting a house and it's interior spaces to a site and we work to make those spaces comfortable and inspiring. Our methods, rooted in sustainability, have produced a consistent body of work that expresses theoretical enthusiasm and rational sensibility.

Meet the Business Owner: Jim B.

Jim Burton, managing partner of the firm, graduated from Mississippi State University, where he studied under Chris Rischer and A.I.A gold medal winner Sam Mockbee. His unique experience has focused on experimentation with design build projects such as Studio Loggerheads and Boxhead both built as primary homes for the Burton family. These structures have also served as painting studios and exhibition space for his collections. He has received many design awards and has enjoyed lecturing and writing about the process that has produced a body of forward thinking sustainable projects. His research in new materials and technologies helped achieve the first LEED gold house in the southeast United States. Believing community and culture are integral parts of sustainable design, Jim serves on the board of directors for two local charities and a regional community branch of BB&T Bank.