James Singleton

With 30 years’ experience designing projects across the urban-rural spectrum, and across project types and complexities, James draws on the innate qualities of a place to inform authentic and grounded solutions. Having built his career in Detroit, he embraces the challenge of balancing a high level of design quality with construction feasibility and limited resources. His work spans new construction and adaptive reuse, as well as community-based projects such as K-12, public safety, and recreation facilities nationally.

With a background as both a designer and a residential contractor, he is adept at navigating the complexity of design and construction, and his deep understanding of how buildings go together affords him the ability to conceive of the widest possibilities, balanced with their technical impacts. His designs have been recognized by the Detroit and Michigan chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), and he serves as a frequent juror at the architectural schools at Lawrence Technological University, University of Detroit Mercy, and the University of Michigan.