Ms. Butler has praciticed architecture in both Nashville and Knoxville for nineteen years, working for both large and small firms as well as owning her own architectural practice. Her experience includes site development / redevelopment / master planning; New Urbanist/ neighborhood planning; single family and multifamily affordable housing; custom residential; retail and food service; service organizations; libraries; church campus master planning and design; and several secondary and higher-education facility planning and design projects. In addition to architecture and planning, she has provided full interior design services on many of her completed projects. Ms. Butler has also served as a visiting lecturer teaching second year studio in architecture and interior design at the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design.

education

Bachelor of Architecture, Summa Cum Laude, UT Knoxville 1986
European Study Program, Virginia Polytechnic Institute 1984

registration

Licensed Architect: State of Tennessee:1990
LEED accredited

affiliations

Leadership Knoxville - Class of 2007
American Institute of Architects
AIA East Tennessee, President, 2001
AIA Tennessee, Board of Directors, 1999-2001
AIA East Tennessee, Board of Directors, 1998-2002
AIA East Tennessee, Design Awards Chair, 1999, 2000
Tennessee Foundation for Architecture, Board of Directors, 1997-2000
The Wellness Community of Knoxville, Board of Directors, 2006-2009
City Board of Appeals, Gatlinburg, TN, 1998-2004
United Way of Greater Knoxville, Allocations Panel, 2004-2007
Congress of New Urbanism, 1999-Present
YWCA Knoxville, Tennessee, President, Board of Directors, 2002-2004
YWCA Knoxville, Tennessee, Board of Directors, 1999-2004
YWCA Knoxville, Tennessee, Volunteer of the Year, 2004
YWCA Knoxville, Tennessee, Long-Range Planning Committee Co-chair, 2002
Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Elder, Session, 2001-2004
Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Chair, Property Council, 2002-2004
United States Green Building Council, 2004-present

experience

Cockrill Design & Planning, Inc
Knoxville, TN, 2002 - present

Martella Associates, Inc.
Knoxville, TN, 1997 - 2002
HOPE VI, Willow Oaks Traditional Neighborhood Redevelopment Plan, Greensboro, North Carolina.
HOPE VI Mechanichsville Revitalization Plan, Knoxville, Tennessee
Langston Hughes Library, Clinton, Tennessee

Bauer Longmire Butler Architects, Inc
Nashville, TN, 1994 - 1997
Anna Porter Public Library, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
E. G. Fisher Public Library, Athens, Tennessee.
Chattanooga’s Fourth and Lindsey Residential/Mixed-Use Redevlopment Plan.

Tuck Hinton Architects
Nashville, TN, 1986 - 1993
Bicentennial Capital Mall, Nashville, Tennessee.
David Lipscomb University and Campus Schools, Nashville, Tennessee.
Montgomery Bell Academy Master Plan and Fine Arts Building, Nashville, Tennessee.
David Lipscomb University Library and Computer Center, Nashville, Tennessee.