After working fifteen years for a large, award winning, nationally recognized architectural firm, Brad Shapiro, with the support and encouragement of his client base, founded Shapiro & Company Architects, Inc. as a sole-proprietor in 1999. Today, guided by Brad and Associate Principal Dennis Mitchell's leadership, the firm's clientele has expanded with work including custom residential, multi-family and traditional neighborhood developments throughout the United States.

With offices in Memphis and Nashville, our team of architects, designers and associates provide a wide range of professional services tailored to meet our client's unique needs. Brad Shapiro, AIA and/or Dennis Mitchell, AIA are members of the National Council of Architectural Registration Board, American Institute of Architects, Congress for the New Urbanism and hold active State Architectural Licenses in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Indiana and Pennsylvania.

We are :

• passionate: architecture excites and engages us
• accessible: we are always available to serve our clients
• creative: we delight over the discovery of insightful solutions
• perfectionists: we are always improving
• critical thinkers: we constantly evaluate opportunities
• collaborators: what is best for the client is best for the client, no matter who comes up with the idea
• personable: our personalities and style make our clients feel comfortable

We :

• investigate and understand: we immerse ourselves into our client's world
• formulate: we conceptualize the designs that help solve our client's needs
• refine: we critique and improve on the initial conceptual design
• implement: we draft the documents that illustrate how the design should be built
• nurture: we guide our clients so they can realize their goals and objectives

"There is the happiness which comes from the creative effort. The joy of dreaming, creating, building, whether in painting a picture, writing an epic, singing a song, composing a symphony, devising new invention, creating a vast industry"

Henry Miller (1891-1980) American author