Jenn graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Tennessee Knoxville in 2017. Having lived many places – from a barrier island in Florida to a medieval city in Poland – Jenn loves the experience of being immersed in new and different ways of life. Countering that passion for exploration is a deep-rooted nostalgia that drives her to celebrate the common things in life.

Jenn Carlson is a licensed architect and founder of Commonplace Building Workshop. With eight years of industry experience prior to starting her own practice, she spent five years working for HKS, an award-winning global firm, designing healing spaces. Her design approach is marked by humility, knowing that she can solve a fierce puzzle but that client input brings immense value to a project. With a passion for thriving communities, Jenn loves to serve her neighborhood and city. While at HKS she worked on pro bono projects for the Floral Farms neighborhood and Habitat for Humanity Dallas. She and her young family have planted roots in the Junius Heights Historic District in East Dallas.

Commonplace Building Workshop was launched from a dream of a more flexible work schedule – something that could fit in the margins of nap times and at night. As we’ve grown, our design ethos continues to embrace the fluidity of life’s seasons. Just like you, our family’s priorities and needs are always adjusting to accommodate each new season. To meet the need for these evolutions, our firm seeks to play a role in shifting the paradigm of how commonplaces are designed.