J E Armstrong Architect

Aspiration involves continually striving to achieve something greater, and we aim to be a platform for achieving this. To this end, our practice of aspirational design embodies the belief that there are greater creative possibilities within each project. We are compelled to search out these possibilities for our clients. This holistic approach creates an elevated experience for each design. Our team of architects and engineers along with creatives from multiple disciplinary backgrounds is uniquely positioned to meet the challenges of a changing architectural landscape with creativity, passion, and principle.

Practicing an elevated design sensibility lifts projects up in the mind of the user, creates greater value for the owner, and brings a rare specialness and timelessness to projects while continuing to be fresh and new. We define success by the capacity of our designs to create memorable feelings. We guide projects into a design realm where people experience places beyond their everyday life. Great design generates demand from creating places where people desire to be. Our team provides clients with a consistent and cohesive vision by seamlessly combining branding, interior design, and architecture.

In 1974, Jerry Herschman started Herschman Architects in Cleveland, Ohio. For the first fifteen years, the practice consisted almost exclusively of commercial and retail-based interior architecture. Driven by market factors in the mid-1990s, the company began transitioning into shell and ground-up buildings. As the size and scale of our projects increased, so did the size of the practice and the professional disciplines within it, resulting in the addition of engineering (electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and structural) services in 2005.