Lake Claire Pool was award a Merit Award in the AIA Georgia Design Awards in the Renovation / Restoration category. The project updates an existing private pool member facility into a colorful and vibrant destination, embodying the character of the neighborhood while elevating the existing facilities into a luxury destination.

Lake Claire Pool has been awarded the “Best on a Budget” award in the 2026 IIDA Georgia Best of the Best (BoB) Awards. The project worked within a tight budget to achieve a dramatic refresh that elevates the property’s hospitality and ambiance.

Ryokou has been awarded the “Best of Dine” award in the 2026 IIDA Georgia Best of the Best (BoB) Awards. The restaurant in a small 12-seat omakase restaurant within the historic Abram Fixtures building. The design’s main concept anchors within the principle of wabi sabi, or impermanence.

The Gentle Works project “Morningside Village” is featured within the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The Gentle Works practice of “soft placemaking” is introduced through a lighter touch intervention on an existing neighborhood shopping center, with strategic paint, lighting, planting, and fixture upgrades.

Feature in Urbanize Atlanta on The Lodge building, a four-story commercial building with design focusing on a “study in masonry,” pairing traditional bricklaying techniques with contemporary patterning to anchor a key intersection between Ormewood Park and East Atlanta Village.

Gentle Works Principal Emily Wirt is featured as one of two female architects in the Georgia Tech School of Architecture Women in Architecture 2026 series. Emily Wirt reflects on a practice grounded in spatial experience and place.

The new Three Taverns location, Ponce Brew Terminal, is announced within the Ponce City Market District. Gentle Works is featured as the architect of the new brewpub.

Gentle Works architect Clay Kiningham is a panelist at MODA’s event “Periodical Characters Edition: Civil Sights,” which Clay illustrated. Featuring drawings by Clay, the book pairs architectural representation with storytelling to foreground the spatial and cultural legacy of the civil rights movement within the Sweet Auburn District of Atlanta.