Willett Architecture is a Halifax Nova Scotia based architecture firm that integrates good design, accessibility, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability to improve quality of life.
Led by Jordan Willett, the practice is rooted in a commitment to:
- create beautiful places with our clients and for our communities
- design the next generation of sustainable low-energy and low-impact buildings to make the world a better place
- verify the performance of our architecture – without it theres no proof
- develop a collaborative team on each project to do more with less, seek diversity and add richness
- approach each project and site as a unique opportunity
- have fun and get outside
- honour the past through creativity and delight; build modern with functionality and warmth
- seek out big, yet simple ideas that serve people and are driven by first and long term costs
- understand materials; local is good
- design for you, not a magazine
Jordan Willett, NSAA
Jordan’s interest in architecture dates back to 2003, when he volunteered in India to replant rain forests destroyed by colonial tea plantations. It was eye-opening to encounter an off-grid community of 15 people, 9 dogs and 5 cows, who produced their own food and generated their own power. They also created a workspace for forty more people and a school for a children in the forest. Their work and their way of life was practical, hands-on, community-building, and centered around beauty and ecological health. Through this experience, Jordan began to see architecture as a way to work with this balance. His studies at Dalhousie and his professional practice has confirmed that great design and sustainability are not mutually exclusive, but interdependent.
Jordan believes education is a key tool in combating the climate crisis. He is a sessional instructor at the Dalhousie University School of Architecture and is a public speaker on practical sustainability measures.
Willett Architecture | 2654 Belle Aire Terrace | Halifax, NS Canada | 902.452.2800 | willettarchitecture@gmail.com
