Thank you Ashton Gustafson and The Citizen for stopping by the studio for the interview!

Before the Blueprint, There Was Silence (By Ashton Gustafson)

Excerpt from the article below:

Jeff Garnett is not your typical architect. He listens before he draws. He lets the land speak before he lifts a pencil. He calls it “letting it breathe,” and it’s not just poetic—it’s his process. And in a world addicted to renderings, rush orders, and carbon copies, amid the endless repetition of design, his work feels like a rare breath of something honest.

“I never start sketching on the first visit,” he tells me. “I go with the client, walk the site, soak it in. I don’t want to pollute my imagination too early. I let the land breathe. Then I come back. That’s when I start.”

We’re sitting in his studio—a sanctuary of steel, glass, exposing and showcasing the neighbor's rock wall —with windows that seem to frame the Texas sky like paintings. It’s clear he built this place with the same intention he brings to his work: reverence for space, light, and the story a building is supposed to tell.