We design around how a place feels to live in and move through.
Studio RNB is an Atlanta-based architecture firm founded in 2024. We partner with municipalities, developers, and property owners across civic, hospitality, and luxury residential work. Four principals lead it.
Our process
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Guide
Clarity first. Before design commits you to a direction, we frame what the site allows, what the budget carries, and what approvals will demand. For the City of Lovejoy, that meant testing a 12-acre civic program against parking, stormwater, and council priorities before a single building took shape.
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Shape
Design with weight. We shape places around how they feel to live in and move through: light, proportion, material, threshold. The Memorial Drive Residence grew from the way its owners gather family, not from a floor plan template.
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Visualize
See it before it exists. Every project lives in one coordinated model, rendered so owners, investors, and councils can walk the spaces before ground breaks. Decisions get made on what people can see, not on what they have to imagine.
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Realize
Buildable, on budget. Documentation and construction oversight carry the design intent to the field, the way the Blairsville venue's timber hall moved from model to standing frame without losing its shape.
BLAIRSVILLE WEDDING VENUE, HOSPITALITY
Leadership
Principals
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Rourke Brakeville
Co-founder, Principal Architect and Creative Director
RA, NCARB
Rourke Brakeville is a Co-founder of Studio RNB and its Principal Architect and Creative Director. He partners with developers, owners, and civic clients on residential, multifamily, civic, and adaptive reuse projects. A licensed architect, Rourke leads the studio's design direction and works alongside the firm's principals across Atlanta, Spain, Colombia, and India. He frames each project as a discipline, not a transaction, and holds the work to the standard the building will be judged by.
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He co-founded Studio RNB in 2024 to practice architecture as a craft and a discipline. The work focuses on shaping places that read clearly at every scale, from the site diagram down to the trim detail. His role inside the firm is to define design direction, guide projects through documentation, and hold the team to the standards that matter when a building meets the ground.
Rourke is a licensed architect in GA, AL, TN, FL, and NY and a member of NCARB. He trained at KSU and Columbia University and has spent 6 years in practice across single-family, multifamily, and mixed-use work. He has led projects from feasibility through construction, and brings a working knowledge of both the design conversation and the construction conversation into every engagement.
He works with a senior team distributed across Atlanta, Spain, Colombia, and India: Jeremiah Bridges, Co-founder and Principal of Project and Construction Management, with deep experience on large-scale commercial work; Young Yoon, Principal of Management and QA, with primary responsibility for quality review; and Samuel “Zach” Crook, Managing Partner and Principal of Business Development, with PMP and federal contracting credentials. That structure lets the firm hold a design through construction without losing the thread.
Studio RNB practices a tech-enabled approach. The team uses BIM modeling, VDC coordination, and AI tools to clarify decisions, reduce rework, and free more time for design. Rourke treats technology as a way to do the architecture better, not as a deliverable to sell.
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Jeremiah Bridges
Co-founder, Principal of Project and Construction Management
PMP
Jeremiah Bridges is a Co-founder of Studio RNB and its Principal of Project and Construction Management, leading construction engineering and project delivery for the firm. PMP-certified, he holds a BS in Architectural Engineering from Texas A&M and an MS in Construction Engineering and Management from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. He has overseen more than $1.1 billion in commercial construction at Hensel Phelps and Holder Construction, and is a former NFL wide receiver.
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Jeremiah Bridges built his career on preparation, precision, and team execution. He studied Architectural Engineering at Texas A&M, where he played wide receiver for the Aggies, then continued at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to earn a Master of Science in Construction Engineering and Management while playing for the Hardrockers.
After graduate school, Jeremiah joined Hensel Phelps in Honolulu as an Assistant Project Manager, leading planning, quality control, and field execution on major commercial work. He returned to Atlanta to take a Project Manager role at Holder Construction, overseeing large commercial sites while playing for the Atlanta Falcons. Across those tenures, he has managed more than $1.1 billion in construction and earned his PMP certification along the way.
In 2024, Jeremiah co-founded Studio RNB to bring engineering rigor and construction know-how into architectural practice from day one. He leads vision, planning, and delivery across the firm’s projects, aligning design intent with what actually gets built. Outside the firm, he founded a Sustainable Tiny Home initiative focused on housing access in underserved communities.
On the field, in the field, or in the communities he is working to strengthen, Jeremiah brings the same approach: discipline, preparation, and follow-through.
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Young Yoon
Principal of Management and QA
Young Yoon brings over 20 years of architecture, design, and construction management experience to Studio RNB as Principal of Management and QA. His work spans hospitality, multifamily, civic, retail, and industrial projects across the United States. He combines design knowledge with construction-side execution to keep projects buildable, on budget, and aligned with client intent.
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Young’s experience runs from initial concept and planning through permitting, construction administration, and project completion, with specialty entertainment work alongside the core sectors.
His portfolio ranges from luxury hospitality towers and mixed-use developments to large-scale warehouses, waterfront master planning, multifamily housing, restaurants, retail environments, and custom residential homes. Several engagements have exceeded 1.5 million square feet.
His expertise includes architectural design, BIM methodology, construction management, zoning and code analysis, permitting, value engineering, project coordination, and 3D visualization, pairing technical precision with field experience.
Notable projects in Young’s career include the Trump International Hotel Waikiki, Jack’s Urban Meeting Place (JUMP), the Garvies Point waterfront development, large-scale cold storage and industrial facilities, adaptive-reuse multifamily developments, and high-end residential projects across the United States.
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Samuel “Zach” Crook
Managing Partner, Principal of Business Development
PMP
Samuel "Zach" Crook is Managing Partner and Principal of Business Development at Studio RNB. A Morehouse graduate in Economics and former U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer, he leads business development and client strategy with a developer-first approach. His work centers on clarity, cost control, and accountability across the full project pipeline.
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Zach’s background in high-stakes, systems-level environments shapes how he leads development strategy and client relationships across the firm.
Zach oversees business development, client strategy, and project origination. His scope runs from land analysis and development consulting through design, engineering, and construction management. His view of the work is direct: developers benefit from a single accountable partner across the full process, not a handoff between firms at each phase.
That conviction shapes how Studio RNB structures its engagements. Zach works with developers to set scope, pricing, and timeline expectations up front, then stays involved through delivery. He carries Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and brings federal contracting fluency to the firm, opening direct paths into civic and institutional pipelines across the Southeast.
Zach’s Navy background gave him early responsibility for complex systems, large crews, and zero-margin execution. He applies the same standards to development work today: clear scope, clear accountability, clear delivery.
Method
What we do
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Architecture
Concept through construction documents on residential, civic, hospitality, and adaptive reuse projects.
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Coordination
One coordinated building model that resolves conflicts before the field, including laser-scan capture of existing buildings.
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Visualization
Renderings and animations that test the design move and de-risk the marketing package.
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Development
Feasibility, zoning, and code review for owners who need to know what a parcel can carry.
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