Contact

Polyarch Architecture & Design, LLC

108 W 10th Ave, Suite #1
Johnson City, TN 37604
tel. 423.915.9412

Email: info@polyarch.studio

Creative Vision

Polyarch is a multifaceted architecture & design studio dedicated to creating designs that harmonize with unique environments, communities, and individuals. Each project, regardless how large or small, is an opportunity to bring our clients' ideas to life through careful attention to their needs and a clear understanding of each project’s conditions. With our expertise, as well as our intimate appreciation of craft, technology, and environment, the Polyarch team will manifest your vision with a graceful & holistic sensibility.

Polyarch was founded by Margaret “Polly” Horne in 2016 in Brooklyn, NY. In 2022, the studio expanded south and is now based in Johnson City, TN with a satellite office in Mt. Tremper, NY. With this expansive reach, the Polyarch team realizes sustainable and culturally enriching designs across northern and southern Appalachia. A native to the Blue Ridge Mountains, Ms. Horne's work is informed by her deep connection to the natural world. She believes that conscientiously balancing new work with existing conditions - be it a site or an existing structure - is not only practical and environmentally sensitive, but also gives rise to an enriching sense of place for the benefit of city dwellers and country folk alike.

Services

Residential / Commercial / Community

• Schematic Design

• Design Development

• Construction Documents

• Permitting

• Bidding

• Construction Administration

• Sustainable / High Performance Design

• Historic Preservation & Restoration

• Interior Design

• Site Planning

• Master Planning

• Furniture & Fabrication Design

• Branding & Graphic Design

About

Margaret “Polly” Horne, AIA, NCARB
Principal Architect + Owner

Polly Horne is a registered architect in Tennessee, North Carolina, and New York and holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Tennessee College of Architecture. She has completed the NAPHN Certified Passive House Designer training course, and has established Polyarch Architecture & Design as a registered women-owned business enterprise in Tennessee.

Prior to forming Polyarch, Ms. Horne practiced with Romines Architecture PLLC, Elizabeth Roberts Architects, and Kliment Halsband in NYC, as well as Goss Piercy Goss in Knoxville, TN. She also worked in the sculpture & fabrication studios of Tom Otterness, Situ Studio, and Argosy Designs in NYC creating design & fabrication shop drawings, and managing installations. Margaret’s 18 years of professional experience encompasses a wide range of architectural projects, as well as interior design, large-scale sculpture, custom architectural metalwork and millwork fabrication design. Her portfolio includes restoration, renovation, adaptive reuse and new construction commercial and residential projects such as loft conversions, historic townhouses, multifamily housing, community centers, apartments, fashion retail, restaurants, and gallery spaces. Works also include high performance/low carbon building design, and the integration of landscape and interior design as part of a “total architecture” approach.

Polly serves on the AIA TN Government Relations Committee and is the joint-chair of the AIA ETN Regional Resilience Subcommittee, a central council for all AIA ETN members in rural areas, small towns and tertiary cities. This group serves as a platform for organized action toward disaster resilience, sustainable planning and design, and community engagement in ETN. Polly is also is a co-founder of Studio Hum, an arts and meditation based collaborative located in Downtown Johnson City, where her office is located.