The Firm
John Toates Architecture and Design LLC is a full service architecture and design firm that offers a guided, collaborative, comprehensive and creative design experience to a comprehensive range of master planning, landscape, architectural and interior design services. John Toates and his partner Mark L. Hoffman have more than 50 years of combined experience in designing and managing home projects of unquestionable elegance and sophistication, making them ideal experts to guide you through the experience of designing and building a new home, renovation, addition or outbuilding. JTAD’s architects bring to every project their expertise in history, proper usage of materials, and accuracy of details without pretension or inflexibility. The firm’s architects have a reputation for being approachable and easy to work with, complemented by passion, attentiveness and personal investment in every project, to ensure the client’s complete satisfaction with the entire experience.
Projects of all sizes and budget parameters are given equal attention and interest. It is our opinion that every project has a budget and good design, attention to detail, scale and proportion should not be limited to large or complicated projects or projects with large budgets. Often it is the projects with more constraints that present greater opportunities for creative design solutions.
The Leadership Team
John F. Toates, AIA, NCARB
John Toates is the owner and a principal of John Toates Architecture and Design which he founded in 2012 after a very successful career with Peter Zimmerman Architects, where he designed and managed dozens of traditional and historic residential projects. Before PZA, John worked at another respected Philadelphia firm and at architecture firms in southern Connecticut where he was raised. See full bio
Mark L. Hoffman, RA, NCARB
Mark L. Hoffman is John’s business partner at JTAD, managing the daily operations of the firm but also intimately involved in each of the firm’s projects. His managerial and architectural contributions to JTAD’s work are backed up by more than 20 years of professional experience in a variety of architectural project types and an expert understanding of the principles of traditional / historic architecture. See full bio