Hospitality
Introduction
No Ego. Relentlessly Human Design. We are JHP, an award-winning architecture and urban design firm. For more than 45 years, we’ve designed places people care about—spaces that are connected, inclusive, and vibrant. We design at the scale of human experience. No ego. Just relentlessly human design. Our work spans environments where people live, gather, stay, work, and grow. From multifamily housing to master-planned districts—mixed-use spaces to boutique hospitality—we design with one goal: to make people’s lives better.
Where We Work We have offices in Dallas and Denver, and we work across the country. JHP brings thoughtful planning, rigorous delivery, and creative vision to every partnership.
Dallas
Denver
214-363-5687 8340 Meadow Road, Suite 150 Dallas, Texas 75231
303-381-2776 2535 17th Street, Suite E Denver, Colorado 80211
Our Philosophy: Whole Community Design
People are always at the center. Whole Community Design™ is our guiding philosophy: a way of designing that begins not just with buildings, but the people who bring them to life. We deeply value places, but we value how people interact with them, move through them, and gather in them even more. Whole Community Design™ creates places that feel lived in, cared for, and connected—today and for generations to come. Whole Community Design™ is built on five essential principles:
Diversity
Authenticity
Environments where varied people, uses, and experiences coexist and enrich one another.
Solutions that respond to context— cultural, architectural, environmental.
Sustainability
Identity
Long-term resilience, environmental responsibility, and resource stewardship.
Design that strengthens the character and spirit of a place.
Inclusion Communities that welcome a wide range of residents, lifestyles, and stories.
What We Do
Architecture, Urban Design, & Planning We plan and design a variety of spaces. What unites our projects is a process that balances thoughtful, diligent planning with designforward results—and that is relentlessly focused on people.
Where We Gather Neighborhood/District Planning Transit Oriented Development MU Retail Placemaking Office/Work Spaces
Where We Live High Density Low Density, TH, BFR Affordable Residences Highrise
Where We Play & Stay Hospitality Senior Communities
Our Process
Thoughtful planning. Intentional collaboration. Creative solutions. Designing vibrant communities requires a process grounded in inquiry, partnership, and technical rigor. We work hard to strike a careful balance between creativity and feasibility, innovation and attention to detail.
The work begins with a method Analytical We begin by listening—learning from the physical, social, and economic landscape as well as from those who occupy it.
Contextual We are steadfast in the belief that environmentally intelligent design, planning and building is essential to our world’s future.
Collaborative We approach clients, colleagues, and community partners from the same side of the table. Our work is strengthened by trust, transparency, and continuous dialogue.
Creative + Deliverable We balance bold design thinking with disciplined execution. Every concept must be buildable, efficient, and resilient—without sacrificing beauty.
Sustainable Our projects naturally incorporate sustainable principles through density, walkability, resource efficiency, and long-term durability. We look for meaningful ways to reduce the impact of our projects on the environment.
Featured Work
Hospitality Hospitality architecture requires a unique understanding of guest experience, operational efficiency, and brand standards. JHP designs hotels that balance market positioning with development economics, creating environments that delight guests while meeting the operational needs of owners and management companies. Our work spans from selectservice to full-service hotels, always with attention to arrival sequences, lobby design, room layouts, and back-of-house functionality. We understand the importance of FF&E coordination, brand compliance, and creating distinctive moments that make properties memorable, whether we’re working on new construction, adaptive reuse, or renovation projects.
Where We Play & Stay | Hospitality
Featured Projects We create distinctive hospitality destinations that capture the spirit of their place through thoughtful, enduring design while creating meaningful guest experiences and lasting value.
TOD Hotel Concept Carrollton, TX
Hospitality Inspired Amenities McKinney, TX
Champions Square Rocky Mountain Region
Immersion Hotel Hill Country, TX
Where We Play & Stay | Hospitality
Cielo Hotel at the Gupton Nashville, TN
Chartwell Residential 179 units 120 hotel keys 2,500 SF Meeting Space 2 F&B Outlets 24 hybrid units
Cielo Hotel at The Gupton
Client Chartwell Residential paused The Gupton during the uncertainty of the pandemic, leaving a quiet tower and an open question. JHP saw possibility instead of pause–recasting the dormant vision into a shared future where a boutique, community-minded hotel and a residential tower rise side by side. Two distinct structures share a common backbone, yet live independently, balancing privacy, security, and ease. Elevated amenities and thoughtful planning transform interruption into reinvention, allowing the site to move forward with renewed energy, purpose, and a hospitality-driven spirit that reconnects it to the city around it.
The transformation revives a stalled development, preserves the value of the original residential tower, and introduces a market-responsive boutique hotel that activates the site. Together, the paired towers form a flexible, hospitality-forward model that serves residents and visitors alike while securing the project’s long-term relevance and connection to its urban context.
Where We Play & Stay | Hospitality
Champions Square Rocky Mountain Region
Client Withheld 200 Hotel Keys 15,000 SF Meeting Space 3 F&B Outlets
Champions Square
When a Rocky Mountain university set out to explore a new hotel with an embedded School of Hospitality and Resort Planning, JHP Hospitality Studio answered with a vision that reached far beyond a single building. The proposal delivers an experiential, hospitality-driven “stay and play” concept–one that reshapes the campus into a more connected, welcoming place. At its heart, Champions Square becomes the everyday stage, where student life, art, and athletics converge in a flexible outdoor room. A teaching hotel anchors the experience, pairing a guest tower with gathering spaces, meetings, and open-air dining that flows naturally into the campus. Together, learning becomes lived–intuitive, spirited, and unmistakably of its place. The proposed hotel acts as both destination and catalyst–supporting guests and conventions while accelerating momentum for the university’s arts and athletics programs. The concept establishes a cohesive campus model that strengthens identity, supports experiential hospitality education, and preserves the academic core.
Where We Play & Stay | Hospitality
Immersion Hotel Hill Country, TX
Client Withheld 220 Hotel Keys 9,200 SF Meeting Space 2 F&B Outlets
Immersion Hotel
Conceived as a destination concept in the Texas Hill Country, the Immersion Hotel is envisioned as the cultural anchor of a future entertainment district shaped by music, landscape, and gathering. Drawing inspiration from Central Texas’s live-music legacy, the design imagines bold architecture and sound-infused spaces that blur the line between stay and performance. Flexible venues, festival-ready experiences, and ‘stay & play’ moments are woven into the vision. Immersion is not a finished place, but an idea–where hospitality, culture, and entertainment are imagined as one resonant experience.
As a concept design, the Immersion Hotel imagines the Entertainment District as a future cultural destination–one where hospitality becomes part of the performance. The vision unites hotel, venue, and community into a single experience, embodying the creative spirit, energy, and soul of the Texas Hill Country.
Where We Play & Stay | Hospitality
Nehemiah Coffee Co. Arlington, TX
The Nehemiah Company 327 Units 900 SF Meeting Space 1 F&B Outlets
Nehemiah Coffee Co.
More than a café, Nehemiah Coffee Co. was gifted to the community as a warm and welcoming place to gather, reflecting The Nehemiah Company’s deep commitment to community life. Mornings unfold with the aroma of fresh coffee, gentle music, and the hum of conversation, inviting neighbors to pause, linger, and feel at home. Designed as a shared living room, the space encourages connection across generations and backgrounds. At The Truman at Arlington Commons, this spirit of generosity becomes part of everyday life, where the café anchors the residential experience and extends hospitality beyond the front door.
Its impact reaches past daily rituals, reinvesting locally and embodying a hospitality-driven approach to design, where care, connection, and human warmth shape both place and spirit. Now a neighborhood hub, Nehemiah Coffee House enriches daily life, strengthens relationships, and supports inclusive community growth. The gift of hospitality lives on in Arlington, TX, carried forward through place, purpose, and community.
Where We Play & Stay | Hospitality
TOD Hotel Concept Carrollton, TX
Client Withheld 8,000 SF Meeting Space 3 F&B Outlets
TOD Hotel Concept
Within the Trinity Village Master Plan, the vision matures as the first residences come to life, signaling the district’s next chapter. In response, JHP thoughtfully reimagined the Hotel Block—embracing greater density and acknowledging that meaningful gathering space is a rare and valued asset within the community. The hotel is conceived not simply as a building, but as an anchor—hosting meetings, celebrations, and shared experiences that give the neighborhood rhythm and identity. Its renewed clarity strengthens the site’s purpose and helps attract the right development partner.
As a forward-looking design study, the Hotel Block establishes a compelling vision for partnership and possibility—shaping identity, strengthening market confidence, and outlining a vibrant, connected future for the district.
Where We Play & Stay | Hospitality
Live! by Loews Ballpark Village St. Louis, MO
Loews Hotel & Co
Project was delivered while Bob Bullis was employed at HKS as Principal.
216 Hotel Keys 10,500 SF Meeting Space 3 F&B Outlets Design Architects: HKS
Live! by Loews Ballpark Village
Located within Ballpark Village, Live! by Loews St. Louis is conceived as a contemporary urban hotel fully immersed in The Cordish Companies’ vibrant mixed-use district. Clean, confident massing and glassforward façades establish a strong civic presence while deliberately opening the building to direct views into Busch Stadium, pulling the drama of the ballpark into the daily hotel experience. From arrival to interior public spaces, sightlines are choreographed to capture the energy, scale, and spectacle of the stadium and surrounding district, creating moments of anticipation and connection to the city’s cultural heartbeat.
Live! by Loews St. Louis strengthens Ballpark Village as a year-round mixeduse destination by integrating hospitality, office, and entertainment within a cohesive urban environment. The project supports the adjacent PwC Pennant Building and surrounding district while elevating downtown accommodations and contributing lasting civic, cultural, and economic value beyond game days and major events.
Where We Play & Stay | Hospitality
Hospitality-Inspired Amenities
Hospitality-Inspired Amenities
Hospitality is more than a building—it is an experience. We design places where every arrival feels intentional, every space invites connection, and every detail contributes to a memorable stay. Whether creating an independent boutique hotel or partnering with a global brand, our goal is to craft destinations that guests embrace, remember, and return to.
That philosophy has been shaped by more than 35 years of designing market-rate, student living, and senior living communities where hospitality-inspired amenities have transformed the way people live. Long before today’s experience economy blurred the lines between residential and hospitality, JHP was creating environments centered on wellness, lifestyle, and social connection.
Where We Play & Stay | Hospitality
Senior Lifestyle Communities
Senior Lifestyle Communities
Hospitality is at the heart of successful senior living design. JHP creates senior lifestyle communities and affordable independent living residences that elevate daily life through thoughtful, hospitality-inspired environments. Intuitive planning, natural light, and welcoming shared spaces foster comfort, connection, and independence, creating meaningful places that support wellness, encourage engagement, and enrich the resident experience.
With three decades of senior living experience, JHP has delivered more than 5,000 living units within large- and smallscale, hospitality-inspired communities across the United States. The firm’s expertise spans master planning, phased development, and continuum-of-care environments. These thoughtfully designed communities integrate residential neighborhoods with vibrant amenity centers, creating connected environments that support wellness, independence, and aging in place while demonstrating JHP’s ability to execute complex projects with design excellence and operational insight.
Leadership & Team
Principal Leadership
Carl Malcolm, AIA
Our team is a collective of architects, planners, designers, and thinkers united by a shared belief: great communities begin with collaboration.
Monica Miranda, AIA
President
John Schrader, AIA, LEED AP
Carl became President in 2021 after decades shaping the firm’s growth. He leads with a people first design philosophy and broad housing experience.
A LEED Accredited Professional, John serves as Director of Design and guides projects from early vision through clear architectural direction, aligning creativity with disciplined execution.
As Principal of JHP’s Hospitality Studio, Monica brings more than two decades of experience, creativity, and strategic insight to every project she leads.
Kirby Zengler, AIA
Michael Arbour, AIA
Jonathan Brown, AIA
Known for his steady guidance and technical rigor, Kirby provides seasoned direction on high-density, transit-oriented development, and mixed-use projects.
For nearly four decades, Mike has helped shape JHP’s evolution through disciplined leadership and an unwavering commitment to design excellence.
With more than 25 years of experience, Jonathan draws on deep commercial expertise to guide JHPs Mixed-Use and Retail Placemaking practices.
Sheila Kneifl, AIA
W. Brian Keith, AIA, AICP, LEED AP
While spearheading the JHP Denver office, Sheila is one of JHP’s most accomplished and prolific project managers. Her career reflects steady leadership and deep technical expertise.
Brian serves as Director of Urban Design and Planning for JHP, bringing expertise in placemaking, community building, and the visioning of transformative neighborhood redevelopment.
Transformative design, shaped by human experience.
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Dallas
Denver
214-363-5687 8340 Meadow Road, Suite 150 Dallas, Texas 75231
303-381-2776 2535 17th Street, Suite E Denver, Colorado 80211