Ally Architecture is a full service architecture practice with experience in the design of single family homes, multi-family developments, commercial, industrial, and educational buildings. We utilize responsible design for both the success of our clients and for the betterment of our community.
YOUR ALLIES
Jared Hueter, AIA, NCARB
Architect + Owner
Jared Hueter, AIA is a graduate of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Founder/Principal of Ally Architecture in Chattanooga, TN. He is licensed in Tennessee and Georgia.
Jared has been an outspoken advocate for responsible design and a community volunteer since 2005. As a student, he founded and served as the President of ReVision, a multi-disciplinary student organization focused on solving social issues through design. Jared Co-Founded the CITYbuild Consortium of Schools and moved to New Orleans to serve as the organizations Program Director. In this role, he coordinated the work of over 20 design schools’ design build efforts in post Katrina New Orleans. During this time, he served as a Tulane University Americorps Vista and Design Corps Fellow.
Following his fellowship, Jared served 3.5 years as the Dean of Design of the Priestley Charter School of Architecture and Construction. He worked with a team of 40 teachers and 400 students to develop a unique high school design curriculum for New Orleans’ academically at risk youth.
Since moving to Chattanooga in 2013, Jared has developed and Co-Directed the Learn by Design Program in partnership with the AIA TN, Green Spaces Chattanooga, and Hamilton County Schools. He also developed and Curated Passageways Chattanooga 1.0 in partnership with AIA TN and The River City Co, and Passageways Chattanooga 2.0. He has also worked on a series of need based projects including a mobile farm stand for an urban farm in Chattanooga.
In his professional design work, Jared has been honored to work as a lead designer with Mathes Brierre Architects in New Orleans, Project Architect at Cogent Studio in Chattanooga, and Project Architect at Workshop Architecture, Chattanooga.
He has served as AIA Gulf States Regional Associate Director, AIA National Associates Committee Director, Board Member of the Gert Town Revival Initiative, AIA Chattanooga President, and AIA TN Board Member. Jared has been awarded the ACSA Collaborative Practice Award, the Design Corps Design for the Underserved Award, Ameri Corps VISTA Service Award, Alpha Rho Chi Medal, and was featured in Architect magazine’s the Millennials.
Dawn Snyder, AIA
Architect
Dawn Snyder, AIA joined Ally Architecture during the Spring of 2022. As an experienced architect, Dawn brings a wide range of knowledge to the team. She has been licensed in Tennessee since 2012.
Dawn attended the College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Studying abroad in Poland at the Krakow Polytechnic University Exchange program was one of many experiences that shaped her understanding of architecture. With an openness to new adventures, she immersed herself in a foreign culture which brought a better understanding of history, culture, and our place in it.
Upon earning her bachelor of architecture in 2002, she began her post graduate career in Washington, DC at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park as part of the Design and Construction team for facilities management department. The experience strengthened an appreciation and study of the natural world and the relationship architecture has in protecting it. The bald eagle exhibit remains one of her most interesting project to work on. Protecting animals and creating natural adaptive habitats is a very collaborative design effort.
Relocating back to Tennessee, Dawn joined The Bullock Group in Knoxville where she managed hospitality, retail, and multi-family residential projects and also many operational aspects of a small architectural firm for 6 years.
She then moved back to her native Chattanooga where she continues to bring a great appreciation for East Tennessee and the continued growth the region has been experiencing over her career. The bulk of her experience in Chattanooga has been working at Tinker Ma (formerly Cogent Studio) as a Project Architect on commercial, institutional, hospitality, restaurant, and multi-family projects.
She advocates for the profession as a member of AIA and by serving on the AIA TN Conference Committee (2021, 2022), AIA Chattanooga Executive Committee as Secretary (2018-2021), and mentoring with ACE Mentor Program.
A FEW PEOPLE WE REALLY LIKE TO COLLABORATE WITH
Courtney Hueter
ALLY would not exist without COURTNEY. She worked alongside Jared to co-found the practice and continues to support the practice through strategic planning, billing, and general business management.
COURTNEY earned a BA in Early Childhood Education from Freed-Hardeman University and a Masters Degree in Education from Cumberland University.
Courtney is currently in her 18th year of teaching as a 3rd Grade teacher at Normal Park Museum Magnet.
Kristin Walsh
As an independent contractor, KRISTIN regularly works with ALLY assisting on custom residential design.
She earned a BA in Architectural Studies from Connecticut College and a Master of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin.
Upon earning her Master of Architecture degree in 2013, she began specializing in sustainable design at Lake|Flato Architects in San Antonio, TX and later at HKS Inc in Dallas. Since 2016, Kristin has been the VP of Architecture at NIMMO. Her work there has focused on progressive residential design. Kristin moved to Chattanooga in 2021, and also serves as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga.
Noa Younse
As and independent contractor, NOA started working with ALLY in 2022. Through his studio Pixel Patch Creative, NOA helps bring our projects to life.
Pixel Patch Creative is a Vermont based studio specializing in architectural modeling and rendering. Noa has taken his passion for architectural delineation and computer-aided design and applied it to many projects ranging from traditional residential and commercial structures to art installations and data visualization.
Check out his work here.
Joe Meldahl
As and independent contractor, Joe regularly assist in the measuring and modeling of existing conditions for our renovation projects, and general drafting.
Joe founded Dahl House Drafting in 2021 to provide a value driven solution for clients wishing to execute projects which were not a fit for full service architecture firms. He holds a degree in Construction Management from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and certificates of Art History and European Architectural History from Open University of the United Kingdom. He has designed and built buildings in the United States and abroad and lives with his wife and daughter in the St. Elmo neighborhood of Chattanooga.
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Darren Johnson
Since the Founding of ALLY in 2019, Darren (161 Photography) has consistently found the best ways to capture our work through photography. His thoughtfulness and patience for the perfect shot have led to ALLY receiving both local and state design awards.
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