Fred Allison

Fred joined Lachin Architects almost a decade ago, making him a relative newcomer to our firm.  Design is definitely in his blood:  if he hadn’t decided to complete an architectural degree from LSU, he might have pursued a career in aerospace or automotive engineering or naval architecture. We have learned that he has creative interests outside of work such as woodworking, and another hobby that involves the kegerator that was parked in our office for a while. 

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Family life in the Allison household might be characterized by a couple of notable factors, such as the number of redheads in the family (four out of four), and the menagerie of non-human occupants, including furry four-legged ones, buzzy hive-dwelling ones, and several others in between.  It’s a lot of activity for an Uptown 1880’s shotgun style cottage, but Fred’s home with its generations-old antiques reflects his deep respect for family, tradition, and history. 

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His greatest architectural inspiration is in the design and construction of Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and the devotion of the architects and builders to an aesthetic ideal, achieved within the boundaries of early construction technology.  Fittingly, Fred cites Lachin Architects’ Garic Schoen Chapel addition to the Jacob Schoen & Sons Funeral Home as his favorite project.

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Fred has been in architecture long enough to realize that architects are under-appreciated in general, but his Lachin Architects teammates value his creativity, industriousness, and slightly off-center way of looking at things.  His dream client is one who knows (and will pay for) the true value of good architecture and really good bourbon!