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Best in Mississippi
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Best all around
Another possible indication of the trend
toward downsizing and higher-quality building
materials could be Turner’s spectacular
run on awards last year – his first ever
to participate in an awards competition.
He entered the Best in Metro Jackson
Awards with the same three projects as in
Best in Mississippi, but with reverse
results. His design-built home won the
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Grand Award and the other won Best
Single-Family Custom 2,500-5,000 Square
Feet. The Belhaven renovation project was
the big surprise, tying with Turner’s Grand
winner to become the first remodeling
project to capture the title.
Turner also entered the HBAJ fall Parade
of Homes with another design-build of his
in Lost Rabbit. That home won first place
in its price category.
Turner says he decided to participate
in the competitions to build brand
recognition for his growing company. “It
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certainly was a nice bonus having the
awards and getting some real peer
recognition on some of the stuff we’ve been
doing for the past 10 years.”
Path to home building
Turner has helped enhance Mississippi’s
stock of new homes using classical
techniques since 2001, when he built his
first new house for a family friend. That
one was a million-dollar, custom French
colonial house in Jackson, built with a
cedar shake roof, private elevators and
a commercial kitchen.
Prior to that, Turner had worked in
commercial real estate development, but
never found satisfaction in that. “I desired to
do something more aesthetically pleasing.”
The 1993 University of Mississippi graduate
minored in art, then continued on in a
master’s program in regional planning.
“I see classic architecture as a particular
area that’s missing in our current century,”
says Turner. “I think that residential
construction has, in particular, fallen off
the radar of the architecture world.”
“There is a lack of understanding of what
has made great architecture through the
years. It’s not being properly interpreted,”
says Turner. “You can look at a home and
innately like it or not. What you see
and what you like relate back to history,
proportion and scale.”
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Turner and his wife, Amy, founded Sustainable
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They created their own inventory of custom
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In addition to building custom homes
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condos feature cantilevered porches and
stucco walls, and have spectacular views
of the Lost Rabbit marina 20 feet away.
When that project is completed sometime
this summer, it is expected to be a top
contender in Best in Mississippi 2009.
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