About

Founded by John Patrick in New York City in 2012 and an industry pioneer for nearly fifteen years, Above the Fold has been instrumental in representing, advising, and raising the noticeability and success of emerging and established AEC industry talent & firms in architecture, landscape, photography, and other disciplines.

Elevating the profiles, practices, and portfolios of talent & firms based on their potential, Above the Fold’s portfolio includes 30+ talent & firms and 70+ award-winning projects on six continents—including buildings, landscapes, and campuses for the arts, culture, education, leisure, living, recreation, wellness, and business.

Working to make contemporary architecture more accessible, Above the Fold utilizes a global perspective on the micro and macro effects of architecture to benefit design teams, clients, communities, and cities for a wide range of projects. The diversity of disciplines, backgrounds, expertise, and locations of the agency’s international roster offers variety for any project in the world.

Relocating to Detroit in late 2015 and publishing an op-ed about the importance of contemporary architecture in Crain’s Detroit Business in early 2016, Above the Fold’s local portfolio includes some of the city’s most recognizable projects built in the first quarter of the 21st century. Ranging from housing and landscape to art & culture, hospitality, retail, and adaptive reuse, Above the Fold has proactively embedded contemporary approaches to design across scales as a vital and integral aspect of Detroit’s resurgence and legacy as the first and only UNESCO City of Design in the U.S.

Nationally and internationally, Above the Fold’s current roster includes emerging and established talent across architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, engineering, photography, art, and related disciplines. Their teams and practices are active across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, with their talent, experience, and expertise contributing to dozens of projects in design, under construction, and recently completed.