As President of Jackson Burnside Limited, Jackson Burnside has studied and practiced abroad for many years and is a sought after Artist and Lecturer, who often tells his Project Teams and Architecture students to examine their own architectural heritage for its “common sense”. He also shares with them his belief in the importance of understanding appropriateness of material, climatic conditions, natural light, structure, and client requirements in developing design that neither overwhelms nor insults its surroundings, but seems instead to rise naturally from them.

A graduate of Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) and the Graduate School of Fine Arts of The University of Pennsylvania, Jackson studied and worked with the world-renowned Architect Louis I. Kahn, and with Arup Associates, a division of the world-acclaimed Ove Arup Partnership, (London England). While with those firms he worked on industrial and institutional projects in the United States, Bangladesh, Iran, Israel and England. He was the first Bahamian Senior Architect for the Bahamas Ministry of Works and has been a partner with two successful Architectural firms in The Bahamas. He has been a visiting lecturer at many institutions, and an External Examiner at the Caribbean School of Architecture, Kingston Jamaica. For the Spring Semester of 2009, Jackson Burnside was appointed Visiting Professor at the School of Architecture, University of Miami.

He is an artist and cultural advocate and has been the recipient of numerous awards and honours, including The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Citizens Award for the Creative and Performing Arts, and The 2008 Bahamas Home and Builders Lifetime Achievement Award. Throughout his career, he has been actively involved in community and cultural affairs and he is Chairman Emeritus and a Designer of the ‘One Family’ Junkanoo and Community Organization Group.

Nancy has been practicing Interior Design for ten years and started her career with Chambers of Baltimore, Maryland and Chambers, Lyford Cay Nassau, Bahamas. She has been with Jackson Burnside Limited for the past seven years and has led the Interior Design aspect of significant projects including the executive private residences for Kerzner International Ocean Club Estates, ParadiseIsland.

Nancy recently designed the interior of St. Anselm’s Church in Fox Hill, Nassau’s oldest community. A “ VillageChurch” was created with a heavily themed Bahamian environment.

Theming, Client Relations, Space Planning and Site Management are Nancy’s strengths. Nancy has been actively involved in community work with the Grants Town Community After School Children’s Program for several years.

With the background and educational training in both the Architectural and Construction Management fields, Dirk Saunders has endeavored to utilize his skills fully by working with a variety of Architectural and Construction Firms both locally and internationally. At Jackson Burnside Limited, he is continuing his professional development with responsibilities ranging from Architectural and Urban Design to Construction Administration. His career objective is to continue to explore opportunities that will allow him to utilize and develop his versatile skills in both the Architectural and Construction Management fields. Dirk is a Registered and Licensed Architect in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

As a means of constant improvement Dirk, recently completed a post-professional degree at the University of Miami. He studied Real Estate Development at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts and completed his degree at the University of Miami in the Suburb and Town Design Program. At the University of Miami, he had the opportunity to study internationally under the world re-known Suburb and Town Planners, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. This experience has left him with a positive outlook for the future of Housing and Community Development in The Bahamas.

Now a Job Captain of Jackson Burnside Limited, Dennis Taylor has over twenty years experience as a Technician with some of the leading firms in the United States and the Bahamas.

Dennis has become an expert in the area of Computer Aided Design and Micro-Station because of his love of electronics, and the knowledge combined with his technical experiences makes him an invaluable member of any project team, particularly in the execution of construction documents as a Job Captain.