John is the Owner and Principal Architect and has over 10 years experience working in the architecture profession.  He earned a Bachelor of Architecture from Mississippi State University in 2005.  He began his career working for a large innovative architecture firm in Atlanta, Georgia.  In  2008  he left Atlanta to return to his hometown, Meridian, Mississippi.  He has spent the last several years working on a wide variety of projects in Mississippi.  John gained licensure to practice architecture in 2015; and subsequently opened JOHN L. PURDY, ARCHITECT in April 2015.