Markham Smith

Markham Smith is a founding principal of Smith Dalia Architects. For thirty-five years Markham’s work in the field of design and development has focused on building more sustainable, mixed-use urban communities, both new and existing. His particular interest has focused on Atlanta’s intown neighborhoods and industrial properties that surround the city’s historic rail corridors and the nascent Atlanta BeltLine.

Upon relocating to Atlanta from New Orleans in 1987, Markham Smith and Tom Dalia were immediately drawn to its rail corridors; sunken below the modern street level and populated by underutilized and abandoned industrial properties that penetrated deep into Atlanta’s historic core, both figuratively and actually. Smith Dalia Architects’ (SDA’s) first major project in the BeltLine corridor dates to 1988, and the firm has since worked continually on transforming these places into destinations that support cultural activities, economic development and community identity. To date SDA has designed over 75 projects in the corridor including the King Plow Arts Center, Puritan Mills, Fulton Cotton Mill, the White Provision redevelopment, Piedmont Park renovations, Trees Atlanta Headquarters (one of four LEED Platinum buildings in Georgia), and Smith Dalia’s own home, the Southern Dairies Building, as well as numerous new multi-family projects.