STUDIO
h+ma is an architecture studio focusing on residential and commercial projects with an emphasis on work that is both design-focused and unique to its context. We endeavor to put forward carefully detailed and well-crafted design for all of our clients through a rigorous design process of research, collaboration, and responsiveness.
Our work strives toward a careful balance of light and shadow, to be both unique and contextual, and convey through its aesthetic that good work is possible through good design. Our body of work spans a broad range of scales and typologies, from new houses, rental apartments, single-family residential additions and remodels, private offices, outdoor living areas and facilities, rural cabins, and commercial buildings.
We find that every project derives from a set of principles that guide our hands and minds, and we implement those with each project that we are commissioned. They serve as the source of strength we draw from to land at a good balance between vision and reality:
COLLABORATION is key to any successful project.
EDUCATION is constant.
KNOWLEDGE is our greatest strength.
HUMAN EXPERIENCE is the heart of any creative endeavor.
GOOD DESIGN takes time.
PEOPLE
NATHANIEL E. HOCKER, ASSOCIATE AIA
MANAGING PARTNER
Nathaniel is a designer first and foremost, offering 15+ years in the architectural profession. He received his Bachelors degree in architecture from the University of Kentucky College of Design in 2012, followed by a Masters degree in architecture in 2014. He has worked for several architecture firms in Lexington, KY, working on projects ranging from single-family residential, apartment housing and townhouse developments - to the commercial sectors of architectural and construction projects including, K-12 and higher education, religious, restaurants, hospitality, industrial manufacturing and warehouse, corporate office design and interiors, and historic preservation.
He is an artist, avid reader of architectural publications, art and book collector. As a museum goer and traveler to architectural sites around the nation, lifelong learning is a constant endeavor within the life he leads.
2016: AIA Emerging Professional Award
2019: Leadership Lexington Graduate
CASEY RYAN MATHER, NCARB/CPHC
MANAGING PARTNER
Casey offers a diverse background of twenty-one years of design and project coordination experience. While working on his Master‘s degree in architecture from the University of KY in 2006, Casey co-founded the Center for Sustainable Cities Design Studio in Lexington, KY. His work there focused on net-zero energy, sustainability-driven, environmentally conscious single-family residential projects, energy efficient retrofits and remodels, and sustainability research at the city-region scale. He has presented his sustainability research at conferences in the United States, China, and Morocco.
Casey then moved on to Chicago, IL where he completed nearly six years of work at OKW Architects as a Senior Associate/Senior Job Captain. There, he focused on commercial/retail architecture, restaurants/hospitality, senior living, corporate office interiors, existing retail retrofit/remodeling, and historic preservation. In 2020 Casey became a Certified Passive House Consultant.