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 With more than 20 years in residential home design, Richard B. Mock has earned a reputation for creating unique, innovative
custom homes inspired by classic architecture. An Atlanta native, Richard began his career learning from some of the nation’s
premiere home designers, including Builder Magazine’s 1992-1996 Best Plan Designer Frank Betz of Frank Betz
Associates; Southern Living featured designer Steven Fuller of Design Traditions, Inc.; and Professional Builder
Magazine’s 1994 National Builder of the Year, John Wieland Homes. His work has been featured in communities across
the country. In
1995, Richard was recruited to Columbia, S.C. to serve as the first-ever Director of Plan Development for Sovereign Homes,
which is owned in part by The Mungo Company. In 1998 he launched Richard Mock Designs, a firm dedicated to serving clients
with quality, creative custom home design. Communities that feature Richard’s work include Ascot, an upscale Northwest
Columbia community of executive homes that received Regal’s Best Community Award in 1997. He was
involved in planning and designing a new phase of the community, called Ascot Courtyards, which features luxury garden and
patio homes. Richard was a featured designer in the 1996 and 2001 Homebuilders Association of Columbia’s Parade of Homes
at Ascot. In 2003, after earning his homebuilder’s license, Richard helped found a company dedicated to the design and
construction of timeless residences. The company has built more than a dozen custom and speculative homes at Harborside, an
upscale traditional neighborhood development (TND) located within Lake Carolina, an award-winning self-contained community
in Northeast Columbia. In addition to his experience in custom home design, construction and community planning, Richard also
has worked “in the trenches,” serving as a construction framer and a civil draftsman. Richard has contributed his experience
to projects within his community. He developed and donated the conceptual sketches for Arthurtown Community Center, a project
of United Way of the Midlands and Habitat for Humanity. The center offers childcare, after-school care and health care to
the residents of the downtown Columbia community and has served as a model for the two non-profit organizations. He has also
served on United Way’s Campaign Cabinet. Richard studied architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology and Southern Poly-Technical
Institute and is an active member of the American Institute of Building Designers (AIBD) and the Homebuilders Association
of Columbia (HBA). He previously developed and served as an instructor for a continuing education course,
“The Basics of Good Home Design,” at the University of South Carolina.
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