About Richard B. Mock
President, Richard Mock Designs

An Atlanta native, Richard Mock has more than 14 years of experience in residential home design and community planning.

Early in his career, Richard was employed by 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.

A Columbia resident since 1995, Richard served for almost three years 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 (www.rmdesigns.com).

Richard has designed approximately half of the homes in Ascot, an upscale Northwest Columbia community developed by The Mungo Company 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 unique garden and patio homes.

Richard was a featured designer in the 1996 Homebuilders Association of Columbia’s Parade of Homes. He was recently selected by builder Gary Taylor of Sovereign Homes to design a 3,800-square-foot home in the 2001 Parade of Homes, which will be held in Ascot.

In addition to his experience in custom home and stock plan design and community planning, Richard has also worked “in the trenches,” serving as a construction framer and a civil draftsman.

Richard recently developed and donated the conceptual sketches for the Arthurtown Community Center, a project of United Way of the Midlands and Habitat for Humanity. The Center offers child care, after-school care and health care to the residents of the downtown Columbia community and will serve 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 also teaches a continuing education course, “The Basics of Good Home Design,” at the University of South Carolina.