Jeff Seabold

FAIA, NCARB, LEED AP

Jeff Seabold launched Seabold Architectural Studio in early 2009 to provide superior architectural services in the Jackson metro area, the state of Mississippi, and the Southeast region. His experience includes over 400 projects, ranging from new residential and commercial construction to adaptive reuse and remodeling, community development, and historic preservation.

Jeff was elevated into the AIA’s College of Fellows in 2025. This prestigious honor is awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions to architecture and society on a national level and is among one of the highest honors that AIA offers that is only bestowed on about 3% of AIA members. Additionally, he currently serves as the Best Practices Chair on AIA National’s Strategic Council helping to shape the future of Architecture for decades to come. On the local level, he is the current President of the Jackson Historic Preservation Commission. His preservation work has received the City of Jackson's Historic Preservation award for Commercial Restoration in 2016 and many other awards.

Jeff is a past President of AIA Mississippi. He was also a founding board member and the two-time past Chair of the Mississippi Chapter of the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and served as the state's LEED for Homes Advocate for 5 years. During that time, he saw the largest concentration of LEED silver or higher homes in the world be constructed in one neighborhood. He served as the Chair Elect for the Southeast Regional Council of the USGBC and on the national USGBC Chapter Steering Committee in charge of strategic visioning and other working groups. He was the first architect in Mississippi to be designated a LEED AP Homes, and currently has 5 registered LEED for Homes projects seeking Gold or Platinum certification.

A graduate of Millsaps College and Mississippi State University's School of Architecture, Jeff earned the prestigious New York AIA Douglas Haskell Award for his theoretical writing. In 2012, I received the designation by the Mississippi Business Journal of being in the Top 40 under 40. Jeff believes in dedicating at least 10% of his firm's time to the community, research, and to causes that support his firm's mission. He has made the Fondren neighborhood in Jackson his home with his son, Windsor. In his spare time, Jeff is a recovering ultra-marathoner, working in his wood shop, building and collecting Legos, cooking gourmet meals and traveling with his partner Su, and being an active dad coaching, volunteering, and working with his son, Windsor.