Pearl Arnold
Co-founder, Principal Designer
Raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, co-founder Pearl Arnold has strong roots in the Southeast. She attended the School of Architecture at Tulane University for her first two years of college and then completed her undergraduate design studies at Rhode Island School of Design, where she earned a BFA and a BIA. While on a teaching fellowship at Kansas State University's College of Architecture, Planning, and Design, she took graduate architecture courses and taught design studios. Pearl returned home to North Carolina and in 2005 founded Pearl Arnold Designs, LLC, a studio that focused on efficient use of space for sustainable renovations and additions. Creating clever solutions to redefine existing spaces within the context of a residence is a process that invigorates Pearl. The challenge of reworking and reorganizing rooms to create the most useful space makes all of her designs unique and powerfully simple. She designs from the inside outward while balancing a focus on individualized functionality with opportunities to draw in natural light and views of the outdoors. While she enjoyed working with various building companies to realize her designs, she most often requested Triple Aught Builders, LLC to build her projects. So, in 2014 Pearl Arnold Designs, LLC merged with Triple Aught Builders, LLC and became Triple Aught Design + Build, LLC a step that enables maximum efficiency and smooth continuity in completing any job. Design details are carefully considered, clearly communicated, and implemented to produce a quality, unique, and personal finished product. Though Pearl spends most of her time in the studio drafting construction documents, she is also a licensed general contractor.
Brent Arnold
Co-founder, Licensed General Contractor
Co-founder and owner Brent Arnold has always had a passion for creation that manifested in residential construction. From helping build a neighbor’s deck as a youth to summer construction and maintenance jobs in college, Brent finds satisfaction in the built environment. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Savannah College of Art & Design where he focused on installation and found object art. While pursuing a Masters of Fine Art degree, he focused on performance art and creating a ‘stage’ for each piece. He attended Penland School of Craft to study metalsmithing. Since college he has worked in straw bale house construction, highway bridge construction, landscaping, metalwork, and eventually settled in to residential building and renovation projects. His love of art and problem solving allows for critical analysis of each project’s specific needs, details, and existing conditions. Projects flow smoothly and efficiently through planning and teamwork. Having been a soccer player since age three, Brent has leadership and team building skills that enable he and our team of craftsmen, subcontractors, and designer to work together with each client to achieve quality, thoughtful spaces. In 2006 Brent and Pearl founded Triple Aught Builders, LLC.