Born in Nashville, raised in Murfreesboro
Architectural degrees from University of Tennessee, University of Pennsylvania, and Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris
Founder of Tuck-Hinton Architects 1984-2019. Now have studio : Kem Hinton Design
Designer of award-winning projects including Tennessee Bicentennial Mall, Riverfront Apartment, Edmondson Pike Branch Public Library, MBA Ingram Science Building, Tennessee WWII Memorial, MTSU Sports Hall of Fame, TSU Campus Center, Civil Rights Room and Votes for Women Room (both in Nashville Public Library), and Tennessee State Library & Archives.
Community work with Rotary Club of Nashville, Leadership Nashville, Leadership Middle Tennessee, Board of Advisors for University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Design.
Author of books: Tennessee's Bicentennial Mall and Seablets and Nether Land (this submission)
Live near Nashville with wife Marilyn in LEED Platinum house, first in Williamson County.
Fellow of American Institute of Architects, Recipient of AIA Tennessee "William Strickland Lifetime Achievement Award."
