Jonathan Roberts is a Designer with Michael Watkins Architect, LLC, an urban design and architecture firm. The firm’s work includes the preparation of master plans for towns, neighborhoods, and hamlets, revitalization and extension plans for existing communities, preparation of design guidelines, various town architect services for new and existing communities, and leading and participating in urban design charrettes. The firm serves as the Town Architect for Norton Commons in Louisville, Ky., and other communities in Louisiana, South Carolina, Ohio, and elsewhere.

As an urban designer, Roberts contributes to the firm’s efforts in urban design and master planning, especially through the charette process. Roberts plays an important role in the production of the Master Plan project books. Roberts also contributes to the production of civic space detail drawings, which specify the character of civic spaces within neighborhoods.

Roberts also contributes to the firm’s conceptual architecture and code-writing efforts, including the creation of illustrations for these codes.

In 2023, Roberts earned a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. In addition to architecture, he studied sustainability and pursued a concentration in Furniture Design. Through the exploration of urban forms in his studies at Notre Dame, his internship experience at DPZ, and his leadership in Students for New Urbanism, Roberts cultivated an appreciation for sustainable development and a passion for traditional urbanism and architecture.