Image 4 edited Architectural Digest features Birmingham's Louisa Pierce — Vintage pieces mingle with family heirlooms and custom creations. (Pierce and Ward / Instagram)

The AD 100 designer Louisa Pierce was featured in a recent issue of Architectural Digest. The piece highlighted her century-old English Tudor-style home right here in Birmingham. Keep reading for more information on Pierce’s home and her family’s move to The Magic City.

What we know about Louisa Pierce

Image 5 edited Architectural Digest features Birmingham's Louisa Pierce — The 1920s kitchen of our dreams. (Pierce and Ward / Instagram)

Featured in Architectural Digest’s AD 100, Pierce, her husband Austin Scaggs and their two children left their home in Nashville without any idea where they would end up. The family had tried multiple cities throughout the United States until they finally found their home in Birmingham. Pierce had grown up in The Magic City but had not returned since she was 18.

According to Architectural Digest, Pierce’s parents had recently moved back to Birmingham and “marveled at how much it had changed for the better.” Now, Birmingham is home to thriving creative scenes, perfect to meet any poetic needs for art and design.

Pierce and Scaggs’ Tudor-style home sits on a bluff overlooking downtown Birmingham in a neighborhood filled with 1920s properties. Pierce shared her experience in finding her family’s home with Architectural Digest.

“Both of us immediately looked at each other like, ‘This is it. This is the house.'”
Louisa Pierce

The feature includes pictures of Pierce’s 1920s home with a unique mix of vintage pieces that give each room the feeling that the family has been there forever.

What is AD 100?

IMG 1772 Architectural Digest features Birmingham's Louisa Pierce — Louisa Pierce and Emily Ward pose for AD 100 feature. (Pierce and Ward / Instagram)

The AD 100 is a list produced by Architectural Design of the top 100 talents in interior design, architecture and landscape. The 2023 list included Pierce and her collaboration with designer Emily Ward. The designer duo has their own company, Pierce and Ward, with clients including Dakota Johnson and Leonardo DiCaprio.

We know Birmingham is home to many talents. Pierce and other creatives continue to prove that The Magic City is one of the greatest cities in the world!

To follow along with Pierce and her artistic journeys—follow Pierce and Ward on Instagram, Facebook and check out their website.