{"id":1678,"date":"2025-08-12T18:29:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aiadallas.org\/columns\/?post_type=contributor&#038;p=1678"},"modified":"2025-08-12T18:29:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:29:46","slug":"jon-rollins","status":"publish","type":"contributor","link":"https:\/\/www.aiadallas.org\/columns\/contributor\/jon-rollins\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Rollins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jonathan Rollins, AIA is a principal with GFFdesign, a 120-person multi-disciplinary architecture firm with offices in Dallas, Austin and Fort Worth. As a leader in the firm\u2019s institutional practice, he focuses on projects for education, cultural facilities, and non-profit organizations, and he leads the firm\u2019s practice in historic preservation and adaptive reuse. 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