"There are some outstanding developers…like John Knott of Noisette in (North) Charleston, South Carolina, who is pretty much knocking the cover off the ball in (his) work."

Paul Hawken
Author, The Ecology of Commerce
Urban Land Magazine: "The Green Quotient"
July 2007


"Noisette is the leading example of integrated restoration that I know of; it combines brownfields redevelopment, infrastructure renovation, adaptive reuse of historic buildings, ecosystem restoration, as well as preservation of social and cultural assets... the greater Charleston area has the potential to become the 'Silicon Valley' of the restoration economy."

Storm Cunningham
Executive Director, The Revitalization Institute
Author, The Restoration Economy


"Any developer interested in doing quality infill work would be enticed by the groundwork that’s being laid by Noisette."

Tim Keane
Principal, Keane & Company Urban Planning
Landscape Architecture Magazine: "From Base Closure to New Urbanism"
June 2006


"In a relatively small compass, Noisette holds one of the most concentrated collections of model communities I have ever encountered... The infrastructure of difference already present in North Charleston provides an extraordinary canvas for painting a portrait of 21st Century America as it ought to be: proud of its plurality, wedded to the celebration of non-oppressive diversity, concerned for the future of its natural environment, and committed to the idea of generosity and security for all; and open to the new."

Michael Sorkin
Critique: No Island is an Island
Architectural Record
January 2003