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Design Profile
Architect with 20+ years of experience shaping housing, mixed-use, and civic projects with a focus on clarity of concept, urban context, and community impact.
I approach design as an integrative process—linking form, systems, and constructibility from early concept through execution. Experienced in leading design within complex stakeholder environments, maintaining a clear architectural throughline while navigating regulatory, budgetary, and technical constraints.
I'm a built environment leader specializing in housing, community infrastructure, and mission-driven development. Work includes affordable and supportive housing, student housing, and cultural projects across the Seattle region.
Board Member, Casa Latina, contributing to governance, financial oversight, and organizational strategy supporting immigrant and worker communities.
Design Strengths
Concept Development • Housing & Urban Infill • Massing & Site Strategy • Design Through Delivery • Interdisciplinary Collaboration • Material & Detail Resolution • Revit / BIM Integration
Experience
Senior Project Architect • Project Manager | 2022 - 2026
- Led design and delivery of affordable housing and community-based projects, carrying concepts from early studies through construction
- Developed massing, unit organization, and façade strategies responsive to site, program, and funding constraints
- Guided interdisciplinary teams to maintain design intent through entitlement, documentation, and construction
- Balanced cost escalation pressures with targeted design adjustments to preserve core architectural ideas
Selected Work:
DESC Lake City - Seattle, WA | 120-unit permanent supportive housing organized to support resident stability and urban integration
Asia Pacific Cultural Center - Tacoma, WA | 18,500 SF community facility expressing cultural identity through form, gathering space, and material presence
Dumar Community Land Trust | Mass Timber design study for 21-unit stacked flat mixed-use building designed for first time home owners. Includes community incubator commercial space.
Caswell Brown Village - Port Townsend, WA | Hybrid shelter and supportive housing campus integrating multiple residential typologies under a single roof.
Delivered projects totaling $70M+ in construction value, including 244+ housing units across affordable supportive and mixed-use development. Led full lifecycle delivery of affordable housing and community-based projects, guiding teams from concept through construction while aligning design intent with funding, regulatory , and cost constraints.
Senior Associate | Project Manager / Project Architect | 2013–2021
- Contributed to design, development and execution of multifamily, mixed-use, and workplace projects within a collaborative design studio environment
- Advanced projects through design development with focus on unit planning, façade articulation, and constructibility
- Coordinated across disciplines to integrate architecture, interiors, and landscape into cohesive project outcomes
Selected Work:
- UW Maple Terry — Seattle, WA | 300-unit student housing
- Liberty Bank Building — Seattle, WA | 75-unit affordable housing
- Decibel / Reverb — Seattle, WA | 150-unit workforce housing
- Maddox Apartments — Seattle, WA | 115-unit affordable housing and environmental remediation
- Saltchuk Coporate Home - Seattle, WA | Corporate Home uniting a diverse group of companies under single leadership.
- Technology Training Center Renovation - Mountain View, CA | Second phase retrofit and tenant improvement intended for training under represented groups in the technology sector.
Directed the design development of 620+ housing units, comprising $180M+ community, student, and workforce housing. Led cross-functional teams and oversaw budgets, schedules, and stakeholder alignment from concept through construction. Contributed to sustainable and equitable development strategies across diverse communities.
My work with Mithun focused on working through complex permitting challenges to deliver projects on time and on budget for owners. I was fortunate to work across a range of project types and market sectors including market rate mixed-use, workforce housing, affordable housing, and office interiors. I managed large-scale urban development and housing across nonprofit, institutional and corporate clients.
Project Engineer | 2011 – 2013
Supported construction delivery of ~150 units of workforce housing/multifamily residential projects from groundbreaking through closeout coordinating with design professionals and trades people.
My work in the field as a construction project engineer gave me first hand experience in project delivery and execution and served to demystify construction cost estimating, site logistical processes, and subcontractor coordination.
Associate | Project Architect | June 1995 - 2011
- Built foundation in urban housing, mixed-use, and transit-oriented design
- Developed technical rigor in detailing, documentation, and construction-phase execution
- Field experience informing practical, buildable design decisions
Selected Work:
The Douglas - Seattle, WA | Student housing and resident life facilities on brownfield site
Pratt Park - Seattle , WA | Design feasibility mixed-use building combining institutional use with multi-unit housing and parking.
Harbor Steps - Seattle, WA | Mixed-use high-rise urban housing and urban connection.
Federal Way Transit Center - Federal Way, WA | Community Transit Center
Seattle Hebrew Academy - Seattle, WA | Seismic Retrofit and adaptive reuse of a Registered Landmark.
I spent 16-years working closely under the supervision of local urban design and transportation visionary, David Hewitt. David emphasized always the profound social and civic responsibility of the architect. Through his tireless commitment to community, David taught that "It's never to late for a better idea."
Summer Intern, Architecture | June 1992 - August 1992
- Model making, hand presentation drawings.
My mentor, Ed Weinstein, reminds me to advocate for the transformative power of architecture . In addition tor our shared reverence for Louis Kahn, we still discuss design, technical rigor in detailing, documentation, and construction-phase execution.
Leadership and Engagement
Casa Latina, Seattle, WA
Board Member | 2024 - present.
Since 1994, Casa Latina has worked to advance the power and well-being of Latino immigrants through employment, education, and community organizing.
Dai Bai Zan Chobo Zen Ji (Chobo-ji), Seattle, WA
Board Member, VP | 2019– 2023
Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Seattle, Washington serving community in various capacities by promoting a mission of peace, compassion, wisdom and harmony.
Education + Credentials
Bachelor of Architecture — University of Oregon | 1995
Registered Architect — State of Washington | 2005
LEED Accredited Professional | 2006
Urban Land Institute (ULI) Center for Sustainable Leadership | 2014
AIA Seattle | 2005-2023
Technical Tools
Revit • AutoCAD • Adobe Creative Suite • Enscape
References
Available upon request and updated to suit the opportunity!
Project History
- HASCO Lynnwood Affordable Housing, HASCO/SMR Architects
- IOOF Lodge 20, Cemetery Site Affordable Housing, Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge 20/Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing (ORFH)/SMR Architects
- Dumar Site Community Land Trust, Homestead Community Land Trust/SMR Architects
- Asia Pacific Cultural Center, APCC/SMR Architects
- DESC Lake City, Downtown Emergency Services Center/SMR Architects
- Caswell-Brown Village, OlyCAP/Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing/SMR Architects
- 2501 NW Market Street, JSRE/Mithun 1145 NW Market Street, JSRE/Mithun
- Chobo-Ji Gate Study, Chobo-ji/Pro-bono volunteer
- Maddux Apartments, Mt. Bake Housing Authority/Mithun
- Liberty Bank Building, Capitol Hill Housing/Mithun
- Charleston office remodel, Large Tech Company/Mithun
- Saltchuk Corporate Home, Saltchuk/Mithun Session Apartments, James Mueller, Associates/Mithun
- Reverb Apartments, Spectrum Dev. Solutions/Mithun
- Decibel Apartments, Spectrum Dev. Solutions/Mithun
- Maple-Terry Halls, University of Washington/Mithun
- The Douglas Apartments, Seattle University/Barrientos/Seneca Real Estate/Spectrum/Hewitt
- Alto Apartments, Harbor Properties/Hewitt Mural Apartments, Harbor Properties/Hewitt
- 4100 SW Alaska Mixed Use, Capco Investments/Hewitt
- Seattle Hebrew Academy Renovation, Seattle Hebrew Academy/Hewitt
- Lake City Civic Center Garage and Albert Davis Park, City of Seattle/Hewitt
- The McGuire Apartments, Harbor Properties/Hewitt
- Harbor Steps North, Harbor Properties/Hewitt
- Federal Way Transit Center, Sound Transit/KPFF/Hewitt
- Bremerton Ferry Terminal study, WA State Ferries/Hewitt/private developer
- Bainbridge Island Ferry Terminal study, WA State Ferries/Hewitt
- Anacortes Ferry Terminal design studies, WA State Ferries/Hewitt
- Edmonds Ferry Terminal pedestrian overhead loading facility, WA State Ferries/Hewitt
- Edmonds multi-model transit study, WA State Ferries/Hewitt
- Coleman Dock Ferry Terminal multimodal transit study, WA State Ferries/Hewitt
- Other, earlier...
