Professional Work

— Selected Professional Work in Architecture + Urban Design



Architecture, Urban Design, Landscape Design, Strategy, Fabrication

Selected Professional Work

Urban Power, Copenhagen
Pickard Chilton Architects, New Haven
Snow Kreilich Architects, Minneapolis
Thomas Shafer Architects, Evanston
Nia Architects, Chicago

Throughout my 5+ years in the architecture profession, I have worked on and contributed to a wide array of project scales and types, working at a variety of offices in the United States and Europe. Project types include conceptual competitions for public buildings and housing, high-end commercial office towers, high-end residential, affordable housing and urban design, design strategy, as well as large scale data centers and offices for a global technology company. The projects have exposed me to a wide array of issues facing the built environment, technology, and society and have provided me with a wealth of knowledge across scales from fine material detailing to large systems thinking at the scale of the city and world. 





Urban Power / Copenhagen



B+W Housing Copenhagen Concept, Featured at the Danish Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale

At Urban Power (formerly BCVA) as part of the Danish Pavilion of the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, I assisted designers on the final touches to the model, photographs, renderings, and drawings.


Paper Island Redesign Competition, Copenhagen (in Partnership with MVRDV)

Contribution: Construction and design of main white model, Site context by colleagues

Coop Englandsvej Housing Concept, Copenhagen

Contribution: All concept models for mixed-use housing concept from existing grocery store.





Snow Kreilich Architects / Minneapolis



Concept for a Minneapolis Food Hall, Mixed-Use Development

Straight River Rest Area CNC fabricated site models




Realized Projects - Selected

Selected contributions to built projects


EXAMPLES OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT / DRAWINGS, DIAGRAMS, DETAIL DRAWINGS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST


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