Who We Are

Max is from St. Louis, Missouri. He earned his B.A. in Art & Architectural History from Middlebury College and his Master of Architecture (M.Arch) from the University of Michigan where he was awarded the Thesis Prize. For his Master's thesis, Max constructed numerous basswood models to explore how architecture can effortlessly transition between scales, from objects to furniture to buildings.

Max previously worked at Snøhetta, Fumihiko Maki + Associates, LAMAS, SAW, HOK and Architecture for Humanity

Tyler is from Pensacola, Florida. He earned a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Architecture (M. Arch) from the University of Texas at Austin. Currently, Tyler is a lecturer at Stanford University, where he teaches undergraduate students interested in pursuing architecture.

Tyler previously worked at Snøhetta in San Francisco, AlterStudio in Austin, Herzog & de Meuron in Basel and Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill in Chicago.

Kati is from St. Joseph, Michigan. She earned her B.S. in Architecture from the University of Michigan and her M.Arch from the University of California Berkeley. Her Master's thesis explored opportunities to activate underutilized public spaces. She proposed transforming a series of six rooftops in San Francisco's Financial District into immersive, uncanny landscapes in the sky.

Ian is from Sunnyvale, California. He received his B.Arch from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. For his undergraduate thesis, he dove into Los Angeles' creative community and the idea of 'third spaces' to create a vibrant gathering and working space in the heart of the Arts District.

Ethan is from San Francisco, California. He holds a dual Bachelor's degree, a B.A. in Studio Art and a B.S. in Engineering from Swarthmore College, as well as an M.Arch from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. For his Master's thesis, Ethan proposed two residential buildings that demonstrate a new attitude towards a transforming Chinatown - one that prioritizes the residents and workers while respecting the connection between past and future, shifting the architectural focus from ornamentation to human activity.

Julie is from San Jose, California. She received her B.A. in Architectural Studies and French Language from Tufts University and her M. Arch from Columbia University.

Olivia is from Portola Valley, California. She received her B.Arch from Tulane University. For her undergraduate thesis, Olivia imagined the forest and the built environment as a unified system to support mass timber as a catalyst for economic recovery and environmental healing in former timber towns.

Hannah is from Murphys, California. She earned her B.S. in Urban Planning and Community Development and a Master of Public Administration from Portland State University. For her Masters thesis, she explored the intersection of public civic engagement initiatives and the private design sector. Her project engaged local artists and designers to support the creation of art and other printed materials to educate the public on the role of local government and the impact of voting in local elections.

Sebastian is from Munich, Germany. He received his B.A. in Architecture with a Minor in City Planning from the University of California, Berkeley. During his undergraduate studies, he was awarded the Judith Lee Stronach Undergraduate Traveling Scholarship, which took him across Europe and the Middle East to document the architecture of refugee camps.

Christian is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied architecture in Argentina and completed a Master of Architecture (MArch II) at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He currently teaches a variety of architecture courses at City College of San Francisco. Christian has previously worked with Herzog & de Meuron, Machado Silvetti, and Elemental.

Nicole is from Ann Arbor, Michigan. She received her B.S. in Architecture and B.A. in English from the University of Michigan. Her thesis mapped the narrative of a refugee's experience from a garden in Viet Nam to a modernist, brutalist apartment building in the Midwest. Through following this journey across oceans and borders, she attempted to decode a shorthand of abstract measures back into languages of space and time that are contextually specific.

Williston is from Larkspur, California. He earned his B.Arch from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he was awarded the AIA Henry Adams Medal. Through his thesis, he explored the exclusionary posture, organization, and history of beachfront developments—ultimately proposing an overlay zone in Malibu, California, to foster new, subversive conditions. The project imagined a cohabitation of the coastline—where public spaces and private residences could coexist along the sand. Will has design and fabrication experience that spans a variety of scales, from custom millwork at Salem Cabinetry to furniture and light fixtures at Manual Labor.