Michael Oerth, AIA, LEED AP, is a Technical Architect, and Associate Principal at Skidmore Owing & Merrill. Michael has been with SOM since 2005 and brings over 28 years of domestic and international experience on projects ranging from luxury residential towers, civic buildings, mixed-use, life-science and offices. Michael’s approach as a Technical Architect is informed by his interests in object-making, emerging technology, sustainable design and he has worked on a number of projects that have utilized innovative techniques for energy management. His projects include towers and mixed-use complexes in the US and China. Notable projects include the Agile headquarters in Guangzhou, China; 500 Folsom, 49 South Van Ness in San Francisco and Ralph S. O’Connor New Engineering and Science building at Rice University. He currently is a Professor of Practice at North Carolina State University.