Austin

Sophia Razzaque

Associate

Lake Flato

Sophia Razzaque, AIA, NOMA, IIDA, LEED AP

Sophia is a leader in Lake Flato’s Austin office. Her experience designing buildings in urban cities all over the world influenced her return to her Austin roots, where she strives to contribute to the city’s vibrant renewal and growth. Her broad portfolio and knowledge of regional context has led to successful collaborations to design memorable community spaces within our urban cores that feel meaningful and tied to their particular place.

Joseph Welker

Studio Director

James Carpenter Design Associates

Joseph Welker is Studio Director at James Carpenter Design Associates, managing the studio’s cross-disciplinary staff and coordinating its collaborations with landscape architects, architects, structural engineers, environmental engineers, fabricators and materials engineers. Welker works across the studio’s diverse range of projects, from public art to design elements and spaces that enhance the public realm. Fundamental to each project is an enhanced experience of light, unique to each project site and resulting in integrated art and structural designs that transcend form and style. Welker studied architecture and design at Cornell University, holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree. He recently led JCDA’s design efforts at the Nordstrom NYC flagship store.

David Green

Principal

WJE

David Green is a building enclosure consultant specializing in curtain wall, glazing, and cladding systems. Collaborating with talented architects, Mr. Green designs, details, and oversees the construction of building envelope systems for various building types, including high-rise hotels and residences, museums, retail storefronts, universities, and office buildings. Mr. Green works closely with architects to turn their facade concepts into reality while meeting an ever-increasing array of performance criteria. In addition to consulting on new construction, Mr. Green also works on the recladding of existing buildings and conducts forensic investigations of building envelope failures, such as glass breakage or water leakage.

James Warton

Vice President | Computational Designer

HKS

Throughout his career in architecture, James Warton has maintained an interest in cutting-edge manufacturing processes and developed specialized concentration in high-resolution additive processes. He is currently focused on highly articulated metal structures and direct-to-fabrication methodologies. Within HKS | LINE his responsibilities encompass a broad range of activities that span from preliminary analysis and conceptual design through the design development and documentation of complex architectural systems. His role demonstrates proactive engagement with practice leading to implementation of additively manufactured building-scale assemblies. These efforts represent a cumulative contribution to professional and academic discourse surrounding computational design and digital fabrication, as well as serve to further application and advancement in real-world construction scenarios while expanding the field’s awareness of emerging technologies.

Burton Baldridge

Founder

Baldridge Architects

Burton Baldridge is a native Texan, originally trained as an attorney at the University of Texas. After a mercifully brief legal career, he earned a Masters from Columbia University in 1999. Following 10 years in New York, Burton moved back to Austin in 2002 to act as the on-site architect and builder of the award- winning Floating Box House with Peter Gluck and Partners. He founded the Austin-based Baldridge Architects in 2006, creating a firm that has consistently strives for rigor, quiet, and timelessness in its work.

Rachel Calafell

Principle

Walter P Moore

Rachel Calafell, P.E.

Calafell has over 14 years of experience in structural engineering working on projects including healthcare, commercial, sports, performing arts venues, education. From 2014-2018, Rachel managed the structural engineering efforts for the 957,000 sf Houston Methodist Walter Tower which was awarded the 2019 ENR “Best Healthcare Project” in Texas & Louisiana. In 2015, Rachel received Walter P Moore’s Horvilleur Award honoring exemplified excellence in technical design, client service, and business acumen. Rachel mentors young engineers and shared an adjunct professorship in the Architecture Department at the University of Houston.

Jeff Haber

Managing Partner

W&W Glass

Haber is a Managing Partner at W&W Glass and has been working with specialty architectural metal and glass systems for over 25 years. He is directly responsible for sales, marketing, and estimating for Pilkington Planar and other highly engineered systems sold throughout North America. W&W Glass, LLC is a family owned business based in the NYC Metro with for over 70 years in the industry and is currently one of the top 10 glazing contractors in the U.S. with an annual turnover of approximately $160M

Michael Hargens

Principal & Co-Founder

Agenda Architecture

Hargens is co-founder of Agenda Architecture. Formerly, he was a Project Architect at Baldridge Architects overseeing the design and construction of the Arrive Hotel. He has taught design studios at the University of Texas SOA as well as UT San Antonio. Prior to moving to Austin, Michael worked for a number of offices including Resolution 4 Architecture & SOM in New York as well as Zaha Hadid Architects.

Andrea Hellerman

Senior Associate

WJE

Andrea Hellerman brings more than ten years of experience in the design of various building typologies, building code research, building systems coordination, construction documentation development, and construction administration. Ms. Hellerman’s experience includes performance testing of enclosure systems as well as investigative testing to detect water infiltration. Hellerman’s work has focused on helping architects integrate aesthetics with high- performance building enclosure systems

Nicholas Hofstede

Managing Director

Johnston Marklee

Nicholas Hofstede is Managing Director and Project Manager at Johnston Marklee leading the delivery of national and international projects. Originally from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Nicholas has been with JML since 2007, overseeing the management, design and development of projects including the Menil Drawing Institute in Houston, Texas, the Museum of Contemporary Arts (MCA) in Chicago, the UCLA Graduate Art Studios in Los Angeles, Poggio Golo Winery in Tuscany, Italy, and the Hut House in Kauai, Hawaii.

John IIshihara

Principal

Handel

John IIshihara has 21 years’ experience in design, management and project delivery. Most recently, Mr. Ishihara served as Project Manager for 340 Fremont Street in San Francisco, acting as the primary client contact and managing the extensive design and consultant teams from concept through building completion. Mr. Ishihara is currently the Project Manager for Austin Proper Hotel and Residences in Austin, Texas and the 950 Market project in San Francisco. His projects have been published in Architecture, Architectural Record, Metal Architecture and San Francisco Chronicle. He has taught design at UC Berkelely. Mr. Ishihara hold a BArch from Cornell University.