Portland

Dionne Darling has been with The A|N Media Group for over six years. As A|N’s Associate Publisher, she manages A|N’s Texas headquarters and handles accounts in the West, Southwest and Europe territories. Dionne has over 28 years of direct B2B sales, management and business development experience.

Thomas Robinson is the Founder of LEVER Architecture, a design practice with offices in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California. His firm is widely recognized for material innovation and for pioneering work with Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT). His recent projects include 843 N Spring Street, slated to be one of the largest mass timber buildings in Los Angeles, and first-of-their-kind timber buildings for clients such as The Nature Conservancy and Adidas. Thomas’ work also includes more than $2M in research to develop and test wood building assemblies, and he has lectured on mass timber throughout the US, Europe, and South America. LEVER was recently recognized by Fast Company as one of the world’s most innovative companies; and in 2017, was named to Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard and to the Architectural League of New York’s Emerging Voices.

Michelle LaFoe, AIA is a Co-founder of OFFICE 52 Architecture and has over two decades of design and materials research experience. Michelle believes architecture, art and technology are interrelated and thrives on combining overarching project vision with poetically practical material applications. Her creativity and design acumen has led to a range of award-winning projects, which include Scott Hall at Carnegie Mellon University, the new Nano-Bio-Energy Technologies Building with an artistically enhanced, innovative high-performance curtain wall. Michelle’s work with custom terra cotta glazes for Tykeson Hall at the University of Oregon combines manufacturing technology with a regional aesthetic for an economically viable façade solution. Michelle is a licensed architect and accomplished artist and received her bachelor degrees with distinction from Rice University and graduate degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign as a Distinguished University Research Fellow.

Isaac Campbell, AIA is a Co-founder of OFFICE 52 Architecture, a design practice based in Portland, Oregon that is dedicated to producing beautiful, well-detailed and ecologically mindful work expressive of place and design vision in collaboration with clients. His creative energy and exceptional technical ability combined with an outside-the-box approach to problem solving has led to award-winning projects with a versatility of material applications and innovative solutions throughout his career. These include the competition-winning design for Scott Hall at Carnegie Mellon University for the College of Engineering and the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, a commissioned design study for Carnegie Mellon’s Ansys Simulation and Undergraduate Maker Center and for UCSD’s Innovation and Academic Learning Center, and the recently completed Tykeson Hall for the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon. The firm’s work has been published in the The Arup Journal, Architectural Record’s Material Matters, The Wall Street Journal, Surface, The Architect’s Newspaper, and Routledge’s University Trends among others; and was featured in a new monograph, Form and Dichroic Light, with a foreword by Cesar Pelli, FAIA. The firm has received numerous awards including the 2019 American Architecture Award and 2019 International Design Award from The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre. Prior to founding OFFICE 52 Architecture, Isaac led cultural and institutional projects as a design team leader for Cesar Pelli & Associates (Pelli Clarke Pelli). He received his Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Arts from Rice University after study at the School of Liberal Arts at Alfred University in New York. He has lectured throughout the US and abroad and recently co-led a 2019 AN Facades+ Workshop in Seattle, WA on creativity, innovation and high-performance enclosures.

Jen Marchesani has been with Shildan Group for almost 10 years, and currently serves as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing. During her tenure, she has worked on numerous iconic projects featuring terra cotta rain screen and/or sunscreen throughout the United States. Jen was integral to the collaboration with OFFICE 52 Architecture on their materials & technology research, development and fabrication of the custom extruded terra cotta panels and custom glazes for the innovative high-performance façade on Tykeson Hall at the University of Oregon. Their collaboration combines materials research, artistic experimentation, and industry expertise to generate a ceramic façade solution to achieve desired aesthetics, sustainability and technical requirements. Jen has a passion for terra cotta, rainscreen systems and healthy wall construction.

Kim Wilson, AIA, is Principal/Owner and Quality Director at Holst Architecture in Portland, Oregon. During Kim’s 22-year tenure at the firm, she has been instrumental to its growth and key in establishing Holst’s reputation for quality design and execution. Her body of work at Holst includes a range of multi-family residential, commercial, educational, and non-profit projects.

André joined Holst Architecture in 2017 bringing over a decade of experience in residential, retail and commercial architecture. He completed his Bachelor of Architecture, Planning and Design at the University of Melbourne and was designer on competition winning entries for the INTERPOL Global Complex in Singapore and The Malaysian Academy for Han Studies. In Portland, he just wrapped up construction on The Nick Fish, an affordable mixed-use housing development in Gateway. His passion for the full spectrum of design from sketch to construction is driven by a desire to create meaningful architecture that enriches the experience of the individual and their broader community.

Thomas Robinson is the Founder of LEVER Architecture, a design practice with offices in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California. His firm is widely recognized for material innovation and for pioneering work with Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT). His recent projects include 843 N Spring Street, slated to be one of the largest mass timber buildings in Los Angeles, and first-of-their-kind timber buildings for clients such as The Nature Conservancy and Adidas. Thomas’ work also includes more than $2M in research to develop and test wood building assemblies, and he has lectured on mass timber throughout the US, Europe, and South America. LEVER was recently recognized by Fast Company as one of the world’s most innovative companies; and in 2017, was named to Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard and to the Architectural League of New York’s Emerging Voices.

Dave Young, PE specializes in building enclosure consulting relating to new and rehabilitation construction projects. His work includes high-and-low-rise commercial, institutional, and residential buildings. In addition, Young has extensive practical experience with exterior wall, window, above-and-below-grade waterproofing and roofing systems from conceptual design though the building enclosure commissioning process.

Jack McCutcheon, PE is a structural designer for KPFF, an engineering firm founded in Seattle in 1960 that has now grown to over 20 office locations and 1,200 employees. In recent years his work has focused in designing with mass timber building materials including Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), Glued-Laminated Timber, and Mass Plywood. Jack enjoys collaborating with architects throughout the design process to create efficient and attractive building structures. Some of his recent projects in the Portland area include The Nature Conservancy HQ, and Adidas’ North American Headquarters expansion. He was also the lead engineer for the Catalyst building located in Spokane, WA; the first building of its kind to utilize CLT shear wall cores and steel BRB ductile hold-downs. Jack likes discussing mass timber as a potential structural solution with clients and strives to be a resource for the broader adoption of this material.

Thomas Robinson is the Founder of LEVER Architecture, a design practice with offices in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California. His firm is widely recognized for material innovation and for pioneering work with Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT). His recent projects include 843 N Spring Street, slated to be one of the largest mass timber buildings in Los Angeles, and first-of-their-kind timber buildings for clients such as The Nature Conservancy and Adidas. Thomas’ work also includes more than $2M in research to develop and test wood building assemblies, and he has lectured on mass timber throughout the US, Europe, and South America. LEVER was recently recognized by Fast Company as one of the world’s most innovative companies; and in 2017, was named to Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard and to the Architectural League of New York’s Emerging Voices.

Jarrett Pelletier, AIA is an Associate Principal at Ennead Architects. Jarrett brings 16 years of experience designing buildings with extremely complex functional criteria and has worked successfully with preeminent institutions such as the University of Michigan and the University of Oregon. His design process is one of iteration and inclusion. It begins with a full immersion in the project’s context and the client’s goals, mission, and aspirations. From this client-centered framework Jarrett develops a bespoke architectural response. His high-performance designs strive to increase social connections through intelligent planning and his innovative architectural expressions have helped clients articulate their unique vision through design.

Morgan Reynolds, AIA, LEED AP BD+C joined Thornton Tomasetti in 2017 with over eight years of experience in the design and engineering of complex façade systems. He has served as a façade consultant for numerous projects in the U.S. and Asia in a variety of diverse sectors including residential, cultural, institutional, and commercial construction. Morgan’s experience includes both conventional and bespoke building enclosure systems and materials, with a specialization in custom, high performance unitized glass and aluminum curtain wall assemblies. Morgan has also worked extensively in other aspects of facade engineering including performance mock-up testing, geometric rationalization, parametric design, and digital fabrication. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects and Urban Green Council as well as a registered architect in the state of New York.

Kyle Lommen joined Allied Works in 1997. He served as the Project Lead for Wieden+Kennedy World Headquarters and the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, two of Allied’s most formative projects. In 2003, he opened the New York office and served as Principal-in-Charge for significant, high profile projects including the Museum of Arts and Design, East River Walk, Duchess County Estate, Tribeca Residence, and projects for Ian Schrager and Andre Balazs. Since 2009 after returning to Portland, he was made a Principal and has been Principal-in-Charge for Allied Work’s most significant projects including the National Music Centre of Canada, the US Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique, the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, Fast Retailing Uniqlo City, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Sokol Blosser Winery Tasting Room, Benton County Historical Society and the Providence Park Stadium Expansion.

Thomas Robinson is the Founder of LEVER Architecture, a design practice with offices in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California. His firm is widely recognized for material innovation and for pioneering work with Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT). His recent projects include 843 N Spring Street, slated to be one of the largest mass timber buildings in Los Angeles, and first-of-their-kind timber buildings for clients such as The Nature Conservancy and Adidas. Thomas’ work also includes more than $2M in research to develop and test wood building assemblies, and he has lectured on mass timber throughout the US, Europe, and South America. LEVER was recently recognized by Fast Company as one of the world’s most innovative companies; and in 2017, was named to Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard and to the Architectural League of New York’s Emerging Voices.