Seattle

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.

Tim Fuller is a Senior Engineer in the Arup’s Façade Engineering group where he specializes in façade structural engineering, building envelope physics, and materials. Tim has recently contributed to the design and delivery of several prominent projects in the Seattle metropolitan area, in addition to wide-ranging projects throughout Asia, the Middle East, Mexico, Brazil, and the United States.

As the Technical Design Partner, Keith is responsible for firmwide technical design and orchestrates and oversees detailed design and construction documentation for all West Coast projects. Since joining SOM in 1981, he has worked on high-rise office buildings, government facilities, amusement parks, residential and mixed-use complexes, and international and domestic airport passenger terminals.

Keith specializes in designing and executing technically complex building systems, and actively engages in research and application of materials and systems for use in SOM’s projects. He is also the author of Exterior Building Enclosures: Design Process and Composition for Innovative Facades, which addresses the design and execution of sophisticated building envelopes.

Siyu Qu is a designer at The Miller Hull Partnership. Her educational foundation includes a Bachelor of Arts from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing, China, and a Master of Architecture from the University of Washington. Her recent projects include the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health and the Health Sciences Education Building, both at the University of Washington Seattle campus. Siyu focuses on site-specific sustainable design and is interested in architecture as a linkage where art, science, and culture intersect to enhance the human experience with nature and the urban environment. She is a strong advocate for inclusive urban space that contains the city and its people’s past, present and expectation of the future.

Rich Whealan joined Miller Hull in 1994 and has served on many of the firm’s more complex projects from teaching and research laboratories to aviation. Recent projects include the International Arrivals Facility at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and the Environmental Health & Safety Facility at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He works closely with building owners and consulting engineers to understand programming and building system requirements for complicated program elements and to integrate building systems with the architectural solution. Rich’s emphasis on integrated building systems and technical performance during the design phase and his follow-through during construction results in a building that is beautiful, functional and maintainable.

Ed’s life has largely been centered around design and building, much with his own hands. His portfolio includes planning and design for higher education, civic, commercial, science & technology, and residential projects. As the complexity of goals and needs has increased, Ed has become a consummate architect: applying design sensibilities, technical proficiency, and organizational skills to navigate today’s building challenges.

Ben Juarez is the Group HSE Manager for Permasteelisa Group worldwide operations. With over 20 years of experience in the construction industry and over a decade in the façade industry, Ben leads the dual roles of Health–Safety & Environmental functions within Permasteelisa Group. With experience implementing ISO certified Environmental Management Systems, Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG) Carbon accounting, participation in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), UN Global Compact reporting, and Façade Project Life Cycle Assessment process, Ben is passionate about the sustainability of the built environment. Ben has a Bachelor of Science from UNLV, and a Master of Science from EKU.

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.

Rich Whealan joined Miller Hull in 1994 and has served on many of the firm’s more complex projects from teaching and research laboratories to aviation. Recent projects include the International Arrivals Facility at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and the Environmental Health & Safety Facility at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He works closely with building owners and consulting engineers to understand programming and building system requirements for complicated program elements and to integrate building systems with the architectural solution. Rich’s emphasis on integrated building systems and technical performance during the design phase and his follow-through during construction results in a building that is beautiful, functional and maintainable.

Olson Kundig principal Steven Rainville brings the heart of a craftsman, the hands of a builder and the mind of an artist to his practice of architecture, which spans nearly 25 years at the firm. Influenced by the legacy of his grandfather and father, both craftsmen and builders, Steven is drawn to the expression of craft and tectonics in architecture, particularly the ways buildings come together and the materials from which they’re made. He leads many of the firm’s most complex projects across a range of market sectors, guiding teams through design and delivery. As leader of Olson Kundig’s research and innovation initiatives, Steven pushes the firm to deeply engage with over-arching considerations like energy performance and community accessibility that ultimately create a foundation for progress. His current explorations include: mass timber grid shells, externally shaded façade strategies for commercial projects, ongoing research on kinetic design elements, and internal design-build competitions that explore the intersection of theoretical ideas and craft.

Nick is a building enclosure consultant, with a focus in window and wall façade assemblies for government buildings, education facilities, office buildings, data centers, multi-family residential, natatoriums, hi-rise buildings, and sports facilities.

Jennifer Milliron is a Principal at LMN Architects. For over 20 years she has worked on a wide range of project types including higher education, public assembly, and mixed-use. Her experience spans all phases of architecture, from schematic design through construction administration. Jennifer has a thorough understanding of design excellence, integrating technical solutions to meet the client’s programmatic needs while enhancing the quality of spatial experience and aesthetic value of a project. Jennifer holds a Master of Science in Advanced Architecture from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Architecture from Washington State University. She is actively involved at her alma mater WSU, where she has been an Adjunct Professor and invited guest critic for the School of Design and Construction. Jennifer is currently on the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) regional council, is a member of the AIA and serves on the Board of Directors for Design in Public.