Allie
Administrative Assistant
Personal Motto: “I am a work in progress. I’ll never be perfect, but I’ll be better than yesterday.”
Words People Use to Describe Me: Crazy, imaginative, fiery, stubborn, inquisitive
Favorite Movies: Clue, So I Married an Ax Murderer, Young Frankenstein
Backup Career Choice: Art Therapist
Best Childhood Memory: Jumping into waves with my dad
Favorite Foods: Chicken, cheese, olives, crusty bread, dark chocolate, pretzels
Anastasia
Associate, Controller
What I do for fun: Spend time with my family
Dead person I would want to speak with: Mother Teresa
I would like to travel to: Indonesia
Personal hero: Malala Yousafzai
Favorite food: Bakmi Goreng (Indonesian Chinese)
Annie
Design Director
Favorite Designer: Annabelle Selldorf & David Chipperfield
Backup Career Choice: Return to my first job in a bakery
What I do for fun: Run, play with my kids and master homemade chocolate chip cookies
Favorite Animal: Peacock
Best childhood memory: Playing basketball for my dad as my coach and mom as the biggest cheerleader. Both of those roles remain to this day.
Austin
Architectural Designer
Personal Motto: It will all work out
If I could live in another decade, it would be: The current Decade, Living in the moment!
Favorite Designer / Architect: John Lautner
What I do for fun: Snowboard, Soccer & Golfing
Favorite food: Steak and Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Chris
Associate, Senior Architectural Designer/Project Manager
Favorite animal: Lynx
Favorite 80's or 90's band: Radiohead
Backup career choice: Comic book artist
Favorite object of design: Anything bent-ply
I would like to travel to: Vienna
Favorite food: Hot peppers
Erin
Associate, Certified Interior Designer
Favorite Movie: Beauty and the Beast
Favorite animal: Sea Turtle
Backup career choice: Florist
Best childhood memory: going to the beach (Wildwood)
I would like to travel to: Ireland!
Favorite Food: Steak
Jacob
Senior Architectural Designer/Project Manager
Favorite movies: Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, The Prestige
Favorite animal: Hippopotamus
What I do for fun: Golf
Favorite 80’s or 90’ band: Blink 182
Favorite book: Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Jay
Accounting Assistant
Favorite 80’s or 90’s band: The Breeders, They Might Be Giants, Unrest
My Favorite word: palindromes (actual palindromes, not the word palindrome)
In 30 years I will be: Wishing I was 30 years younger
My favorite instrument: Drums
What I do for fun: Attend concerts, watch terrible low-budget movies, play Legos with my kids
Kate
Senior Associate, Studio Director
Favorite Designer / Architect: Alvar Aalto and Jeanne Gang
What I do for fun: Karaoke
Best childhood memory: Painting with my mother and building furniture with my father
Favorite food: Boiled Peanuts
Favorite smell: Coffee in the morning
Kathy
Junior Architectural Designer
Favorite Movie: La La Land
Favorite animal: Dogs or red pandas
Favorite 80’s or 90’ band: Nirvana
What I do for fun: Spend time with friends, try new restaurants, draw whatever inspires me at the moment.
I would like to travel to: Switzerland to see the countryside or Tawain for the food
Kayla
Junior Architectural Designer
Favorite animal: Frog
Favorite Designer/ Architect: Alvar Aalto, Antoni Gaudi
Backup career choice: Archeologist
I would like to travel to: Africa
Favorite foods: Tacos
Lauren
Materials Librarian
Favorite Animal: Koala
Favorite Designer/ Architect: Kelly Wearstler
If I could live in another decade, it would be : The 90’s
Dead person I would want to speak with: Princess Diana
Personal Heroes: My mom
Lillie
Senior Associate, Administrative Director
Personal Motto: “Look on the bright side”
Favorite Movies: Roman Holiday
Favorite 80’s or 90’s Band: Fleetwood Mac
Best Childhood Memory: Running through streams
In 30 Years I Will Be: Painting & running through streams
Favorite Office Supply: Post-Its
Marissa
Associate, Registered Architect/Project Manager
Words people use to describe me: Loyal, neat freak, caring
My favorite word(s): Squiggle, flabbergasted
Dead person (people) I would want to speak with: Einstein or George Washington
Best childhood memory: Baking with my mom, Sunday dinners at my grandmother’s
Favorite food: Eggplant parmigiana
Marni
Senior Project Manager
Favorite Day of the Week: Friday
What I do for fun: Spend time with my family and play mahjong
Best childhood memory: Sleep away camp
In 30 years I will be: Retired and living in Florida
I would like to travel to: Greece
Things I hate: When people chew loudly
Nancy
2023 AIA NJ Architect of the Year
Principal
Words people use to describe me: Jingles, mom, a steamroller!
Favorite Designer/Architect: Louis Kahn
My favorite word: Blivet
In 30 years I will be: Tired!
I would like to travel to: Any place in the world that I haven't already visited, with plenty of time, a camera, and a sketch book in hand
Favorite food: Really smelly cheese, French bread, chocolate, and berries, served all at once
Oliver
Associate, Architectural Designer/Project Manager
Words people use to describe me: Old Spirit
Favorite Designer / Architect: Norman Foster
If I could live in another decade, it would be: The 90's, again.
Back up career choice: Sustainability Consultant
Favorite food: Sushi
Prisco
Principal
Best childhood memory: Playing tennis with my dad on red clay
In 30 years I will be: Spoiling my grandchildren
Favorite object of design: My 1984 Honda Nighthawk Motorcycle
I would like to travel to: Brazil
Favorite food: Spaghetti Carbonara
Raafe
Senior Architectural Designer
Personal motto: Everything works out in the end, sometimes it needs a little push
Favorite animal: Manta ray
What I do for fun: Kayaking, biking, soccer, swimming, hang at the beach
Words people use to describe me: Optimistic, calm
Something on my bucket list: Hike a volcano, visit every major National Park
Sandee
Principal
Favorite Movie: The Bourne Identity series
Favorite 90's band: Bruce Springsteen and the 'E' Street Band
Favorite phrase: Get Out!
What I do for fun: Cook / Entertain
Favorite Object of Design: Barcelona Chair
Things I hate: Messy People
Scott
Interior Designer
Favorite movies: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Young Frankenstein, Austin Powers Movies
Favorite Designer / Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Backup career: NASCAR driver
In 30 years I will be: Still trying to figure out why mini M&Ms taste better than regular sized ones
Favorite object of design: CSX60000-427 Shelby Cobra