Emily has over two decades of experience programming, planning, and designing healthcare, community, and higher education projects at architecture+. She approaches projects with a thoughtful, human-centered perspective, grounded in a clear understanding of how the built environment directly impacts the people who use it. Whether designing behavioral and mental health facilities or a higher education… Read more >
Mary Kate is a versatile architect with extensive experience planning and designing educational, government, healthcare, and commercial projects across New York State. Since 2001, she has focused on educational projects for colleges, universities, and independent schools. Her experience includes dining, residential, and student life facilities, and academic buildings including science laboratories. She is an experienced… Read more >
Sara has devoted her career to improving the lives of our society’s most vulnerable individuals. As a leader in our mental health design practice, she connects with people to instill trust and confidence as she guides them through the programming, planning, design, and construction process of a wide range of mental health environments. Sara leads… Read more >
Frank is the founding partner of architecture+. He is nationally known for psychiatric healthcare facility planning and design for special populations, long term care, and secure institutions. He has been involved in a broader range of psychiatric healthcare projects than anyone in North America over the past 40 years. He is an instrumental member of… Read more >
Arien’s hands-on experience as a carpenter and metal worker early in his career, influenced his thinking about design as an expression of the art of building — the understanding of how a building comes together, which itself informs its essential aesthetic nature. He brings this design sensibility along with technical expertise and humanity to create… Read more >
Since joining architecture+, Valerie has been involved with a wide variety of projects. She has provided design services for healthcare facilities, colleges and universities, libraries, and senior housing facilities. In addition to architectural design, her experience includes master planning, feasibility studies, project management, construction documents, and construction administration. Valerie is a strong advocate of environmental… Read more >
Michael has worked on a variety of building types with the majority in the higher education and healthcare markets in the public sector. His experience ranges from the design of new administration and academic buildings to minor renovation projects. Michael is also responsible for managing our term contract assignments with the State University Construction Fund… Read more >
Brian has been part of the growth of the firm since its early days. His professional experience includes programming, planning, design, contract documentation, and construction administration for a large variety of institutional projects with a focus on multi-family housing, higher education, and special populations healthcare. For over 35 years, Brian has acted as Principal, Project… Read more >
