Bio

Steve always liked to draw. He began his architecture education on a scholarship at St. Petersburg College, followed by the University of Florida, a top undergraduate program known for its focus on design theory. Steve was a founding brother for UF’s Apollodorous Chapter of the Alpha Rho Chi National Architecture Fraternity. He earned a Bachelor of Design in 1986.

Steve attended graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. At Penn he had the opportunity to learn from a talented group of fellow students and a number of acclaimed architects and educators, including Edmund Bacon, Weld Coxe, Thilo Hilpert, Rob Quigley, Moshen Mostafavi, and thesis advisor Steven Izenour. Steve spent a summer in Europe traveling and studying in Penn’s Venice, Italy studio. He earned a Master of Architecture in 1992.

After graduation Steve completed his architectural internship with Nix, Mann and Associates Architects, in Atlanta, becoming licensed in 1994. He worked on a number of notable healthcare projects and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic athletes’ village.

In 1995 Steve joined Heery International as a Project Architect. Opportunities included an electronics factory for Motorola, a facilities integration effort for Glaxo-Wellcome's Research Triangle, NC campus, and a critical care expansion at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, SC. He worked on a large expansion of Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, TX. In 1996 he was tapped to design a small athletic building on the campus of his alma mater, the Wayne and Jimmie Carse UF Swimming and Diving Complex.

In 1997 Steve signed on with TVS Design as a Senior Architect in the firm's retail project studio. His most notable project was The Oasis at Sawgrass Mills mall in Sunrise, FL., a retail, restaurant and entertainment complex.

Steve returned to Florida in 1999, taking a Project Manager position with highly regarded Coral Gables firm Mateu, Carreno, Rizo & Partners. He served as an owner’s representative for K-12 school clients in South Florida, managing multiple concurrent projects totaling over $2 million in fees.

In 2000, Steve was hired by internationally renowned architecture firm Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum. He spent nearly seven years as a Project Manager, working on a wide variety of projects including the new Airside E terminal at Tampa International Airport, a new School of Medicine at Florida State University, the Leary Adult Education Center in Tampa, and a health club and athletic training center in Wesley Chapel called Sports and Field at Seven Oaks. In the Justice field, Steve worked on courthouse projects in Rhode Island, New Jersey and Ocala, FL. In 2006 Steve joined the Tampa office management team as an Associate.

In 2007 Steve accepted a Senior Project Manager position in the Tampa office of HDR, a nationally ranked engineering and architecture firm. He served as master plan designer for Apollo Beach’s Florida Conservation and Technology Center science and visitor park, a public-private partnership of the Tampa Electric Company, Florida Aquarium and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Other Engineering “workshares” also included improvements to the Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport.

Steve worked on several nationally relevant healthcare projects, including full replacement hospitals at Fort Belvior, VA and Fort Bliss, TX, and the US Veterans’ Administration’s state-of-the-art traumatic brain injury program, including the Hunter Holmes McGuire Polytrauma Transitional Rehab Center in Richmond, VA and James A. Haley Polytrauma and Rehabilitation Center in Tampa.

In the Science and Technology field Steve was part of HDR’s multidisciplinary design team for the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Research and Education Facility, a best-in-class academic research and collaborative learning center in St. Petersburg, serving as Project Manager and Architect of Record.

Throughout his career, regardless of role, design has been at the center of Steve’s interest in architecture. He has studied at some of the nation's best schools and learned his craft as part of several award-winning creative firms, gaining experience with almost every type of project.

In 2017 Steve fulfilled an ambition to start his own studio, dedicated to design excellence in the built environment.

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