Biography
As a Studio Director based in the Bay Area, Brent guides his teams in developing both new construction and major repositioning for commercial offices, life science facilities, and education projects.
Brent facilitates the alignment of design goals with key energy performance metrics, from NVIDIA’s bold new workplace and E. & J. Gallo Winery’s delicately shaded Dry Creek Building, to the high-performance solar shades featured at 633 Folsom, and the adaptive reuse of 1100 Broadway in downtown Oakland. Brent partners with clients to deliver cutting-edge energy strategy and innovative design solutions to commercial developments, laboratory R&D spaces, and university facilities. Brent’s stewardship of construction assures the integrity of his clients’ investments in design. He accomplishes this through distilling complex architectural goals and technical demands into transparent choices which stakeholders can embrace. This approach enables design-sensitive solutions to user experience and sustainability.
The greatest commitment we can offer our clients and communities is to create buildings that endure, not only through utility, but through flexibility and delight.
Selected Projects
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Qualifications and Recognition
Bachelor of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University
Registered Architect: California
AIA, LEED AP
Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), East Bay
Gensler Design Realization Excellence Award, 2018
Panelist, Facades+ San Francisco, “Complexity and Collaboration in Technical Facade Design,” 2026
Panelist, CTBUH Americas Conference, “Second Life of a Building: Adaptive Reuse,” 2023
Co-Chair, Facades+ San Francisco, 2022
Panelist, Facades+ San Francisco, “Bay Area Heritage: Restoration and Reinvention,” 2020