Alumni

Denise Thompson

Denise Thompson, AIA (B. Arch) is an Associate and Project Manager at Francis Cauffman in Philadelphia. A LEED-accredited architect, Denise joined her colleagues at the firm in creating a Sustainable Initiative. As an active member of the Philadelphia AIA, Denise welcomes opportunities to provide mentorship for interns as they work toward licensure. She was recently awarded the 2013 AIA Philadelphia and AIA Pennsylvania Young Architect Awards.

Tiffany Millner

Tiffany Millner, AIA, NOMA (BArch '01) is the recipient of the 2021 Thomas U. Walter Award, given annually to an architectural professional recognized for their contributions to the architectural community through their service to the American Institute of Architects and other related professional organizations.

Millner actively participates in discourse about diversity and inclusion, moderating AIA diversity discussions and publishing articles on the topics of women and minorities in the design industry. As the 233rd Black female architect, she published the book 200 Something to share her journey of navigating the architectural profession.

After serving as a project manager and architectural designer at JKRP Architects LLC, and VITETTA, Millner founded the design consultancy AUX Collective, LLC, in 2010. She currently devotes her energy as the Director of Communications for the ACE Mentor Program of America and as a consultant in various professional capacities, including architectural and graphic design, website development, community engagement and photography services, with a focus on non-profits and artist development. She also served on the AIA's National Diversity Council from 2014–2016.

Photo Credit: Hoffer Photography

Matthew Hoey

Matthew Hoey is an architect and product designer in New York and teaches at Parson; The New School for Design. Hoey made history in 1996 when he designed the Corian Lounge Chair, the first fauteuil made of the Dupont material most commonly used for kitchen countertops. His newest creation is a polycarbonate chair, a futuristic take on a 19th-century Thonet rocker that combines a clear plastic seat with curvaceous gilded arms and legs. When he's not designing chairs, Hoey is hunting for them—for inspiration. He especially loves the collectible Contour Chair that he recently rescued from the trash and a 1938 steel office chair by Ironrite that he picked up for just $1.25 at the Children's Home of Easton Thrift Store.

Nando Micale

Nando is an architect, planner and urban designer, with decades of experience in transforming our country's cities through the design of vital, sustainable neighborhoods. His work includes city-wide urban design plans, design of waterfront communities, suburban smart growth strategies, transit-oriented development, and urban infill projects. Nando is one of the nation's leading professionals in the design of mixed-income neighborhoods, with successful HOPE VI communities in 12 states—totaling nearly 10,000 new homes. He has helped cities win a half billion dollars in competitive Federal funds and is currently working with cities to position their plans for HUD's Choice Neighborhoods Grant Program.

Angela DiPrima and Michael Nelson Bucci

Website:G-Space Design

A husband and wife team, both graduates of Temple Architecture design and build at both the large and small scale actively pursuing architecture in the framework of crafted design in their Design Build firm G-Space.

Rob Fleming

In 2000, Rob co-founded with Chris Pastore, the Engineering and Design Institute @ Philadelphia University, an interdisciplinary research center focusing on green materials, sustainable design and community outreach. Funded by a grant from the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority, the center develops new green materials, serves as a resource for firms seeking to design green buildings and provides community outreach initiatives such as the Sustainable Design Resource Library. In 2006, The Institute, in partnership with The Green Building Alliance formed the Pennsylvania Green Growth Partnership, a multi-university and non-profit consortium focused on green building technologies, materials and design. In 2004, Professor Fleming and Chris Pastore received the Pennsylvania Resource Council's "Leadership in Green Building Award." And in 2007 a Philadelphia Sustainability Award from the Pennsylvania Environmental Council. In 2008, the Institute received Delaware Valley Green Building Council's, "Leadership in Green Building Award."

Rob is currently working on a book: Design Education for a Sustainable Future to be published by Routledge/earthscan in early 2013.

Eric Corey Freed

Website:organicARCHITECT

organicARCHITECT is the office of Eric Corey Freed, LEED AP, Hon. FIGP, a licensed architect (California, New Mexico, Arizona), and a recognized pioneer in the tradition of Organic Architecture, first developed by Frank Lloyd Wright. A lifetime proponent of individualism and sustainability.

Eric is the author of four books, including "Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies", a best seller with over 200,000 copies in print, and "Sustainable School Architecture." His latest, “Green$ense for your Home” won the 2011 Outstanding Book Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

Bill Smith

Website:Smith Advisory Group

Bill Smith is Managing Principal of Smith Advisory Group, an advisory firm created to provide Owners with strategic planning and management of design, development and construction for all types of projects worldwide. Smith Advisory Group provides full-scope development management services for project feasibility, master planning, design, construction, cost management, scheduling, building occupancy and final completion. Bill formerly served as President and Chief Operating Officer of MGM MIRAGE Design Group (2000 to 2011) responsible for managing the design and construction of CityCenter, an $8.5 billion mixed-use project located in Las Vegas, Nevada. CityCenter is an 18 million square feet facility and includes a 4,004-room hotel/casino, a 1,832-seat showroom, two luxury 400-room hotels, a major retail facility, 2,647 residential units, and parking for 16,800 cars. CityCenter was developed in 60 months and opened to the public in December 2009.

Greg Jones

Mr. Jones is the principal in charge for the new Santander Bank Headquarters Tower in Monterrey and for two other projects in Mexico, both in San Pedro: Sofia, an office and luxury residential tower, and Silica, which includes the master plan for a 25- acre mixed-use urban village and the design of an office tower, two retail podiums and pedestrian arcade. He is also the principal in charge for Porta Nuova Garibaldi, the largest commercial development in Europe. The project comprises the master plan for a major mixed-use development north of Milan’s city center and the design of its three primary office towers, retail podium and a new central piazza. The development’s signature office tower is the tallest in Italy.

In Asia, Mr. Jones has led the design teams for the International Finance Centre, the tallest tower in Hong Kong; the NHK Osaka Broadcast Center and Osaka Museum of History; and Atago Green Hills, which includes the Forest residential tower and the Mori office tower in Tokyo; and the NTT Corporate Headquarters and showroom, also in Tokyo.

In the U.S., Mr. Jones has led projects including ARIA Hotel & Casino, which includes a 4,000-room hotel, and a convention center, theater, casino and restaurants in Las Vegas. ARIA is the centerpiece of CityCenter, the largest private-sector development in the United States. He has also led the design team for 516 Fifth Avenue, a hotel and residential tower in New York; and for office towers including 30 Hudson Street in Jersey City, 1500 Louisiana in Houston, 181 West Madison in Chicago, and 777 Tower in Los Angeles.

David Riz

David Mark Riz is a principal at Ballinger, a leading national firm in the areas of academic, research, healthcare and corporate planning and design. Prior to this position, Riz was with KieranTimberlake, a practice recognized for its environmental ethos, research expertise and innovative design. In nearly 20 years at KieranTimberlake, David created carefully crafted, site-specific architecture that enriched human interaction, responded to the environment, and artfully celebrated the everyday. He continues to engage clients on a broad range of topics including integrated project delivery, new materials, optimal living and learning environments and environmental stewardship. David has led many award-winning projects, several of which have been featured in publications including Architect, Architectural Record, Metropolis, TIME, The New York Times, and Wired. His current projects include the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., and a new Student Innovation Center at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. He is a contributing writer to Taiwan’s Interior Magazine, has had his writing published in architectural journals and books, and is a frequent lecturer and juror at universities and conferences, where he has spoken about the integration of research and design, advocating for excellence in architecture that inspires new models of practice. David earned his B.Arch. from Temple University in 1985 (where he received the Thesis Prize) and his M.Arch. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990. Prior to joining KieranTimberlake, David practiced architecture in Japan and taught design in Taiwan. He was inducted into the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows in 2016.

Robert Shuman

Robert Shuman is Associate Professor of Architecture in the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University. He is also a principal at MGA Partners, Architects, a 25 person architecture firm located in Philadelphia, the successor firm to Mitchell/Giurgola Architects, Philadelphia, whose body of work includes significant buildings for the federal courts, regional college and universities, and other private institutions. Since joining Mitchell/Giurgola Architects in 1982, he has developed professional expertise in building design and documentation, construction administration, exterior envelope design and detailing, building systems integration, energy efficient design, building code analysis, and general professional practice. Professor Shuman is a registered architect in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and currently holds an NCARB Certificate. He is also a LEED Accredited Professional, and a member of the International Code Council.

Professor Shuman’s perspective on architecture has developed over his career from the point of view of a maker of consequential physical objects. This perspective has its roots in his early training as a carpenter, mechanic, and furniture maker. After nearly 30 years of professional practice, much of which has required him to master the collateral activities of running a viable design based professional services business, his first principles still remain connected to the idea of ‘making’ with care physical things in time and space.

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