People & Culture
"Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean." - Ryunosuke Satoro
We believe that the creation of a supportive office culture in which each of us can continue to grow and learn creates the best platform to do great, innovative work.
Akash Godbole
Alec Lynch
Alessandro Fargnoli
Alex Kim
Alfred To
Alina Mentor
Allen Cheng
AIA, LEED BD+C
Alyssa Tilley
Amar Sen
An Vo
Ana Burkus
Anastasia Ignatova
Andrew Oberst
Ankur Verma
LEED GA
Antonio Donofrio
AIA
Ashley Murphy-Aqtash
AIA
Ashton Kidd
Benjamin Hayes
Benjamin Novacinski
Birgitta Bjornsson
Blaine Campbell
LEED AP
Blake Middleton
FAIA, LEED AP
Bless Yee
Brian Lee
Carolina Clemente
Changhee Park
Charles Thornton
Chije Kang
Chris Taurasi
AIA
Christine Choi
Chun Hsu
Cianne Oconer
David Margolis
RA
David Woshinsky
Deborah Moelis
AIA, CPHD
Diane Le
Dincer Savaskan
AIA
DongKyum Park
Drew Seyl
Edward Tachibana
Eleanor Knowles
Elga Killinger
AIA
Emil Stojakovic
AIA
Eric Suntup
Erica Barrows LEED AP BD+C
Esteban Penzo
Eugene Kao
LEED AP BD+C
Fauzan Wassil
Fei-Fei Zhao
Frank Fusaro
AIA
Gary Handel
FAIA
George Tolosa
AIA, LEED AP
Gilad Reichenberg
Glenn Rescalvo
FAIA
Grace Drucker
Grace O'Connor
Ha Lim Lee
Harriet Chang
RA
Harris Girocco
Honyi Wang
AIA
Huang-Yuan Chen
Ignacio Iratchet
Ihnil Kim
Jaewon Heo
James Hakes
AIA
Jason Ivaliotis
AIA
Jason Jung
Jessica Levine
Jing-Jing Zhao
Jingxin Nie
Jinwoo Kim
John Hsu
John Ishihara
Jonathan Kinsley
Jonathan Morefield
Joseph Hongsuk Kim
Joy Liu LEED AP BD+C
Joyce Lim
Juhee Chung
Julia Leister
Kai-Yu Yu
Katie Donahue
LEED GA, NCARB
Katie Miyoshi
Katie Wilson
Kaya Middleton
Kentaro Tsuboi
LEED AP
Kevin Chong
Kevin Nguyen
Kevin Samuels
Krista Armstrong
AIA
Lauren Kazmaier
Lexi Prior
Louis Koehl
AIA, CPHD
Madha Nawal
Malay Shah
LEED AP
Margaret Albanese
Maria Stanciu
Mariana Ricondo
Mark Lien
Mat Leung
Matthew Berglund
AIA, LEED AP
Matthew Breau
May Tsang
Meari Kim
Michael Arad
AIA, LEED AP
Mikel Ruiz
Mikhail Kim
Mindy Shields
LEED AP
Natalia Dengra
Nathan Ellenberger
RA
Naveed Namaky
Nicky Wedderburn-Williams
Nubia Garcia
Paul Campoverde
Paul Cheng
Paul Lenke
Philip Mana
Pierre Kuhn
Ping Hsieh
AIA
PJ Ross
AIA, LEED AP BD + C
Rachael Kalousdian
Rennain Garnes
Richard Karsten
Rick Kearns
Robin Zhang
LEED AP BD+C
Rocky Stilson
Ruicong Tang
Ryan Duncan
Ryan Lobello
AIA, NCARB, CPHD
Ryan Wilson
Sahej Bhatia
Sang-Youp Lee
Sarah Smith
Scott Chisholm
Selina Kwan
Seth Riseman
Seung Baik
Seung Lee
Shaun Shih
Shima Miabadi
Shridhuli Solanki
Solene Clavel
Soyae Baek
Stefan Di Leo
Stefan Schwartz
Stephanie Hur
Stephen Sheng
AIA, LEED AP
Tamara Hinojosa
Tanya Mezi
Thomas Florkewicz
RA
Tina Kothari
Tom Ames
Tom Sears
Tong Xiao
Tristan McGuire
Tucker Marshall
Valeria Flores
Venessa Restrepo
Wei Wang
Wenjing Zhang
Will Ramhold
Wilson Fong
Yirui Fu
Youngah Ko
YoungJoo Kim
RA
Yunhee Jeong
Yuqiao Guo
436
Video calls this week
73
Architects' roles expanded to include full time teacher/camp counselor/babysitter
127
Dining room tables converted to state-of-the-art workstations
18
Virtual Happy Hours this year
450
Models in storage
10
Active Whiteboard Groups
Around the Offices
Weekly Virtual Happy Hour, Summer 2020
San Francisco Summer Party, July 2018
Building an Urban Future Open House, June 2018
Goods for Good Gala, April 2018
AIASF Bay Area Young Architects March Firm Tour, April 2018
The Whiteboard Groups
The Whiteboard Groups are employee-led common interest groups within Handel Architects. Anyone can start one and everyone is encouraged to participate. These groups encourage a cross-pollination of ideas through both intellectual and social meet-ups. They also serve as a platform to impact the way our offices are run. Active Whiteboard Groups include:
Developing the "Whole Architect"
We believe that by fostering individual growth within a supportive office culture, we can achieve more collectively.
We have developed a goals based-method to expose everybody to as broad a spectrum of the design process as possible, from early conceptual exercises to construction documentation and administration.
Outside the office
We encourage our employees to participate in a variety of social functions, sports leagues, volunteer programs, and industry events. We believe that an active, engaged team will get along better and ultimately create better work.