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.
Aayushi Joshi
Akash Godbole
NCARB
Alec Lynch
Alessandro Fargnoli
Alex Kim
Alfred To
Alina Mentor
Allen Cheng
AIA, LEED BD+C
Alyssa Tilley
Amar Sen
Ana Burkus
Anastasia Ignatova
Andrew Oberst
NCARB
Ankur Verma
NCARB, LEED GA
Antonio Donofrio
AIA
Ashley Murphy-Aqtash
AIA
Ashton Kidd
Behzad Gharehjanloo
Benjamin Hayes
NCARB
Benjamin Novacinski
Birgitta Bjornsson
Blaine Campbell
LEED AP
Blake Middleton
FAIA, LEED AP
Bless Yee
NCARB
Brian Lee
Carolina Clemente
NCARB
Changhee Park
AIA
Charles Thornton
RA, LEED GA
Chris Taurasi
AIA
Christine Choi
Chun Hsu
Cianne Oconer
Constance Chang
Daniel Ranostaj
RA, LEED GA
David Margolis
NCARB
David Woshinsky
AIA
Daxi Qu
RA, LEED AP BD+C
Deborah Moelis
AIA, CPHD
Diana Erazo
Diane Le
Dincer Savaskan
AIA
DongKyum Park
NCARB
Drew Seyl
Edward Tachibana
Eleanor Knowles
Elga Killinger
AIA
Emil Stojakovic
AIA
Eric Suntup
NCARB
Erica Barrows
LEED AP BD+C
Esteban Penzo
Eugene Kao
LEED AP BD+C
Eugene Kao
Fauzan Wassil
AIA, LEED GA
Frank Fusaro
AIA
Gary Chung
Gary Handel
FAIA
George Tolosa
AIA, LEED AP
Gilad Reichenberg
Glenn Rescalvo
FAIA
Grace O'Connor
Gregory Kamback
Ha Lim Lee
Hanya Chen
RA
Harriet Chang
RA
Harris Girocco
Honyi Wang
AIA
Ignacio Iratchet
AIA
Ihnil Kim
Jaewon Heo
NCARB
James Hakes
AIA
Jason Ivaliotis
AIA
Jessica Levine
RA
Jia Kim
AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
Jing-Jing Zhao
Jingxin Nie
LEED AP BD+C
Jinwoo Kim
John Hsu
John Ishihara
Jonathan Kinsley
Jonathan Morefield
NCARB
Joseph Hongsuk Kim
Joy Liu
AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Joyce Lim
Juhee Chung
Julia Leister
Kai-Yu Yu
NCARB
Katie Donahue
AIA, LEED GA
Katie Miyoshi
Katie Wilson
Kaya Middleton
Kentaro Tsuboi
LEED AP
Kevin Chong
NCARB
Kevin Nguyen
AIA
Kevin Samuels
Krista Armstrong
AIA
Lauren Kazmaier
AIA
Lexi Prior
AIA
Louis Koehl
AIA, CPHD
Malay Shah
LEED AP
Margaret Albanese
Maria Stanciu
Mariana Ricondo
AIA
Mark Lien
NCARB
Mat Leung
NCARB
Matthew Berglund
AIA, LEED AP
Matthew Breau
May Tsang
Meari Kim
NCARB
Michael Arad
AIA, LEED AP
Mikhail Kim
RA
Mindy Shields
NCARB, LEED AP
Morgan Chu
Natalia Dengra
Nathan Ellenberger
AIA
Nathan Vice
RA
Naveed Namaky
RA
Nicky Wedderburn-Williams
Noah Rosenberg
Patricia Escoda
RA, LEED GA
Paul Campoverde
Paul Cheng
Paul Lenke
Philip Mana
AIA
Pierre Kuhn
NCARB
Ping Hsieh
AIA
PJ Ross
AIA, LEED AP BD + C
Rachael Kalousdian
Rennain Garnes
Richard Karsten
Rick Kearns
Robin Zhang
AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Rocky Stilson
Ruicong Tang
NCARB
Ryan Duncan
AIA
Ryan Lobello
AIA, CPHD
Ryan Wilson
Sahej Bhatia
Sang-Youp Lee
Sarah Smith
NCARB
Scott Chisholm
AIA
Selina Kwan
AIA
Seth Riseman
Seung Baik
NCARB
Seung Lee
Shaun Shih
AIA
Shima Miabadi
AIA
Shridhuli Solanki
Solene Clavel
LEED GA
Soyae Baek
AIA
Stefan Di Leo
AIA
Stefan Schwartz
RA
Stephanie Hur
AIA, LEED GA
Stephen Sheng
AIA, LEED AP
Tamara Hinojosa
Tanya Mezi
Thomas Florkewicz
RA
Tina Kothari
Tom Ames
AIA
Tom Sears
Tong Xiao
AIA
Tristan McGuire
Tucker Marshall
AIA
Valeria Flores
Venessa Restrepo
Wei Wang
Wenjing Zhang
NCARB
Wilson Fong
Winna Japardi
Yirui Fu
Youngah Ko
AIA
YoungJoo Kim
NCARB
Yujie Li
Yunhee Jeong
LEED AP
Yuqiao Guo
Ziqing Nie
LEED AP BD+C
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
Handel Architects Team Back in the Office! Fall 2020
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.