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.
Aary Lee
Abigail Brady
Aditi Pancholi
Ai Teng
Aidan Crossey
Alec Lynch
Alex Kim
Alex Wu
Alfred To
Allen Cheng
AIA, LEED BD+C
Alyssa Tilley
Amar Sen
Anastasia Ignatova
Angela Liu
Angeline Jacques
RA, LEED AP BD+C
Anibette Mansilla
Antonio Donofrio
AIA
Ashton Kidd
Begum Baysun
Behzad Gharehjanloo
Beidi Zhang
Benjamin Novacinski
Birgitta Bjornsson
Blake Middleton
FAIA, LEED AP
Brian Lee
ChaeYoung Kim
Changhee Park
AIA
Charith Kombarana
Charlotte Yu
Chun Hsu
Cianne Oconer
Connor Gravelle
Constance Chang
Daniel Ranostaj
RA, LEED GA
David Margolis
NCARB
David Sakumoto
David Woshinsky
AIA, LEED AP
David Yu
Daxi Qu
RA, LEED AP BD+C
Dean Lalo
Deborah Moelis
AIA, CPHD
Deborah O'Connell
Derek Chen
Diana Erazo
Dimple Hnin Oo Lwin
Duc Nguyen
Edward Tachibana
Eleanor Knowles
Elga Killinger
AIA
Emerson Campbell
Emil Stojakovic
AIA
Enmanuel Espinal
Erica Barrows
LEED AP BD+C
Esteban Penzo
Eugene Lubomir
Fausto Nunes
Fauzan Wassil
AIA, LEED GA
Frank Fusaro
AIA
Gary Handel
FAIA
George Tolosa
AIA, LEED AP
Glenn Rescalvo
FAIA
Grace O'Connor
Grace Rubinic
Gregory Kamback
Ha Lim Lee
Han Cho
RA
Hanya Chen
RA
Hao-Yeh Lu
Harriet Chang
RA
Harris Girocco
Harry Solie
Hongsuk (Chris) Lee
Honyi Wang
AIA
Ihnil Kim
Indhu Venkatachalam
Insuk Shin
Irmak Turanli
Ishika Jain
Jaewon Heo
LEED AP
James Hakes
AIA
Jamie Han
Jason Fung
Jason Jiang
Jeehoon (Jason) Kim
Jessica Levine
RA, NCARB
Jie Liang
Jing-Jing Zhao
Jingxin Nie
LEED AP BD+C
Jinwoo Kim
John Doria
John Ishihara
Jonathan Kinsley
Jonathan Morefield
Joseph H. Kim
Joy Liu
AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Joyce Lim
Juan Benavides
Juhee Chung
Julia Leister
Julia Tadei
Kai-Yu Yu
NCARB
Katerie Boursiquot
Katie Donahue
AIA, LEED GA, NCARB
Katie Miyoshi
Katie Wilson
Kelley Faulkner
SHRM-SCP
Kentaro Tsuboi
LEED AP
Kevin Chong
NCARB
Kevin Samuels
Krista Armstrong
AIA
Lexi Prior
AIA
Lindsey Sinisi
Louis Koehl
AIA, CPHD
Luis Somoza
Malay Shah
RA, LEED AP
Mana Ikebe
Margaret Albanese
Mat Leung
NCARB
Matthew McCarty
RA, CPHD, LEED AP BD+C
May Tsang
Meari Kim
NCARB
Mena Ahmed
Michael Arad
AIA, LEED AP
Mikhail Kim
RA
Mindy Shields
LEED AP
Naqeeb Mohammed
Nathan Ellenberger
AIA
Nathan Mollway
Naveed Namaky
RA
Neha Sahai
Nicky Wedderburn-Williams
Noah Rosenberg
Orghya Bhattacharjee
Patricia Escoda
RA, LEED GA
Paul Campoverde
Paul Cheng
Paule Barrientos
Paulette Sarmiento
Philip Mana
AIA
Pierre-Yves Kuhn
PJ Ross
AIA, NCARB
Rachael Kalousdian
Richard Karsten
Rick Kearns
Robin Zhang
AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Rocky Stilson
Rodrigo Castroviejo
Ruicong Tang
NCARB
Ryan Lobello
AIA, CPHD
Ryan Wilson
Sahej Bhatia
Saksham Tikekar
Sam Douglas
Sami Houari
Sandra Zhu
Sarah Fellingham
Sarah Smith
RA
Scarlett Hanks
Scott Chisholm
AIA
Sejal Bahety
Selina Kwan
Seth Riseman
Shaun Shih
AIA
Shichong Xie
Shima Miabadi
Shridhuli Solanki
Sofia Anastasi
Sofia Esparza-Chavez
Solene Clavel
LEED GA
Soo Youn Lim
Soyae Baek
Stacy Su
Stefan Schwartz
RA
Stefano Bennett
Stephanie Hur
AIA, LEED GA
Stephen Hegedus
Stephen Sheng
AIA, LEED AP
Sunghoon Lee
Tanya Mezi
Thomas Florkewicz
RA
Tom Stuart
Tristan McGuire
Valentina Sastoque
Valeria Bardi Cohen
Valeria Flores
Veeris Vanichtantikul
Venessa Restrepo
Wei Wang
Wendy Guan
Wilson Fong
Wilson Li
Winna Japardi
Yaotang Yang
Yirui Fu
Yong Jae Kim
Yoonah Choi
Young Min Park
Youngah Ko
AIA
YoungJoo Kim
NCARB
Yulong Li
Ziqing Nie
LEED AP BD+C
Around the Offices
San Francisco Angel Island 10k Run, September 2022
Intern Super Happy Hour in the NY Office, July 2022
Spring Mixer - Rain or Shine!
Desk divider removal in the NYC office!
Halloween Festivities in the San Francisco Office, October 2021
Weekly Virtual Happy Hour, Summer 2020
Handel Architects Team Back in the Office! Fall 2020
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.