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.
Abdur Chatni
Adam Mayer
AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Akash Godbole
Alan Kim
Alec Lynch
Alex Kim
Alfred Chan
Alfred To
Allen Cheng
AIA, LEED BD+C
Amar Sen
Ana Burkus
Andrew Oberst
Ankur Verma
LEED GA
Ann Chai
Antonio Donofrio
AIA
Ashley Murphy-Aqtash
AIA
Ashton Kidd
Benjamin Novacinski
Birgitta Bjornsson
Blaine Campbell
LEED AP
Blake Middleton
FAIA, LEED AP
Bless Yee
Boden Davis
Brian Lee
Carlos Planchart
Carolina Clemente
Changhee Park
Charles Thornton
Chenxue Wang
Chije Kang
Chris Taurasi
AIA
Christine Choi
Chu-Yun Cheng
Chun Hsu
Cianne Oconer
David Margolis
RA
David Pysh
David Trang
David Woshinsky
LEED AP
Deborah Moelis
AIA, CPHD
Desmond Wu
Dincer Savaskan
AIA
DongKyum Park
Drew Seyl
Edward Tachibana
Elga Killinger
AIA
Ellen Wong
Emil Stojakovic
AIA
Emma Ferguson
Emmet Neidhart
Eric Suntup
Eric Tan
AIA
Esteban Penzo
Estuardo Villatoro Castaneda
Eugene Kao
LEED AP BD+C
Fauzan Wassil
Fei-Fei Zhao
Frank Fusaro
AIA
Gary Handel
FAIA
George Tolosa
AIA, LEED AP
Gerald Sams
Gilad Reichenberg
Glenn Rescalvo
FAIA
Grace Pilkington
Grace Pilkington
Ha Lim Lee
Harriet Chang
RA
Harris Girocco
Honyi Wang
AIA
Hsin-Yin Tu
Huang-Yuan Chen
Huizhong Sun
Hyungjoon Kim
Ignacio Iratchet
Jaewon Heo
James Blundall
James Fleming
James Hakes
AIA
Jason Ivaliotis
AIA
Jason Jung
Jessica Levine
Jing-Jing Zhao
Jingxin Nie
John Hsu
John Ishihara
Jonathan Kinsley
Jonathan Morefield
Joongkoum Kim
Joseph Hongsuk Kim
Joy Liu
Juhee Chung
Julia Leister
Kai-Yu Yu
Katie Donahue
LEED GA, NCARB
Katie Miyoshi
Katie Wilson
Keith Lagrèze
AIA
Kentaro Tsuboi
LEED AP
Kevin Nguyen
Kevin Samuels
Krista Armstrong
AIA
Ku Hun Chung
Lauren Kazmaier
Leo Mulvehill
AIA
Lexi Prior
Libby Farley
AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Lior Oz
Louis Koehl
AIA, CPHD
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
Melissa Pezzello
Michael Arad
AIA, LEED AP
Mike Regina
Mikel Ruiz
Mikhail Kim
Mindy Shields
LEED AP
Natalia Dengra
Nathalia Camacho
Nathan Ellenberger
Nathan Mollway
Naveed Namaky
Nicky Wedderburn-Williams
Nicole Ini
Nicole Kim
Nieves Monasterio
Noelia Ibanez
ASID
Nohar Agadi
Nubia Garcia
Oana Bunea-Velea
Octavio Miranda
Olivia Greene
Paul Campoverde
Paul Cheng
Paul Lenke
Paula Hernandez
Pierre Kuhn
Ping Hsieh
PJ Ross
AIA, LEED AP BD + C
Rachael Kalousdian
Ran Song
Rennain Garnes
Richard Karsten
Rick Kearns
Robin Zhang
LEED AP BD+C
Rocky Stilson
Roger Lei
Ruicong Tang
Ryan Duncan
Ryan Lobello
AIA, NCARB, CPHD
Ryan Wilson
Sahej Bhatia
Sang-Youp Lee
Sarah Smith
Sebastian Amestica
Selina Kwan
Seth Riseman
Seung Baik
Seung Lee
Shaun Shih
Shima Miabadi
Shridhuli Solanki
Shujian Jian
AIA, LEED BD+C
Sofia Anastasi
Soyae Baek
Stefan Di Leo
Stefan Schwartz
Stephanie Hur
Stephen Kirkish
AIA, LEED AP
Stephen Matkovits
AIA, LEED AP
Stephen Sheng
AIA, LEED AP
Steven Palomo
Sunghyun Park
Tamara Hinojosa
Tansy Mak
AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Thomas Florkewicz
RA
Tina Kothari
Tom Ames
Tong Xiao
Tristan McGuire
Tucker Marshall
Valentina Sastoque
Valeria Flores
Venessa Restrepo
Wei Wang
Wook Kang
Yina Ng
Yirui Fu
YoungJoo Kim
RA
Yunhee Jeong
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Different snack types currently on offer
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Cases of vertigo using the Virtual Reality machine
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Pieces of insulated glass in our materials library
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Volunteer projects in 2019
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Different sports teams in four offices
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Active Whiteboard Groups
Around the Offices
AIANY 2019 Guess-a-Sketch Winners!
San Francisco Summer Party, July 2018
Building an Urban Future Open House, June 2018
Tenement Museum Gala, April 2018
Goods for Good Gala, April 2018
AIASF Bay Area Young Architects March Firm Tour, April 2018
Mentorship mixer party, October 2017
Iron Chef party, February 2017
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.