Brian is a registered architect and interior designer based in NYC. His design and written work have been published in Retrospecta, Paprika!, e-flux, and Horizonte, the Bauhaus-Universität’s Journal for Architectural Discourse.
Through his diverse and international professional experiences, Brian has fostered an affection for work of the historic, sustainable, and global persuasion. His passions and focus lie in hospitality and residential design and development. He has proven experience managing and coordinating commercial projects—and their respective teams—in all design and construction phases.
Brian holds a Master of Architecture degree from the Yale School of Architecture and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture degree from Miami University. During his undergraduate tenure, he obtained minors in German and Art & Architectural History. In 2012, he studied interior architecture as an exchange student at the Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences.
Brian speaks fully professional German and conversational French.
Praxis
03.2023–03.2024
Senior Designer
Gachot Studios
02.2022–03.2023
Senior Designer
ASH NYC
08.2019–01.2022
Architect
Waggonner & Ball Architecture/Environment
06.2018–08.2018
Architectural Intern
Selldorf Architects
09.2016–09.2017
Chief Editor
Retrospecta 40
03.2015–05.2016
Architectural Designer
Staab Architekten
09.2015–05.2016
Freelance Interior Designer
Indecorate
08.2014–02.2015
Lighting Design Intern
Licht Kunst Licht
09.2013–06.2014
English Teaching Assistant
Fulbright International
02.2014–05.2014
Carpentry Intern
Maßwerk
01.2013–05.2013
Curatorial Intern
Miami University Art Museum
Scholarship
2016–2019
Master of Architecture
Yale School of Architecture
2018
Graduate Student Liaison to
Yale World Fellow
Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
2018
Researcher
Yale Center for
Ecosystems in Architecture
2017
Founding Student Adviser
Tsai Center for
Innovative Thinking at Yale
2015–2016
US Embassy Mentorship Program
2013–2014
Fulbright ETA, Berlin
Fulbright Internship Program, Berlin
2012
Sanford B. Friedman Scholarship
Summer Research Grant
Exchange Student, Rosenheim
2010
Undergraduate Associate
History of Western Architecture
2008–2013
Miami University: B.A. Architecture, Cum Laude
Minors: History of Art & Architecture; German