MEDIUM CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTING EDITORS JEFF PASTVA, AIA
BETH MOSENTHAL, AIA
NICHOLAS BANKS, AIA
IAN MERKER, AIA
is the 2015-2016 Communications Director of the Young Architects National Advisory Committee of the AIA, the Editor-in-Chief of YAF CONNECTION and a Project Architect with JDavis in Philadelphia.
is a licensed architect, writer, editor, artist, blogger, mentor, mentee, coffee conoisseur and outdoor enthusiast currently living and working in Denver.
is an architect at Corgan, in Houston, Tx. He serves on the committee for the Intern and Associates Network and the ArCH Center for the Houston chapter of the AIA. He graduated from Texas Tech University with a Masters of Architecture.
is an architect at Rainforth Grau Architects in Sacramento, CA, specializing in the education sector. He is Film Curator for AIA Central Valley and a former YAF Regional Director.
YU-NGOK LO, AIA
is the principal of YNL Architects. He is an Advisory Group member of the AIA CCA Knowledge Community. He is also a member of the AIA California Council Committee On the Environment, Advocacy Advisory Committee, and the recipient of the 2015 AIACC Young Architect Award.
INTERVIEW SUBJECTS SUSAN S. SZENASY
FRANCES ANDERTON
is Publisher/Editor in Chief of METROPOLIS, the award-winning New York City-based magazine of architecture and design at all scales. Since 1986 she has lead the publication and its other media platforms through decades of landmark design journalism, achieving domestic and international recognition. She is a pioneer in connecting environmental stewardship with design, and a tireless advocate for human centered design. A book of her writings and talks, each representing her activist voice, and under the title, Szenasy, Design Advocate, was published recently by Metropolis Books/DAP.
is the host of DnA. She also co-produces DIEM, an annual design conference produced by the West Hollywood Design District. She curated Sink Or Swim: Designing For a Sea Change, a critically received exhibition of photographs, by Iwan Baan and others, of resilient architecture, shown in 2015 at the Annenberg Space for Photography. She has served in the past as LA correspondent for Dwell and the New York Times. Her books include Grand Illusion: A Story of Ambition, and its Limits, on LA’s Bunker Hill, based on a studio she co-taught with Frank Gehry and his partners at USC School of Architecture.
ANDREW JERIC
SOHA MOMENI
is an award-winning Director and Cinematographer based in Los Angeles, CA. As a Director, Andrew has honed his creative voice on dozens of award-winning short films, music videos and commercials that tackle socially complex and emotional subject matter that include OCD, Alzheimer’s disease, AIDS, and gang violence. Every project is told passionately yet with an unflinching eye for truth. He shot his first union feature film “PAPA” with his longtime collaborating partner Xiao Zheng in Spring 2015. It is scheduled for a theatrical release in 2016.
IAN HARRIS
is the Co-Founder of Arbuckle. He runs the business side of the company while also producing/ managing the projects that we create. His love for the stories behind the built environment led him to leave the practice of architecture and decide to pick up the camera to bring these stories to light.
EVAN TROXEL
DAVID KRANTZ
is a New Yorkbased designer, photographer and filmmaker. In 2007 he joined forces with Ian Harris and formed Arbuckle Industries. David has since directed hundreds of videos including the feature length documentary, Girls’ Show. David graduated Clemson University with a degree in Landscape Architecture.
is an architect and senior designer at HMC Architects, and loves going on adventures with his family out of their home base in Southern California. He loves making things and being creative, is passionate about solving problems through design, and has a fondness for adventure and the outdoors.. ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS NOT PICTURED:
CORMAC PHALEN
Is a designer at CO Architects in Los Angeles, CA. she received her Master of Architecture from University of Southern California in 2014, and holds a Master of Art History From University of Tehran. With a passion for design and craft, Soha is always fascinated by projects that blur the boundaries between architecture and other disciplines.
NEAL PANN
DEANE MADSEN, ASSOC. AIA
is Architect Magazine's associate editor of design, with a focus on architecture news and awards programs. He earned his M.Arch.at UCLA's Department of Architecture and Urban Design, and lives and works in Washington, D.C.
is an alumnus of Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California, a licensed architect and a LEED Accredited Professional that has worked on a variety of project types from single to multifamily homes plus commercial tenant improvements and forward planning. In addition to practicing architecture, Neal is involved in the local community as a member of City of Livermore’s Planning Commission.