BIOGRAPHY

Jonathan Siegel

Partner

AIA, NCARB, LEED

Education:
Bachelor of Architecture (Professional Degree): SCI-Arc
(Southern California Institute of Architecture)
B.A. Art, Environmental Studies, UC Santa Cruz

Professional:
1989 – present: Siegel Design Architects, LLC (partner)
Registered Architect: New Mexico, California experience with other firms: 10+ years

Community Work:

Environmental Planning Commission, City of Albuquerque 2006-2012

Board of Examiners for Architects, State of New Mexico 2000-2003

Police Oversight Commission, Board Member 2012-1014

North Valley Coalition, Founding Member and President 1993-2005 and intermittent since

Mediator, State District Court and Municipal Courts 2012 – present

Acequias and Trails Conservation Project, in conjunction with National Parks Service

Consultant to City of Albuquerque Planning Department and City Council, ongoing.

Jonathan’s professional work spans over 40 years, both with our firm and including previous employment with several larger firms. Projects have included medical,  commercial and residential facilities in addition to many governmental, educational and institutional contracts.

Jonathan enjoys all phases of the design process, and enjoys both large scale vision as well as small detail. He will leap into furniture design and nuanced detail, while always keeping the larger scale goals in mind. He is outgoing and curious and internally demanding, seeking refined clarity in harmonious and calm solutions.

With construction experience prior to architectural licensure, he both loves and takes a serious interest in the crafts and  trades and the logical assembly of all the component systems.

This approach helps each job run smoothly, and the ongoing feedback informs the design and drawings for each subsequent project as well. His experience serving on the City Planning Commission means that he brings the additional dimension of context to each project, and can guide a project through regulatory steps.

PHILOSOPHY:

We are a small Architecture firm dedicated to quality and personal attention through all phases of a project.

Each project is unique based on:

• client needs
  •  daily usage
  •  exceptional issues
  •  accessibility
  •  unique preferences
• site context and adjacencies
  •  noise / privacy
  •  views, light
  •  wind
  •  solar
  •  vegetation
  •  immediate landscape
• materials
  •  performance
  •  options and appropriateness
  •  budget and constructability
  •  energy conservation

Education:
Bachelor of Architecture (Professional Degree): SCI-Arc
(Southern California Institute of Architecture)
B.A. Sociology, Anthropology, Ohio University

Professional:
1986 – present: Siegel Design Architects, LLC (partner)
Registered Architect: New Mexico
Albuquerque BioPark: Temp. Staff Architect:
– Schematics for Desert Rose Garden Building
– Penguin Exhibit Building & Mesocosm
– Schematic Design for “Bugarium” (Insect exhibit)

Community Work:

Technical Advisory Group, Candelaria Nature Preserve (City of Albuquerque)

Rio Grande Corridor Steering Committee Board

Alvarado Gardens Neighborhood Association Past President, Board Member since 1992

Los Candelarias Village Center Working Group (redevelopment project)

Albuquerque Public Art Board, City of Albuquerque, Board Member 2004-10

Los Candelarias Village Center 1% Arts, Selection Committee

Over 40 years of experience programming, designing and detailing various buildings. For Carolyn, the client’s needs and programming + layout of spaces are top priorities.

Carolyn’s belief is that the spaces and buildings in which people work, learn, play and live should continually enhance the experience of life. She will meet with you or your group, listening and working with the design team to match the building with your needs and vision.

Prior to Siegel Design Architects: experience with various architecture firms in Los Angeles, California and Albuquerque.

Carolyn worked in Los Angeles with Glenn Fleck, filmmaker for Charles and Ray Eames, developing models for both the FDR Memorial in Washington D.C. and a new city in the middle east. Similarly, she worked on an Economics Exhibit for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco under the guidance of Ray Eames and Lathrop & Associates in association with Deborah Sussman.

Community engagement: middle school career fair

Addressing Albuquerque City Council

Food bank can sculpture: the Grand CANyon

Mentoring a Graduate Student intern

PHILOSOPHY:

We are a small Architecture firm dedicated to quality and personal attention through all phases of a project.

Each project is unique based on:

• client needs
  •  daily usage
  •  exceptional issues
  •  accessibility
  •  unique preferences
• site context and adjacencies
  •  noise / privacy
  •  views, light
  •  wind
  •  solar
  •  vegetation
  •  immediate landscape
• materials
  •  performance
  •  options and appropriateness
  •  budget and constructability
  •  energy conservation

Education:
Bachelor of Architecture (Professional Degree): SCI-Arc
(Southern California Institute of Architecture)
B.A. Sociology, Anthropology, Ohio University

Professional:
1986 – present: Siegel Design Architects, LLC (partner)
Registered Architect: New Mexico
Albuquerque BioPark: Temp. Staff Architect:
– Schematics for Desert Rose Garden Building / Fish
– Penguin Exhibit Building (Mesocosm)
– Schematic Design for “Bugarium” (Insect exhibit)

Community Work:

Technical Advisory Group, Candelaria Nature Preserve (City of Albuquerque)

Rio Grande Corridor Steering Committee Board

Alvarado Gardens Neighborhood Association Past President, Board Member since 1992

Los Candelarias Village Center Working Group (redevelopment project)

Albuquerque Public Art Board, City of Albuquerque, Board Member 2004-10

Los Candelarias Village Center 1% Arts, Selection Committee

Over 40 years of experience programming, designing and detailing various buildings. For Carolyn, the client’s needs and programming + layout of spaces are top priorities.

Carolyn’s belief is that the spaces and buildings in which people work, learn, play and live should continually enhance the experience of life. She will meet with you or your group, listening and working with the design team to match the building with your needs and vision.

Prior to Siegel Design Architects: experience with various architecture firms in Los Angeles, California and Albuquerque.

Carolyn worked in Los Angeles with Glenn Fleck, filmmaker for Charles and Ray Eames, developing models for both the FDR Memorial in Washington D.C. and a new city in the middle east. Similarly, she worked on an Economics Exhibit for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco under the guidance of Ray Eames and Lathrop & Associates in association with Deborah Sussman.

Education:
Bachelor of Architecture (Professional Degree): SCI-Arc
(Southern California Institute of Architecture)
B.A. Art, Environmental Studies, UC Santa Cruz

Professional:
1989 – present: Siegel Design Architects, LLC (partner)
Registered Architect: New Mexico, California experience with other firms 10+ years

Community Work:

Environmental Planning Commission, City of Albuquerque 2006-2012

Board of Examiners for Architects, State of New Mexico 2000-2003

Police Oversight Commission, Board Member 2012-1014

North Valley Coalition, Founding Member and President 1993-2005 and intermittent since

Mediator, State District Court and Municipal Courts 2012 – present

Acequias and Trails Conservation Project, in conjunction with National Parks Service

Consultant to City of Albuquerque Planning Department and City Council, ongoing.

Jonathan’s professional work spans over 40 years, both with our firm and including previous employment with several larger firms. Projects have included medical,  commercial and residential facilities in addition to many governmental, educational and institutional contracts.

Jonathan enjoys all phases of the design process, and enjoys both large scale vision as well as small detail. He will leap into furniture design and nuanced detail, while always keeping the larger scale goals in mind. He is outgoing and curious and internally demanding, seeking refined clarity in harmonious and calm solutions.

With construction experience prior to architectural licensure, he both loves and takes a serious interest in the crafts and  trades and the logical assembly of all the component systems.

This approach helps each job run smoothly, and the ongoing feedback informs the design and drawings for each subsequent project as well. His experience serving on the City Planning Commission means that he brings the additional dimension of context to each project, and can guide a project through regulatory steps.

Community engagement: middle school career fair

Addressing Albuquerque City Council

Food bank can sculpture: the Grand CANyon

Mentoring a Graduate Student intern