Steve is a licensed architect who leads the timber research and design studio at DLR Group, a 1200-person multi-disciplinary design firm. His Chicago studio has completed four mass timber office buildings with developer Hines and currently has over 1,500,000 sf of mass timber projects in progress. Steve has built his 35-year career designing complex, technically-challenging projects including offices, hotels, mixed-use, and transportation facilities. A graduate of the University of Illinois School of Architecture, Steve’s large-scale project design experience was developed during his 10-year tenure at the international design firm Jahn, and subsequently at Goettsch Partners, where he served as Project Designer for numerous award-winning tower projects. Steve currently holds the position of North Central Region Design Leader and Principal at DLR Group, where his projects have received numerous design and sustainability awards including three AIA Chicago Distinguished Building Awards.

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The Architecture Lecture Series welcomes architectural and experiential design leaders from around the country to the University of Kansas to illuminate new ideas and inspire purpose-driven design practice. Lecturers bring a wide range of expertise in areas such as sustainable building, digital environments, public interest design, historic preservation, health and wellness design, and more.