danbrunn.com Dan Brunn Architects M.Arch., Harvard University  B.Arch., USC School of Architecture Dan Brunn, AIA, has developed commercial and residential projects worldwide since establishing his firm, Dan Brunn Architecture, in 2005. He believes an architect’s role is to craft spaces that respect the site, provoke sensuous interaction, and heighten the user’s connection with the space. As a very young child, Dan was drawn to Legos as a means to explore building structures and continues to play with the balance of complexity and minimalism in his work. Born in Israel and raised in Los Angeles since the age of seven, Dan embraces an international and experimental approach to design. “In Tel Aviv, I was surrounded by Bauhaus- style architecture,” Dan explains. “The restraint of these buildings taught me that space and how we experience that space are of paramount importance.” As a young architect, only 36 years old, he has produced remarkably diverse projects— from award-winning restaurants to single-family residences and commercial showrooms. Consistent throughout each typology is an honoring of materiality, the ability to infuse ethereal natural light, and a tactful “hiding of mechanics.” His portfolio also includes furniture design in a variety of sleek, highly functional pieces offering streamlined solutions for the living room, bedroom, and bath. Prior to establishing his firm, Dan was Lead Project Designer at John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects, where he served as project architect on the National AIA award-winning design of the Los Angeles Design Center. He also taught a Masters studio at the Boston Architectural Center, and served as design studio instructor at Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and the USC School of Architecture. Dan earned a BA in Architecture from the University of Southern California in 2001 and an MA in Architecture from Harvard (GSD) University in 2005. To draw inspiration from movement and rhythm, he composes music and performs with his band, DLD. Explaining the relationship, he notes: “Architecture should capture the rhythm of a client’s inner being, propelling the user through the space with movement. Good architecture is temporal and evolves as needs and technologies change.”

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Fadi S. Garcia, a Cuban American national with a Middle Eastern background and Jessica Shell, a Florida native, met in 2014. At the time, both working for reputable companies in the Tampa Bay area quickly bonded over art, their ideals of the built environment, and their passion for contemporary regional architecture. In 2015 Fadi founded a design-build practice mainly focused on light commercial and residential projects, the firm quickly grew and in 2017 Jessica and Fadi joined forces to create Open Workshop for Architecture (OWA). Today OWA is a husband and wife led, full-service Architecture and Interior Design firm offering professional design services for a diverse range of project types and clients. Their partnership was a natural evolution of what began as a collaboration between the two architects to complete their first large scale project in 2016.

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OBO Architecture PLLC is a full service architecture and design firm founded by Lana Licciardi in 2022. OBO specializes in the unique conditions inherent to design and construction in New York City -the firm’s moniker 'Outer Borough Office' is nod to the founder’s Brooklyn birthplace. OBO has a lifetime of connections working with experienced local professionals, embracing the collaborative processes of architecture and interior design. OBO is a practice driven by details and materiality, striving to create those moments of delight that enhance the design, regardless of project size and typology. At OBO we recognize that every client and project is different but our goal is always the same: to create beautiful, comfortable spaces that our clients cherish. Prior to founding OBO, Lana worked at several award winning architecture firms in New York City. Lana is a licensed architect registered in New York. She holds an M.Arch from Parsons School of Design, studied at the Scuola Politecnica di Design in Milan, Italy and graduated from the University of Chicago.

Anders Nørgaard was born in 1958 in Sønderborg, Denmark. He graduated from the Aarhus School ofArchitecture in 1989. His design company is situated in Århus, Denmark. The principals of Anders Nørgaard's designs are simplicity and tightness. He grew up with functionalism. The design of Wegner and Friis & Moltke were a part of his early childhood. As he puts it 'my childhood was heavily influenced by the classics'. This heritage influences the way he looks at design - he doesn't see furniture design as an art form.