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Brian Michener

Brian Michener

Kansas City, MO

 

About 

Brian is a licensed architect and urban designer with extensive experience in both fields of work. His principal interest is in the interrelation of architecture and urban design, shaping the built environment through the creation of vibrant and engaging places that are both environmentally sustainable and intensely site-specific. Brian will research a subject until he knows everything there is to know about it; however, he will also impulsively jump into something with a seriously healthy dose of naive confidence.

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Employment 

LO Design, Kansas City, MO, US, Owner, Architect

Jan 2021 - current
 

El Dorado, Kansas City, MO, US, Urban Design Project Manager

Jul 2016 - Jan 2021
 

HOK, Kansas City, MO, Project Architect

Aug 2014 - Jul 2016
 

MGA Partners, Philadelphia, PA, US, Project Architect

Jan 2013 - Aug 2014
 

WRT, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, Designer

Architect and Urban Designer for projects of widely varying scale from regional masterplans to mixed-use housing, campus masterplans to small community arts centers.

Jul 2009 - Dec 2012
 

Esocoff & Associates | architects, Washington, DC, US, Marketing Director/Architectural Intern

Responsible for all graphic marketing materials, public presentations, presentation drawings, graphics and models. Also responsible for packaging and delivering replies to RFQ's and RFP's as well as awards submissions and publications.

Aug 2002 - Jun 2005
 

Education 

Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, US, MArch, Architecture

Sep 2005 - Dec 2008
 

Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, US, Masters, Urban Design

Sep 2005 - Dec 2008
 

Williams College, Williamstown, MA, US, Bachelors, English

Sep 1998 - Jun 2002
 

Williams College, Williamstown, MA, US, Bachelors, Art History

Sep 1998 - Jun 2002
 

Awards 

Central States Region AIA AWARD, Honorable Mention

Master Planning and Urban Design Award for "Form(ing) The Informal: A Sustainable Regional Watershed Strategy"

2010
 

APA Missouri Chapter Planning Award, Award

Award for "Outstanding Out-Of-State Project By A Missouri Planning Group" for "Fluvial Cartographies Tijuana"

2010
 

Graduate With Honors, Award

Awarded a degree With Honors for Academic Merit

2009
 

Master of Urban Design Book Award, Award

Awarded for “Excellence in Urban Design” to a member of the graduating Masters of Urban Design Class.

2009
 

AIA YAFSTL Sketching Competition (2), 1st Place

Winner of the HOK Firm Award for "Infrastructure"
Winner of the Jury Award Book Prize for “Entering Maplewood”

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http://bmichener.carbonmade.com/projects/2325522#1

2008
 

ULI Smart Growth Collaboration Award, Award

Professional Collaboration Award by the San Diego / Tijuana Urban Land Institute for The Los Laureles Canyon Revitalization Project, MX

2008
 

Karl and Anne Grice Scholar, Scholarship

Scholarship provided by private donors for continued excellence in education at Washington University in St. Louis School of Architecture.

2008
 

Jamie Cannon Scholar, Scholarship

Recurring scholarship provided by private donors for continued excellence in education at Washington University in St. Louis School of Architecture.

Awarded for every semester between 2006 and 2008.

2006
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills