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Meet acclaimed LA practice Johnston Marklee: Your Next Employer?

2023-06-05T15:37:00-04:00

Following last week’s visit to Culver City-based ShubinDonaldson, we are keeping our Meet Your Next Employer series in California today to explore the work of Johnston Marklee.

Founded in 1998 and led by Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee, the firm has amassed a diverse portfolio unified by a common exploration of “the relationship between design and building technology.” As we will see below, the firm’s work has been featured heavily in our editorial across recent years, including the completion of their Menil Drawing Institute in 2018 and the appearance of Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee on an episode of Archinect Sessions, also in 2018.

Over on Archinect Jobs, the firm is currently hiring an Executive Coordinator to join their Los Angeles office.

For candidates interested in applying for the position, or anybody interested in learning more about the studio, we have looked back on Archinect’s previous coverage of Johnston Marklee to chart a timeline of the firm’s recent developments.

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Johnston Marklee, Live from the LA Design Festival

2018-07-27T12:58:00-04:00

Earlier this summer I sat down with Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee to discuss their practice, Johnston Marklee, in front of a live audience at this year's LA Design Festival. We discuss the origin of their practice, their relationship to LA, the eclectic group of collaborators they have worked with over the years, and their unique approach to telling the story of their work in their recently published monograph.

Listen to episode 126 of Archinect Sessions, “Johnston Marklee, Live from the LA Design Festival”.

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Johnston Marklee's Mark Lee appointed to Chair of the Department of Architecture at Harvard GSD

2018-03-22T13:49:00-04:00

Harvard University's Graduate School of Design has appointed Mark Lee as Chair of the Department of Architecture, effective July 1, 2018. Lee has taught at the school since 2013 and was recently named Professor in Practice of Architecture, also going into effect July 1, 2018. He will be succeeding K. Michael Hays, who has served as Interim Chair of the Department since 2016.

“I am honored to be entrusted with the chairmanship of the Department of Architecture at the GSD,” Lee says. “In advancing both the discipline and the profession of architecture, the Department has been without parallel; I look forward to building upon the formidable achievements of my predecessors and this deeply-rooted tradition of excellence. We stand on the threshold of a very challenging, but exciting, future. I feel confident that architecture’s best days lie ahead.”

Lee is a principal and founding partner of the Los Angeles-based Johnston Marklee, an internationally recognized firm with over 30 major awar...