Kyle Brunel is the founding principal architect of Pencil Box Architects, Inc. She is currently working with clients ranging from multi-billion dollar biotechnology leaders and universities to disruptive start ups and specialist developers in addition to spending some time in the world of Healthcare for significant providers and educators in the bay area. Her focus on providing value, efficiency and inspiration for her clients keeps her busy and happy. After putting herself through architecture school, she began her west coast career at M+W Zander, then settled down with the SmithGroupJJR San Francisco Laboratory Studio for 9 years and spent another 5 years with DGA prior to starting her own firm. Registered in Massachusetts and California, she provides clients projects that enable vision and performance to thrive within each unique architectural environment. Next to Kyle's desk is an easel. She has been painting for 30 years and finds the medium indispensable for exploring creative potential in architecture.
Kyle holds a BA from Clark University, a MArch from the Boston Architectural College and is a Leadership San Francisco Alumna, as well as a past board member with AIASF and Leap Arts. Kyle lives in the NOPA neighborhood of San Francisco with her husband JJ and 2 children, Cobalt and Cypris.
Pencil Box Architects, Inc., San Francisco, CA, US, Principal Architect
Responsible for project acquisition, design and implementation. Proven team leader and creative out of the box problem solver.
Boston Architectural College (BAC), Boston, MA, US, MArch, Architecture
Thesis focused on how the natural environment influences the built environment to maximize the opportunities for rehabilitation. Conceptually radical in its inception and rooted in instinctual responses to optimize human health, the values and philosophy that drove this project still inform all projects we complete at Pencil
Box.
Clark University, Worcester, MA, US, Bachelors, Literature/Philosophy
Our firm identifies key issues and drives projects successfully through construction with a philosophy anchored in fundamental values that maintain strong team dynamics and keeps all participants optimized with their respective talents.
