Paul directs the firm’s Cultural+Performing Arts sector. He collaborates with a diverse range of clients, including Broadway producers; premier performing arts centers, orchestras, and conservatories of music; major museums; and academic arts institutions; and a talented team of designers and technicians.

Vanessa is a Cultural+Performing Arts design leader who works closely with teams to facilitate discussions and provide critical guidance around site, programming, massing, aesthetics, and execution. She has extensive experience throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Mexico, and Asia.

Dennis is an expert in the design of cultural and performing arts facilities, frequently leading product research, design work sessions, and detail development. He is a strong believer in the role projects play as centers of community, learning, and expression. Dennis is also a faculty associate at the Design School at Arizona State University, where he has taught undergraduate design studios in architecture.

Carol leads client development and strategy to expand the firm’s international Cultural+Performing Arts Studio. Her long-range planning and commitment to equitable community-building supports projects at a high level, resulting in exceptional, inspiring design solutions.

Christina is a business operations and fundraising specialist. Her natural curiosity and lifelong love for the arts led Christina to a career focused on development and planning for cultural facilities, working to ensure these spaces are equitable, accessible, inclusive, and representative of the communities in which they exist. An experienced practitioner, Christina has a deep understanding of the forces and trends at work in the arts and cultural sector, and how these elements impact the choices being made for a facility. She appreciates how the nuances of each project and client require individualized attention and care to arrive at the best solution.

Patrick leads theater design for the firm by planning spaces and designing systems for the arts to support a wide range of performances. He and his team focus on how patrons will interact with the building, and how performers and technicians can ultimately use the space.

Jonathan leads our acoustic design team. He has delivered unique sensory experiences of sound in premier performing arts and museum environments for patrons around the globe. Jonathan is a lifelong musician, studying voice, piano, and saxophone performance, as well as music theory.