Jeff Zutz, Managing Principal
Jeff Zutz’s work has helped usher in the era of sustainable design – not as an afterthought, but as an intrinsic part of every project. Responding to clients who are increasingly concerned about the environment, he creates buildings that conserve electricity, maximize daylighting, utilize “green” building materials, and protect clean water. By implementing sustainable solutions, his designs have a positive impact on people’s work environment, as well as the global environment.
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Jeff Zutz, Flad Architects, principal, sustainable design, architecture
Mark Corey, Principal
Mark Corey loves solving puzzles. For more than three decades, he has specialized in one of the most challenging aspects of architectural planning and design – laboratory and animal facilities. Assembling these buildings, housing some of the most important medical research being conducted today, is a puzzle of staggering proportions. Adhering to strict security, safety, and scientific protocols while maximizing efficiency, he is an expert in managing diverse animal populations and addressing the unique challenges that each species presents.
Mark Corey, Flad Architects, principal, higher education, academic, laboratory
Tom Grove, Principal
Tom Grove understands that healing takes place in many environments; in waiting areas, in atria, in patient rooms specially designed to soothe and comfort, in hallways flooded with natural light. He listens to caregivers, patients, families and administrators, and through careful planning he ensures that the physical space maximizes the potential of a healthcare organization. Though transparent to the average visitor, his work expedites care in emergencies, provides respite for families in crisis, and allows patients to concentrate fully on their recovery.
Tom Grove, Flad Architects, principal, health care, medical planning
James Gazvoda, Principal
James Gazvoda is not a scientist, but his work is essential to researchers all across the country. Scientists are making breakthroughs in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals because he has a deep understanding of their processes, the nature of their challenges, and their needs from a physical space. In research and development laboratories, production plants, and pilot facilities, he looks for the convergence of science, process, and creativity and translates it into architecture.
Jim Gazvoda, Flad Architects, principal, process, research and development
John Mickow, Principal
John Mickow knows how to assemble an extraordinary team – a group of professionals with outstanding credentials and extensive practical experience; a cadre that will work well collaboratively toward a common goal. From programming through construction documents, Mr. Mickow’s strength lies not only in his ability to organize, plan, and coordinate work, but to convey ideas clearly to clients and team members. With this singular vision, he guides, questions, evaluates, and encourages each member of the team of specialists, focusing their expertise to create a successful project.
John Mickow, Flad Architects, San Francisco, principal, architect, research and development
Stevens Williams, Principal
Stevens Williams approaches innovative building design thinking about more than wood, metal, concrete, and glass. He also thinks about the sun. Rainwater. Trees, grasses, and prairies. He thinks about how the building will fit into the landscape, conserve energy and resources, and operate in harmony with the natural world around it. While expressing the unique needs and aspirations of academic, federal, scientific, and corporate clients, he applies ambitious environmental design concepts, integrating technology in sustainable settings.
Stevens Williams, Flad Architects, San Francisco, principal, design, sustainable, sustainability
Irene Lo, Principal
Irene Lo has been fascinated by space, forms, patterns, colors, and light since she was a child. More than visual elements to simply appreciate and admire, these design fundamentals form her palette and inspire her to create. As a principal-in-charge or project manager, she plans technically complex research and development facilities, exhibiting unparalleled leadership, knowledge, creativity, and problem-solving skills. Not surprisingly, the laboratories are informed by her careful use of space. Interiors are enlivened by her sophisticated application of pattern and color. Buildings are bathed in the dynamic light she was enamored with in her youth.
Irene Lo, Flad Architects, San Francisco, principal, architect, research and development
Steve Freson, Principal
Steve Freson understands laboratories. He understands how they work, and how researchers work in them. He knows the different protocols and procedures employed in high containment, biology, chemistry, physical science, vivarium, and radiological facilities, and how the physical environment must be adapted to fit the nature of the research. However, he goes beyond the technical aspects of a project to gain real insight into the client’s corporate mission, their vision, their research goals. His job is not creating a better building. It’s facilitating discovery and advancing science.
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Steve Freson, Flad Architects, principal, architect, biocontainment, bio-ag
Andrew Cunningham, Principal
Andrew Cunningham loves the built landscape. Growing up in Scotland, he studied the storied architecture of that country, from its rustic medieval castles to sleek modern office buildings. But today he works in Flad’s San Francisco office and serves on the planning board for the City of Alameda, California, so he can help shape the landscape of his new home — preserving what is historically interesting and important, while planning for a dynamic, environmentally responsible future.
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Andrew Cunningham, Flad Architects, principal, architect, research, science, higher education
Jeff Raasch, Principal
Jeff Raasch sees himself as an interpreter. Someone who assembles ideas into space and form. This philosophy has led to exceptional, award-winning designs in corporate, healthcare and research facilities. His completed projects, both nationally and internationally, are a true reflection of the clients they serve. Each structure strives to create a balance of space and light, integral to its place, and appropriate for its time. As a university instructor and practicing professional, his designs reflect an in-depth knowledge of both the historical roots of architecture as well as the upcoming trends in tomorrow’s buildings.
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Jeff Raasch, Flad Architects, principal, architect, design
Robert Osgood, Principal
Robert Osgood knows that one of the biggest decisions companies make is determining the best ways to connect global, virtual 24/7 teams charged with driving innovation. As a strategist and researcher, he maps ways in which individuals and teams work, examining the processes they employ, the cultures they establish and collaboration networks in which they engage. In doing so, he arrives at solutions that align organizational change initiatives with enhancements to business processes, team building, physical workplaces and ever-changing technology that facilitates virtual connectivity.
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Robert Osgood, Jr., Flad Architects, principal, innovation, Fortune 1000, real estate, business strategies, practical experience, strategy alignment, facilities
