EDUCATION
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
M.A. in Architecture (M.Arch.)
Cambridge, MA
Yale University
B.A. in History, magna cum laude
New Haven, CT
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Wendy Kohn Design
Principal and Founder
San Francisco, 1998 to present
Communitas Design and Development
Co-Founder and Director of Design Consulting Inc.
San Francisco, 2004 to present
Urban Villages
Consultant
LLCDenver CO, 2006
Director of architect selection process and design of a new $48 million mixed-use, sustainable infill building in Lower Downtown historic district of Denver
Moshe Safdie and Associates, Architects and Planners
Senior Staff and Project Architect
Somerville, MA, 1996–98
Exploration Place Science Center and Children’s Museum, Wichita, KS (completed 2000) Project Architect for new 100,000 sq. ft. museum and theater
Moore Ruble Yudell, Architects and Planners
Designer
Santa Monica, CA, 1989, 1991, 1994–96
Maryland Center for the Performing Arts, University of Maryland (completed 2000)
Design Team for new drama, dance and music complex
Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China (completed 1994)
Competition Team for new performing arts complex
University of Washington, Tacoma Campus Master Plan
(completed 2000)
Design Team for campus plan, adaptive re-use of warehouse buildings, and new library
Assemblage Critical Journal of Architecture and Design Culture
Copy Editor
Cambridge, MA, 1989–91
The New Republic Magazine
Reporter/Researcher
Washington, DC, 1988
The Wilson Quarterly Magazine, Smithsonian Institution
Researcher
Washington, DC, 1987-88
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
M.A. in Architecture (M.Arch.)
Cambridge, MA
Yale University
B.A. in History, magna cum laude
New Haven, CT
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Wendy Kohn Design
Principal and Founder
San Francisco, 1998 to present
Communitas Design and Development
Co-Founder and Director of Design Consulting Inc.
San Francisco, 2004 to present
Urban Villages
Consultant
LLCDenver CO, 2006
Director of architect selection process and design of a new $48 million mixed-use, sustainable infill building in Lower Downtown historic district of Denver
Moshe Safdie and Associates, Architects and Planners
Senior Staff and Project Architect
Somerville, MA, 1996–98
Exploration Place Science Center and Children’s Museum, Wichita, KS (completed 2000) Project Architect for new 100,000 sq. ft. museum and theater
Moore Ruble Yudell, Architects and Planners
Designer
Santa Monica, CA, 1989, 1991, 1994–96
Maryland Center for the Performing Arts, University of Maryland (completed 2000)
Design Team for new drama, dance and music complex
Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China (completed 1994)
Competition Team for new performing arts complex
University of Washington, Tacoma Campus Master Plan
(completed 2000)
Design Team for campus plan, adaptive re-use of warehouse buildings, and new library
Assemblage Critical Journal of Architecture and Design Culture
Copy Editor
Cambridge, MA, 1989–91
The New Republic Magazine
Reporter/Researcher
Washington, DC, 1988
The Wilson Quarterly Magazine, Smithsonian Institution
Researcher
Washington, DC, 1987-88