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Kevin
Burke, AIA, LEED AP
Director of Practice
 Named design partner in 2000, Kevin Burke has worked closely with William McDonough to give form to WM+P’s sustaining design principles over a broad array of project types and scales. His work encompasses a particular interest in the place-making through integrated design solutions.
Burke was the co-designer of 901
Cherry, Offices for Gap Inc., and also led
design teams for the
Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies at Oberlin College; the Aspect
Communications Headquarters Expansion in San Jose; and the Bernheim
Arboretum Visitor Center outside Louisville. He is currently leading design teams on Fuller Theological Seminary's Worship Center, the American University School of International Service, VMware Corporate Headquarters, and a large mixed-use complex in downtown Colorado Springs.
Prior to joining WM+P in 1994, Burke worked
for five years with the office of Cesar Pelli
& Associates in New Haven, Connecticut, and
two years with Oldham & Seltz in Washington,
D.C. With the Pelli office, he served as project
architect for “1900 K Street,” in Washington,
D.C., and worked on the Health Sciences Center
for the Cleveland Clinic, the headquarters for
NTT in Tokyo, and an office building for IBM in
Costa Mesa, California.
Kevin spoke at the 2006 and 2007 AIA conventions. His latest lectures focus on Cradle to Cradle thinking as the backdrop for the firm’s architecture and its work on guidelines, master plans, and other frameworks. In January 2008, Burke gave a keynote talk at PropertyNL in The Netherlands. In September 2007, Burke gave the keynote address at San Diego Green. He has presented before the Association of Academic Healthcare Centers Annual Conference, the International Making Cities Livable Conference, the Society for College and University Planning Regional Conference, the San Francisco Academy of Art, and several annual EnvironDesign Conferences. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from Stanford University and a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Virginia. |
