I grew up in the Detroit metro area, where my father ran a tool and die shop. From an early age I worked alongside him, learning how materials behave, why tolerances matter, and how you can feel when two things meet correctly.

 

I went on to study architecture at the University of Washington and spent over a decade at Suyama Peterson Deguchi, one of the Pacific Northwest’s most respected residential practices. Working under George Suyama was formative. His work is grounded in Japanese spatial principles — proportion, sequence, restraint, and the idea that a space should feel right before you understand why. 

 

Nearly a decade ago I moved to Estonia, and building here has added another layer. In Northern Europe, energy performance, material longevity, and how a building ages are treated as baseline expectations, not upgrades. Designing within that context has sharpened how I think about construction, detailing, and long-term performance. I’ve worked on projects on both sides of that gap.

 

Today, through Spacework, I work on residential projects, new homes, renovations, and interiors, along with the occasional restaurant and small commercial spaces. Across all of them, the underlying question is the same: how a space is organized, how it flows, and how it feels to move through it.

 

My clients tend to be people who appreciate how spaces feel and are drawn to environments that carry a quiet sense of calm. ​If that resonates, I’d be glad to talk.