Michael serves as a Principal-in-Charge in our Hartford office. His focus is on Academic and Workplace Environments. Michael values client relationships, and believes that our best work comes from truly understanding what our clients need and what they are trying to accomplish. Internally, Michael has been instrumental in the firm-wide Strategic Planning process.

Prior to joining Amenta Emma, Michael was the leader of both an architecture and design/build practice, Tyre Studio Architects, and was the recipient of a 2014 AIA CT Design Award, and a 2012 Design Merit Award by the CT Green Building Council. Prior experience includes serving as the key designer and project manager for the Arthouse at the Jones Center in Austin, TX, winner of an AIA NY Design Award and AIA TX Design Award. Michael holds a Master of Architecture degree from Princeton University where he also served as a Design Instructor, and a Bachelor of Design degree from the University of Florida. Michael has been an invited guest critic at Columbia University, Princeton University, Pratt Institute, Parsons, The New School of Design, and Wesleyan College in Connecticut.