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David Johnson, AIA
West Coast Director
David
Johnson, Director of William McDonough + Partners’ West
Coast studio, is an accomplished designer who has demonstrated
exceptional leadership during his 20-year career. He has
directed teams from concept design through client occupancy
on an array of technically challenging and programmatically
intricate projects in the US, UK, and Asia. David’s
portfolio includes urban planning, large-scale high-rises,
office buildings, mixed-use developments, transportation,
healthcare, institutional, and interiors. The firm’s
recently established San Francisco studio is engaged in a
number of design and consulting projects, including a long-range
master plan for the growth of Norcal Waste Systems; an ambitious
mixed-use residential project for the Prado Group at 2001
Market Street; Phase One of the UCSF Medical Center at Mission
Bay; Treasure Island Sustainability Guidelines; and PG&E’s
Sustainable Community Initiative. The firm has a long-standing
history of architecture and planning leadership in the Bay
Area.
David’s success is defined by his understanding
the root of the clients' needs and implementation of those
needs into the architecture. He is committed to maintaining
clients' priorities, wishes and goals throughout the entire
programming, design and construction process. He understands
the most primal reasons for a project and seeing those through
more sophisticated delivery methods specific to the needs
to the project. He is exceptionally sensitive to a client’s
schedule and budget. This responsiveness extends to his experience
practicing across cultures and using many construction practices
around the world.
David’s designs have been published
in Architecture, Architectural Record, Urban Land, and the
Master Architecture Series. Active in local politics, he
is past planning commissioner in Marin County, and remains
engaged with several local boards and initiatives in the
Bay Area. Prior to joining the firm, David worked with Cesar
Pelli & Associates, HOK, and STUDIOS Architecture of
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