Carl Christiansen

As the former leader of the San Francisco Health Studio for a nearly a decade, Carl has led many of the firm’s largest and most technically complex healthcare projects. His body of work has "crossed a variety of scales and healthcare types, as well as science facilities and office buildings." His body work has included numerous Kaiser Permanente hospitals, VA hospitals and associated facilities, the Alameda County Highland Hospital, California Pacific Medical Center Hospital, San Francisco Federal Office Building, Science Facilities at the University of Oregon, and hospitals with supporting facilities in India and Bangladesh. Carl believes that “architecture is about creating a great design that not only functions as intended, but also lifts the human spirit and leaves a sense of place."  His passion is creating solutions to complex and challenging needs, participating in the entire spectrum of a project’s life, equally comfortable at every stage as both a leader and contributor.  He thrives on developing new relationships and creating great projects together with the firm’s clients and designers. Carl continues his passion "participating with and mentoring team members on the development of the UC Davis Replacement Tower Project." His bucket list goals in life are to spend time with family and to explore and travel to parts unknown.