Who We Are

Henry Siegel, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C

Principal

SELECT PROJECTS

• National Environmental Science Center Yosemite National Park
• Camp Newman, Santa Rosa, California
• Redwood Visitor Center, Redwood National & State Parks, Orick, California
• Berkeley Hillel, Berkeley, California
• McClellan Ranch Preserve Environmental Education Center, Cupertino, California
• Orinda City Hall, Orinda, California
• Wine Creek Residence, Healdsburg, California

Since the early 1990s Henry has championed the idea that ecological design is an integral part of good design. He has put that conviction into practice through projects that combine design for environmental stewardship with thoughtful, site sensitive building design. His projects have won local, regional and national awards including multiple Top Ten Green Projects of the Year from the AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE). Henry is past chair of the COTE National Advisory Group and current member of AIA California COTE steering committee, where he advocates for laws and codes that address climate change and the building sector, and for the incorporation of sustainable design values and metrics into architectural awards programs and architecture school curriculums. Henry has taught sustainable design and design studios at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a past member of the University’s Design Review Committee. He has spoken widely on ecological design and the work of the firm and has served on architectural awards juries across the U.S.

SELECT PROJECTS

• National Environmental Science Center Yosemite National Park
• Camp Newman, Santa Rosa, California
• Redwood Visitor Center, Redwood National & State Parks, Orick, California
• Berkeley Hillel, Berkeley, California
• McClellan Ranch Preserve Environmental Education Center, Cupertino, California
• Orinda City Hall, Orinda, California
• Wine Creek Residence, Healdsburg, California

Larry Strain, FAIA, LEED AP

Principal

SELECT PROJECTS

• Portola Valley Town Center, Portola Valley, California
• Jess Jackson Sustainable Winery Building, University of California, Davis
• Center for Environmental Studies Bishop O’Dowd High School, Oakland
• Cloud Hall & Stillwater Hall, Green Gulch Farm, Muir Beach
• Camp Arroyo Environmental Education Camp, Livermore, California
• GreenSpec Guideline Specifications
• 2Build or Not 2Build Carbon Calculator

Larry Strain has been practicing sustainable design since the 1980s and believes in an architecture that serves the environment, is rooted in community and supports equity and justice. His practical experience as a builder prior to becoming an architect and his problem-solving skills are great assets. He has led many of Siegel & Strain Architect’s greenest projects, including projects on environmentally-sensitive sites and with active community involvement. His industry-leading research on embodied carbon has helped to establish methods and benchmarks for designing lower impact buildings, and has led him to advocate for reusing and retrofitting existing buildings. He shares his expertise, speaking frequently at conferences throughout the country. Larry has served on the boards of the Carbon Leadership Forum, USGBC–Northern California Chapter, and the Ecological Building Network.

SELECT PROJECTS

• Portola Valley Town Center, Portola Valley, California
• Jess Jackson Sustainable Winery Building, University of California, Davis
• Center for Environmental Studies Bishop O’Dowd High School, Oakland
• Cloud Hall & Stillwater Hall, Green Gulch Farm, Muir Beach
• Camp Arroyo Environmental Education Camp, Livermore, California
• GreenSpec Guideline Specifications
• 2Build or Not 2Build Carbon Calculator

Nancy Malone, AIA, LEED Fellow

PRINCIPAL

SELECT PROJECTS

• National Environmental Science Center Yosemite National Park
• Jess Jackson Sustainable Winery Building, UC Davis
• Cottonwood Visitor Center, Joshua Tree National Park
• Tidewater Boating Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline Oakland, California
• Redwood Visitor Center, Redwood National & State Parks
  Orick, California

Nancy Malone has dedicated her career to designing beautiful, regionally appropriate, high-performance buildings. Many of Nancy’s projects have received awards for design excellence and sustainable design, including two AIA COTE Top Ten awards. Nancy was project principal for the award-winning passively heated and cooled, zero net energy Jess Jackson Sustainable Winery Building at the University of California, Davis and the National Environmental Science Center in Yosemite National Park, designed to be zero net energy. Current projects include several visitor centers for the National Park Service and university faculty/staff housing. Nancy has served on advisory groups creating or advising on green building standards and rating systems. Nancy was awarded LEED Fellowship in 2012.

SELECT PROJECTS

• National Environmental Science Center Yosemite National Park
• Jess Jackson Sustainable Winery Building, UC Davis
• Cottonwood Visitor Center, Joshua Tree National Park
• Tidewater Boating Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline Oakland, California
• Redwood Visitor Center, Redwood National & State Parks
  Orick, California

Susi Marzuola, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

PRINCIPAL

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• Berkeley Tuolumne Camp, Stanislaus Forest, California
• Center for Environmental Studies Bishop O’Dowd High School, Oakland
• Brisbane Public Library, City of Brisbane, California
• Oakley Recreation Center, Oakley, California
• Dwight Way Child Care Development Center, UC Berkeley, California
• Yountville Town Center & Library, Yountville, California
• Portola Valley Town Center, Portola Valley, California

Susi Marzuola focuses her considerable energy on the design of projects that are rooted in place and community, marry vision to design solutions, capture imagination and achieve the highest levels of sustainability. With over 35 years of experience, Susi enjoys collaborating on master planning efforts, mission-based projects, educational and community-serving facilities which engage her participatory design and creative problem-solving skills to create places that resonate with their sites and the people who use them. She has been project principal for some of the firm’s recognized sustainable design projects including the LEED Platinum, zero net energy-verified Center for Environmental Studies at Bishop O’Dowd High School. Susi has taught architectural design at the University of California, Berkeley, and has been active in community service for the City of Berkeley, Berkeley Public Schools, Habitat for Humanity, Center for Early Intervention on Deafness and the American Institute of Architects–East Bay Chapter.

SELECT PROJECTS

• Berkeley Tuolumne Camp, Stanislaus Forest, California
• Center for Environmental Studies Bishop O’Dowd High School, Oakland
• Brisbane Public Library, City of Brisbane, California
• Oakley Recreation Center, Oakley, California
• Dwight Way Child Care Development Center, UC Berkeley, California
• Yountville Town Center & Library, Yountville, California
• Portola Valley Town Center, Portola Valley, California

Marjorie Smith, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

SELECT PROJECTS

• Berkeley Tuolumne Camp, Stanislaus National Forest, California
• Berkeley Hillel, Berkeley, California
• Camp Newman, Santa Rosa, California
• Dwight Way Child Development Center UC Berkeley, California
• Tidewater Boating Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline Oakland, California

Marjorie Smith brings to her projects a strong commitment to sustainable design. Since 2000, Marjorie has managed many of our camp and park projects in local, regional and National Park settings. Her recent projects have focused on the design of youth facilities and appropriate design for sensitive natural sites — projects where she strives to reduce material toxicity while maximizing energy efficiency, comfort and durability. Marjorie has been instrumental in the effort to change California building codes to remove toxic flame-retardant chemicals from below-grade foam insulation and to encourage manufacturers to offer foam insulation without these chemicals. Marjorie was promoted to Associate Principal in 2020.

SELECT PROJECTS

• Berkeley Tuolumne Camp, Stanislaus National Forest, California
• Berkeley Hillel, Berkeley, California
• Camp Newman, Santa Rosa, California
• Dwight Way Child Development Center UC Berkeley, California
• Tidewater Boating Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline Oakland, California

Karen Richards, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

SELECT PROJECTS

• Center for Environmental Studies Bishop O’Dowd High School, Oakland
• Brisbane Public Library, City of Brisbane, California
• Cottonwood Visitor Center, Joshua Tree National Park, California
• Boys and Girls Club of San Leandro
• Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps Malibu, California
• Dharma Realm Buddhist University Ukiah, California

Karen Richards was promoted to Associate Principal this year. She has developed a strong set of professional, communication and organizational skills, and shares her passion for problem solving on every project, all keys to her successful relations with clients and colleagues alike. Since joining Siegel & Strain in 2007, Karen has worked with non-profit organizations, educational institutions and public agencies to design new buildings or to improve existing facilities to achieve maximum efficiency and incorporate integrated sustainable strategies. Karen has managed projects that include the LEED Platinum, zero net energy-verified Center for Environmental Studies at Bishop O’Dowd High School, a new public library, camp facilities, new local community centers, and visitor facilities in National Parks.

SELECT PROJECTS

• Center for Environmental Studies Bishop O’Dowd High School, Oakland
• Brisbane Public Library, City of Brisbane, California
• Cottonwood Visitor Center, Joshua Tree National Park, California
• Boys and Girls Club of San Leandro
• Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps Malibu, California
• Dharma Realm Buddhist University Ukiah, California

Lindsey Moder, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

DIRECTOR OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION

SELECT PROJECTS

• Julia Morgan Hall, UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley, California
• Berkeley Civic Center Vision and Implementation Plan, Berkeley, California
• Historic Hangar Building 643, The Presidio of San Francisco, California
• Tilden Environmental Education Center Feasibility Study, Berkeley, California
• Lodgepole, Grant Grove Visitor Centers and Giant Forest Museum Studies, Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks, California

With over a decade of experience working in the historic building environment, Lindsey serves as the Director of Historic Preservation where she enhances the longstanding preservation practice at the firm, as well as manages all of the firm’s historic preservation projects. She is currently working as the project manager for the next phase of the rehabilitation of historic air hangars at Crissy Field (NPS), as well as a historic architect consultant for a number of other projects. One favorite project at Siegel & Strain Architects was directing the relocation and rehabilitation of Girton Hall, an early Julia Morgan-designed meeting hall to the Botanical Gardens at the University of California, Berkeley. Her experience has had an emphasis on the rehabilitation of historic buildings, condition assessments, research, technical writing and development of construction documents for their rehabilitation. Lindsey meets the SOI’s professional qualification standards for Historic Architecture pursuant to 36 CFR Part 61, Appendix A.

SELECT PROJECTS

• Julia Morgan Hall, UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley, California
• Berkeley Civic Center Vision and Implementation Plan, Berkeley, California
• Historic Hangar Building 643, The Presidio of San Francisco, California
• Tilden Environmental Education Center Feasibility Study, Berkeley, California
• Lodgepole, Grant Grove Visitor Centers and Giant Forest Museum Studies, Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks, California

Michael Hayden, AIA

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

SELECT PROJECTS

• National Environmental Science Center Yosemite National Park
• Jess S. Jackson Sustainable Winery Building, UC Davis, California
• Oakley Recreation Center, Oakley, California
• McClellan Ranch Preserve Environmental Education Center,
  Cupertino, California
• Orinda City Hall, Orinda, California
• Redwood Visitor Center, Redwood National & State Parks, Orick, California

Michael Hayden has been with Siegel & Strain since 2001. He has 23 years in architectural practice with experience creating construction documents, meeting with clients, coordinating with consultants, and negotiating with general contractors for public agency and institutional projects. He is a Senior Associate of the firm and has served as a Senior Project Manager and Designer for many of the firm’s award-winning projects including the LEED Platinum Portola Valley Town Center and the LEED Gold Orinda City Hall. His work also includes the National Environmental Science Center, a 17-building education center in Yosemite National Park projected to be zero net energy and designed to achieve LEED Platinum certification and the zero net energy Jess S. Jackson Sustainable Winery Building at University of California, Davis. Many projects Michael has worked on have won awards from the National AIA Committee on the Environment, AIA San Francisco and East Bay, AIA California Council, PG&E Savings by Design, and California Preservation Foundation.

SELECT PROJECTS

• National Environmental Science Center Yosemite National Park
• Jess S. Jackson Sustainable Winery Building, UC Davis, California
• Oakley Recreation Center, Oakley, California
• McClellan Ranch Preserve Environmental Education Center,
  Cupertino, California
• Orinda City Hall, Orinda, California
• Redwood Visitor Center, Redwood National & State Parks, Orick, California

Amanda Knowles, AIA, LEED AP

ASSOCIATE

SELECT PROJECTS

• Camp Newman Community Center, Santa Rosa, California
• Redwood Visitor Center
  Redwood National & State Parks, Orick, California
• Private Residence
  Sebastopol, California

With more than 13 years of experience, Amanda Knowles brings to Siegel & Strain Architects a depth of experience working on projects that explore and take inspiration from the place they are located. Amanda has designed and managed hospitality, retreat, camp and residential projects in rural and wildland settings. Ms. Knowles holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a Master of Architecture from the University of Virginia, where she studied thermal comfort, and the relationship between the study of energy modeling and our intuitive interactions with buildings. While in Virginia, she was deeply involved with the design and research occurring at Morven Farm, a historic property that supported an interdisciplinary team of researchers that studied the place through historic and ecological lenses, and taught a number of design and research courses at the University. Since moving to California, her work has focused on the integration of natural building materials, site-sensitive design and passive sustainability. Amanda was promoted to Associate in 2020.

SELECT PROJECTS

• Camp Newman Community Center, Santa Rosa, California
• Redwood Visitor Center
  Redwood National & State Parks, Orick, California
• Private Residence
  Sebastopol, California

Jill Eliason, Office Manager

ASSOCIATE

Jill Eliason joined Siegel & Strain Architects in 1999. Her role has been as Office Manager overseeing the daily operations of the business, budgets and projections, accounts receivable and accounts payable. Jill keeps the office running! Outside of work, Jill is an accomplished baker, enjoys a number of artisan crafts, biking, travel and a consistent yoga practice. Jill was promoted to Associate in 2016.