My name is Ryan Duncan Koella. 

I am a licensed architect, honing my skills in all phases of designing and constructing, developing a passion in guiding clients from ideas to inhabitation. 

An incomplete list of professional interests:

  • Breaking down and re-packaging data to tell a compelling story

  • Approaching the puzzle of planning with tenacity and creativity

  • Connecting with clients and users to extract purpose

  • Designing for simplicity and utility (which is hard).

A list of extracurriculars I identify with (in no particular order):

  • cooking meals with a good dose of experimentation

  • Exploring my neighborhood and traveling afar

  • creativity through musical improvisation

  • working with my hands

Education

University of Pennsylvania • M.Arch • 2014

Philadelphia, PA

Certificate in Real Estate Design and Development

University at Buffalo • B.S.Arch • 2012

Buffalo, NY

Minor in Economics

Professional Experience

Cannon Design • Designer > Project Architect• 2014-Present

New York, NY

Over several years with Cannon Design I have grown from a support to leadership role in Higher Ed projects, taking multiple renovation projects from inception to completion.

DFormA • Designer • 2014

New York, NY

I assisted in design iteration and zoning research for a speculative mixed-use building in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami.

James Cleary Architecture • Intern • 2013

Brooklyn, NY

Working with James, I assisted with Schematic Design and drafted Construction Documents for two highly detailed residential renovations in Brooklyn.

Uniland Development Co. • Design Intern • 2011-2012

Buffalo, NY

As a part of the design team in a large development company, I was deeply involved with Schematic Design of mixed-use communities, residential buildings and office buildings. I also worked on construction documents for office fit-outs and site improvement projects.

 

Key Technical Skills

Autodesk Revit• Starting in 2014

Project Documentation, BIM management, workflow management, consultant coordination, design graphics, Enscape rendering plug-in

Adobe Suite• Starting in 2010

Design graphics, linework diagrams, simple rendering and photo-montage, simple video animations

Microsoft Excel• Starting in 2017

Data Scrubbing and management, query integration with BIM output, graphic output

Microsoft Power BI• Starting in 2021

Data Visualization and interactive user interface design