Kiel Famellos-Schmidt

Taylor Teeter Partnership

Kiel graduated from UC Berkeley in 2005 with a BA in architecture. Upon graduating he was awarded the Judith Lee Stronach Travelling Fellowship to work with Public Architecture, a non-profit architectural think tank based in San Francisco. During a yearlong fellowship, he researched and designed the Day Labor Station. The project has won several awards and was feature at the Cooper Hewitt-National Design Museum.

Next, Kiel did onsite architectural design and planning for two international development projects. First, was a cooperative coffee farm and village in Nicaragua. Second, an orphanage and community center in Sri Lanka.

After completing the two projects, Kiel returned to make an impact in his hometown, Fresno.

Currently, Kiel is a Junior Designer with the Taylor Teter Partnership, one of the largest architecture and engineering firms in the Central Valley. There he has worked on many project types including: schools, other educational facilities, offices, commercial space, and airplane hangars.

Outside of the office, Kiel has extensive involved in the community, including: Creative Fresno; Tower District Design Review Committee; Planning Council for the 10 Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness; as well as founder and curator of ArcHop, a project of the AIA San Joaquin and Fresno’s only quarterly architecture exhibit and forum. All of these activities are linked to his efforts to improve the built environment in Fresno.

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