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Richard Jensen | AIA, LEED AP
Partner | Linkedin | richard@worksbureau.com | +1 602 324 6009
Richard Jensen joined the studio in 2000 and has acted as project manager and principal-in-charge on many of the firm’s most significant civic, residential, and commercial projects. Since becoming a principal in 2007, he has been integral in the firm’s evolution into its current form as WORKSBUREAU. Richard draws on a diverse range of experience and education to bring his unique perspective to the work—a chemist, carpenter, engineer, teacher, author, and architect. Equally influential, growing up behind his father’s manufacturing plant in rural Oregon taught him valuable lessons in materials, processes and economy-of-means, as well as full immersion into an ethos of creativity and ingenuity.
Richard received a Bachelor of Science degree from Willamette University (1979) where he studied Chemistry and Molecular Biology. As project engineer for Interface Engineering, he designed HVAC systems for institutional, commercial, and residential projects. Richard has also worked as a carpenter and design partner in Handmade Architecture, a design/build practice he co-founded in Portland, Oregon.
Richard earned a Master of Architecture degree with a Certificate in American Urbanism from University of Virginia (1995), where he was awarded the AIA Henry Adams Medal and Certificate of Merit for highest honors in his graduating class. Richard taught architectural design studio and support courses for five years at Syracuse University and has continued to teach as guest critic at University of Virginia, University of Arizona, Arizona State University, Portland State University, University of Southern California, and Syracuse University.
His work has been exhibited at Syracuse University, University of Virginia, Arizona State University, Portland State University, and North Dakota State University, and published widely. Richard designed and wrote the architectural monograph, Clark and Menefee, published in 2000 by Princeton Architectural Press.
Richard is a registered architect in the States of Arizona, Nevada, and Montana, a member of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, and a LEED accredited professional. Outside of WORKSBUREAU, Richard enjoys the arts, travel, and nature; including time on skis, bikes, and water.