Judith Sheine

Judith Sheine is a Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Oregon (UO) and is the Director of Design for the TallWood Design Institute, a collaboration between the University of Oregon’s College of Design and Oregon State University’s Colleges of Forestry and Engineering focused on advancing engineered wood products. Sheine was the UO lead for the EDA BBBRC award (2022-27) to the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition and is the PI on the (2023-25) NSF Engines Development Award: Advancing mass timber technologies (OR, WA). She served as UO Department of Architecture Head 2012-17, was Professor and Chair of the Architecture Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 2002-2012, and is an Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Distinguished Professor.

She has published several books on the architect R.M. Schindler; she co-edited, with Lionel March, R.M. Schindler: Composition and Construction (Academy Editions, 1993) and authored “R.M. Schindler: Works and Projects” (Editorial Gustavo Gili, 1998) and R.M. Schindler (Phaidon Press, 2001). Her most recent book, Schindler, Kings Road and Southern California Modernism (University of California Press, 2012) was co-authored with Robert Sweeney. She is also a practicing architect and has won several prizes in design competitions and a Record House award from Architectural Record (1995) for the Sarli house. More recently, the Ramirez house (2004-12) in The Sea Ranch, California, designed with architect Norman Millar, has been published in several venues, including Dwell (2014) and The Local Project (2023).

Steven Ehrlich, FAIA

Steven Ehrlich, Ehrlich Architects' Design Principal, learned early on the significance of how architecture responds to the culture and the environment - a self-proclaimed “architectural anthropologist”. Upon graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Architecture, Ehrlich spent six years living and working in Africa, serving for two years with the Peace Corps as their first architect in Marrakech, Morocco. He later traveled across the Sahara and taught architecture at Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria. The lessons of indigenous building were instrumental in forming Ehrlich’s approach to design and continue to influence the firm’s work today.

Committed to educational and professional development, Ehrlich has taught at USC, UCLA and Sci Arch and has been a guest critic at Harvard, Arizona State University and Yale. He has lectured widely at universities and symposiums in Asia, Europe, South America, Australia and the U.S. and also sits on various awards juries across the country. Steven served on the AIA Los Angeles Board of Directors from 2008-2010 and sits on the Governor’s Board at OTIS School of Design.

Committed to educational and professional development, Ehrlich has taught at USC, UCLA and Sci Arch and has been a guest critic at Harvard, Arizona State University and Yale. He has lectured widely at universities and symposiums in Asia, Europe, South America, Australia and the U.S. and also sits on various awards juries across the country. Steven served on the AIA Los Angeles Board of Directors from 2008-2010 and sits on the Governor’s Board at OTIS School of Design.

Wendy Evans Joseph, FAIA

Wendy Evans Joseph founded Studio Joseph in 1998. She sets the design for each of the firm’s projects and is involved with her clients and the progress of the work throughout the entire building process from concept to occupancy. Under Wendy’s leadership, Studio Joseph has focused its work on a diverse array of institutional, educational, and cultural projects with a strong emphasis on public and community involvement. Her passion for the arts has led to museum-related work for public spaces and exhibition installations.

Wendy holds a BA, summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her Master in Architecture, with distinction, winning the AIA Medal from Harvard University. She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, an Academician of the National Academy of Design, and a recipient of the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome.

Ms. Joseph has a strong history of professional leadership in local and national arenas and presents the studio’s work frequently at museum’s, conferences, and universities. She was Chairman of the AIA National Committee on Design and President of the New York Chapter of the AIA. She was president of the Architectural League of New York, and continues as a board member. Wendy is President of the National Academy of Design and a board member of City as Living Laboratory. She sits on the boards of Second Stage Theatre and American Ballet Theatre.

Before founding Studio Joseph, Wendy worked with Pei Cobb Freed & Partners for over a decade. She had a distinguished career as a designer for public and cultural projects, including The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Boston Federal Courthouse.