Robin K. Sakahara, AIA - Director of Design

email: robin@lehrerarchitects.com

PROFESSIONAL

Director of Design 2003-Present
Lehrer Architects, Los Angeles, CA

Project Architect 2000-2003
Peterson Architects, San Francisco, CA

Project Landscape Architect 1998-2000
Hargreaves Associates San Francisco, CA

Designer/Production 1997-1998
William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.Boston, MA

Architectural & Landscape Consultant 1995-1996
Robin Sakahara, Architect, South Pasadena, CA

Project Designer 1994-1995
Emmet L. Wemple Associates, Pasadena, CA

Project Designer 1993-1994
Salerno Livingstone Architects, San Diego, CA

Project Designer 1990-1993
Lehrer Architects, Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION

Master in Landscape Architecture (with Distinction) 1998 Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA

Bachelor of Architecture (Magna Cum Laude) 1992 USC
School of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA

TEACHING

Design Studio Co-Instructor 1997
Boston Architectural Center

Cadd Teaching Assistant 1997
Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Design Studio Teaching Assistant 1991
USC School of Architecture
‘Exploration of Architecture’ High School Program

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

1998 Jacob Weidenman Prize
Harvard GSD (Ability and Achievement in Design)

1992 Finalist - SOM Foundation Traveling Fellowship
University of Southern California, School of Architecture

1992 AIA School Medal
University of Southern California, School of Architecture

1987-1992 USC Trustee Scholar

University of Southern California, School of Architecture

1992 Architectural Guild Traveling Fellowship
University of Southern California, School of Architecture

1991-1992 Gamble House Fellow & Student-In-Residence
University of Southern California / City of Pasadena / Friends of the Gamble House