Joseph W. A. Myers, Associate

Over his twenty-plus years at Kirkegaard Associates, Joseph has helped design a significant number of the firm’s major projects. This deep experience with performing arts, academic, and worship facilities forms the foundation of his work. An active singer and sometime actor, Joseph also brings a performer’s perspective to his projects. He draws on his background in architectural engineering to develop practical, buildable solutions to design challenges, working in respectful collaboration with the architect, theater consultant, and engineers.  He particularly enjoys working directly with a client to translate their needs and desires into clear acoustic goals, and to translate those goals into a beautiful, functional, and affordable facility.

Joseph is a frequent lecturer on acoustic design, presenting to a variety of academic and professional institutions including the Acoustical Society of America and the United States Institute of Theatre Technology. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University (BAE Architectural Engineering; BA East Asian Studies 1987) Joseph’s projects have received numerous awards including the AIA National Honor Award, the USITT Merit Award for Architecture, the AIA National Religious Architecture Award, the AIA Gulf States Honor Citation, and the Aga Kahn Award for Architecture.