Anthony Markese has over twenty one years of design leadership experience on prominent projects around the world for a broad range of higher education, institutional and commercial clients. Since joining Pickard Chilton, he has collaborated in the design of California Green (LEED Gold), a 1.1 million gsf mixed-use development in Irvine, California; two high-rise projects in Chicago, Illinois, 300 North LaSalle (LEED Gold), a 1.3 million gsf, sixty-story headquarters for Kirkland & Ellis, and River Point (LEED Gold), a 1.0 million gsf, fifty-story office tower, both for Hines; the 1.1 million gsf CalPERS Headquarters Complex (LEED Gold), in Sacramento, California for the largest public pension fund in the United States; the Colgate University Case Library and Center for Information Technology in Hamilton, New York; the Duke University Basketball Practice Facility in Durham, North Carolina; and ER One, a state-of-the-art medical emergency response facility in Washington, D.C.
Prior to Pickard Chilton, he was a Senior Associate and Design Team Leader with Cesar Pelli & Associates where, during a distinguished fifteen-year period, he collaborated on the design of the award-winning Terminal at the Reagan Washington National Airport; JP Morgan Chase in downtown San Francisco and the Biwako Hotel and Entertainment Complex on Lake Biwa, Japan. He also collaborated on the design of the Rock Biomedical Research Laboratory at the Mission Bay campus of the University of California San Francisco as well as several projects for Duke University including the Athletic Precinct Master Plan, the Wilson Student Recreation Center and Schwartz/Butters Hall.
Mr. Markese is a US Green Building Council LEED-accredited professional. He received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Illinois and a Master of Architecture from the Yale University School of Architecture. In addition to his professional accomplishments, he has lectured and taught design studios at such institutions as Yale University, Oklahoma State University and the University of Texas at Austin.