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Anthony J. Markese

FAIA, RIBA, LEED AP | Principal

Anthony Markese has design leadership experience on prominent projects around the world for a broad range of corporate, higher education, institutional, and commercial clients. He has led the design of a variety of significant projects, including Google Cambridge’s new headquarters and Akamai’s headquarters, both in Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Eight, an office tower in Bellevue, Washington; 2+U, a mixed-use office tower in downtown Seattle, Washington; the ExxonMobil Global Campus in Houston, Texas; the ATCO Campus in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; 900 New York Avenue in Washington, DC; 300 North LaSalle and River Point, both in downtown Chicago, Illinois; and the CalPERS Headquarters Complex in Sacramento, California.

Prior to Pickard Chilton he was Senior Associate and Design Team Leader with Cesar Pelli & Associates, where he collaborated on the design of the award-winning Terminal at the Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, DC; JP Morgan Chase and Rock Biomedical Research Laboratory at the University of California, both in 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 in Durham, North Carolina.

Anthony Markese is a U.S. 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 School of Architecture. He has lectured and taught design studios at Yale University, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Texas at Austin, among others. He is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and was elected to the AIA College of Fellows in 2017.

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