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Wenfei Feng, MArch 1993, is the founder and principal of WFA Design in Shanghai, China. WFA specializes in the planning and design of luxury villas and town homes, custom estates, and clubhouses in high-end residential, golf, and resort communities. The firm is committed to providing original, high-quality, and cost-effective designs that are sensitive to the projects’ function, site, context, and sustainability. WFA creates distinctive homes with a respect for classical forms and has a meticulous attention to detail. Its signature style draws upon classical English, French, Italian, Mediterranean, and traditional Chinese influences to reflect authentic details and a sophisticated sense of place. The firm won the 2016 PCBC Gold Nugget Award of Merit for Best International Residential Detached Project. WFA also won China’s Best Luxury Villa Design Award in 2013, the Gold Award of Chinese Annual Review of Architectural Design in 2015, and the Gold Award of Chinese Architectural Society’s Classical Residential Design in 2015.

Wenfei’s Portfolio

Ken Thrasher worked for a small architectural firm in Baton Rouge on a part-time basis while attending LSU. After graduation, he continued to work with the same firm for an additional two-and-a-half years. His work included the design and creation of construction documents for housing, commercial, churches, and industrial projects.

Ken has been associated with Sy Richards, Architect Inc. in Atlanta since November 1986. He became a stockholder and officer of the company in 1983, becoming the sole stockholder in 2009 at the retirement of Richards. His work at Sy Richards, Architect Inc. has included the design and creation of construction documents for institutional projects with a focus on educational assignments.

Henry David Louth is a computational designer at Zaha Hadid Architects, London, as part of the Computation and Design (co|de) research group. He is a registered architect in Louisiana as well as a LEED Accredited Professional. Since 2007, he has worked professionally on various project types, installations, and exhibitions across the U.S. and Europe.

Henry earned his Bachelor of Architecture with honors from LSU in 2007 and subsequently practiced professionally before receiving his master’s from the Architectural Association Design Research Lab in 2014.

Henry’s research speculates on curved crease folding construction applications, ruled and developable constraint based solving, and intuitive approaches to material optimization. Henry has taught and presented in India, the U.K., and the U.S. for the ADDRL, AAVS, AIA, and USGBC on various architectural topics ranging from sustainability to construction and fabrication and geometric theory. He is a published research contributor to SimAUD.

Currently, Henry is a project team member on the London Science Museum Mathematics Gallery and the Volu Dining Pavilion recently unveiled at Design Miami 2015.

Henry’s Portfolio

In October 2016, Peter Spera III realized his lifelong dream of starting an architecture firm by cofounding GOATstudio, a New Orleans based interdisciplinary design office. GOATstudio offers clients consulting and design services in architecture, interiors, and branding. Peter was formerly a senior associate at Manning Architects in New Orleans.

Emil Martone works in the administration of the New York City Mayor, where he is responsible for managing over $5 billion of design and construction projects that advance the city’s economic development agenda. Emil was recently promoted to executive vice president of the Capital Program Division, which, under his leadership, has built the Highline Park and managed the demolition of the old Yankee stadium. Emil lives in New York City with his wife, Sara, and their two boys, Nathan and Joshua.

Mike Olivier received a Bachelor of Architecture from LSU in 2013. He began working with Remson Haley Herpin Architects soon after graduation, and he received his architectural license in January 2016. Mike oversees projects of various sizes from schematic design through construction.