Jay Siebenmorgen

Jay Siebenmorgen is an award-winning architect with a portfolio of distinguished projects of diverse program and scale that seek to master a balance between the technical and poetic realm of architecture. He is adept at pushing the boundaries of programmatic relationships and constraints to yield new value and maximize the potential of a client’s enterprise. His design process focuses on the influences of regional culture and context to create a contemporary, timeless response of high-performance value for clients.

His design work has been recognized with many domestic and international design awards. He was the recipient of the Ten Year Alumni Honorary Award in Architecture from Kansas State University, an Honor Award for Design Excellence from Columbia University, and most recently the 2015-2016 Victor L. Regnier Distinguished Visiting Chair of Architecture from Kansas State University. He is a Visiting Professor at Kansas State University where he teaches a fifth year graduate studio, and continues to collaborate with NBBJ as a consulting Design Principal.

Jay has taught at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and served as guest critic for many prestigious design programs including Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Parsons School of Design, Rhode Island School of Design and the University of California Los Angeles.

Jay received his Bachelor of Architecture from Kansas State University (1992) and Master of Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (2003).

Education

• Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation (2002 — 2003)
• Bachelor of Architecture Kansas State Universtiy (1987 — 1992)

Companies

• Design Principal NBBJ Design (2016)
• Design Critic in Architecture Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2018 — 2019)
• Visiting Professor in Architecture Kansas State University (2016 — 2018)
• Design Principal NBBJ (2008 — 2016)
• Victor L. Regnier Distinguished Visiting Professor Kansas State University, College of Architecture Planning and Design (2015 — 2016)
• Adjunct Assistant Professor Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation (2013 — 2013)
• Associate Steven Holl Architects (2006 — 2008)
• Associate / Senior Designer NBBJ (2004 — 2006)
• Architect Diller Scofidio + Renfro (2003 — 2004)

Skills

• Interior Design
• Revit
• Urban Design

Other

LEED AP, Comprehensive Planning, Mixed-use, Design Research, Sustainable Design, Architectural Design