Sean Quinn

Sean Quinn leads the Sustainable Design practice of HOK San Francisco, and coordinates Performance Design Services across the firm. He directs the studios’ integrated design approach to guide the application of sustainable strategies, including energy and environmental performance, resilience planning, and green building certification. With over 15 years of architectural experience focused on sustainable design, Sean has led and assisted the design of projects across all typologies through North America, Europe, Africa, Middle-East and Asia. Sean complements his design practice with research in innovative building systems and fabrication, parametric design, and biomimicry. Sean is a Lecturer at Danube University Krems, Austria in their Future Building Solutions program, was an Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong, and is a frequent lecturer at international universities and conferences.

Education

• MSSD The Catholic University of America (2008 — 2010)
• University of Oxford (2009 — 2009)
• B. Arch University of Notre Dame (1998 — 2003)

Companies

• Director of Regenerative Design HOK (2016)
• Lecturer - Future Building Solutions MSC Donau-Universität Krems (2012)
• Assistant Professor The University of Hong Kong (2014 — 2015)
• Head of Sustainable Design 10 DESIGN (2013 — 2015)
• Sustainable Design Specialist, Energy Leader HOK (2010 — 2012)
• Correspondent Sentech, Inc. / U.S. Department of Energy (2010 — 2010)
• Graduate Researcher University of Oxford (2009 — 2009)
• Architectural Designer, Environmental Coordinator Cannon Design (2006 — 2009)
• Architectural Designer BeeryRio, Inc. (2004 — 2006)