Josiah Ebert, AIA, Project Architect, ESM Architects. “Inspiration comes to me in many forms: it can be the simplicity of the vernacular Ohio barn, the complex cultural critiques found in Dostoyevsky, or the uplifting nature of a good conversation.”

Timothy Wayne Hill, AIA, Visual Storyteller / Principal at Elevation Design LLC. “It took a lot of faith for the homeowners to ask for my help not knowing what the service would be. I hope that I made them feel smart for hiring me.”

Martin R. Simon, AIA, Architect, the Studio of Martin R. Simon. “Coaching, mentoring, and training the next generation of design professionals [is what I love most].”

Victor Smith, Associate AIA, Project Designer at SHP. “I like the idea that in a couple of years, somebody will be in that space that was designed and it will be the backdrop for some memory that lives with them forever. A first job, meeting a new romantic partner, the best chicken wing they ever had, something will make an indelible mark and a space I designed will be the backdrop for it.”