Austin Bailey, AIA, LEED AP

Principal

Austin has been a consistent thread in Rowell Brokaw’s science, education, and housing work. He has led several major lab renovations, including aquatic research facilities, imaging suites, cleanrooms, technology platforms, teaching facilities, and traditional wet and dry laboratory environments. His work outside of the research and academic sector includes innovative, mixed-use, and adaptive-use projects for the private sector. His technical expertise combined with his project management and communication skills keep complex projects on track. His interests in ecological design and an improved building model lend themselves well to the contemporary Northwest building culture.

Austin came to architecture through his facilities work within aquatic research laboratories. As Facility Project Coordinator for the Zebrafish International Resource Center, he managed several major renovations, including a complete upgrade to their quarantine facilities and a threefold expansion of their cyrogenics infrastructure. Over the last several years, he has been committed to addressing specific issues of this facility type through various publications and speaking engagements throughout the United States. He has presented to national audiences on research facility design and process and has contributed to the National Institutes of Health design standards for Biomedical Research Facilities. Austin received his undergraduate degree in Biology through the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon and later returned to the UO for his graduate degree in architecture.