PEOPLE
Karla Sierralta
Architect, educator and co-founder of Strawn.Sierralta. Karla was born and raised on the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, a region best known for it's oil, beaches and beauty queens. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Zulia, and a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, which she pursued under a Fulbright Scholarship for Environmental Studies. She is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where she teaches advanced studios. Karla has previously taught at Universidad Rafael Urdaneta, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Universidad del Zulia. karla@strawnsierralta.com
Brian Strawn
Architect, zoologist and co-founder of Strawn.Sierralta. Brian grew up in an underground house on a small farm in the flat middle of Illinois, where he raised a troop of four spider monkeys. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Zoology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has lived, studied and worked in the UK, Netherlands, Italy and Venezuela. His professional career has spanned the fields of zoological research, modern architecture and historic preservation (including works by Josef Hoffman, Frank Lloyd Wright and Howard Van Doren Shaw). brian@strawnsierralta.com
Collaborators
Eduardo Camarena (2010), Caroline Slota (2010), Andrea Zuniga (2010), Alex Al-Hamdan (2010), William Turoczy (2009-2010), Silvia Leon (2009), Douglas Sierralta (2009), Diego Sierralta (2004-2008), Louis Shell (2003-2008), Model Options (2003-2006), Prince Ambooken (2004, 2006), Siamak Mostoufi (2004, 2006), Annie Mohaupt (2004, 2006), Fieena Zvenyach (2004, 2006), Lev Zvenyach (2004, 2006), Tiffany Daniels (2006), Iker Gil (2006), Jo Hormuth (2006), Julie Michiels (2006), Papagaio Studio (2006), Daniel Vasini (2006), Angela Demma (2004), Steven Kismohr (2004), Colin Morgan (2004), Dan Roush (2004), Kevin Stephens (2004), Vertex Graphics (2003).
We thank all of you for your generous contributions.