Steve is a founding partner of Johnson|Southerland. Prior to becoming an architect, Steve was a structural engineer, which continues to inform his design work. He enjoys the small town feeling of Columbia City and living close enough to walk to work. Steve's recent projects include the Washington State Public Health Laboratory and the Technology/Language Center at the Overlake School.

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2007-present     Johnson|Southerland
1994-2007          Principal, Miller|Hull Partnership
1990 -1994         Waterleaf Architecture 
Previous career as professional structural engineer

Maggi co-founded the multi-disciplinary adventure of Johnson|Southerland after 10 years with her own firm, MEJ Landscape Architecture. Her interest in landscape architecture comes from a personal sense of connection with nature, a curiosity about the world and a desire to share that fascination. Her first career goal was to be one of those National Park rangers who lead hikes. She is on the University of Washington Landscape Advisory Committee, reviewing projects for its Seattle, Tacoma and Bothell campuses.

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2007-present     Johnson|Southerland
1998-2007         MEJ Landscape Architecture
1990-1997         Jones & Jones, Architects and Landscape Architects
1981-1990         Several high-quality small offices in Seattle & Berkeley before, during and after getting an MLA

Benjamin is a student of the landscape. Having taken the long road to landscape architecture, he has backgrounds in geology, speleology, and glaciology. Benjamin came straight to our office from the UW landscape program and has become "Mr. I-can-take-on-pretty-much-anything." A Northwest native, he spends his days bouncing around the alpine, surfing in the ocean, and underground in the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Obsessed with natural forms and processes, the forms of these landscapes often find their way into his work. 

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2006-present     Johnson|Southerland
2001                    Arolla Glacier Zonal Melt Model Expedition
2000                    North Cascades Glacier Climate Project
1995-1996          Central Mexico Karst Inventory Project

Brian gets a big charge "when I see people interacting with the projects I worked on." At work, Brian is a very experienced and licensed landscape architect who likes to keep everyone happy by bringing in food and planning the parties. At home, he is a packrat and builds neat stuff out of the junk he collects, including a vintage slide for his boys. Brian enjoys backpacking, skiing, kayaking, walking, breathing and many more outdoor activities: "if it's outside, it's for me."

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2007-present     Johnson|Southerland
2005-2007          JGM, Landscape Architects 
2002-2004          Nakano Associates 
1999-2001          MacLeod Reckord 
1996-1999          Lee & Associates

Equally comfortable living in the city or the bush, Micheal, born and raised in the rugged Upper Ottawa Valley and having now lived in Seattle for over ten years, is compelled by the diverse water and landscapes of the Northwest. Architecture and its practice is a default preoccupation of an obsessive interest in material culture, man-made or otherwise formed. If not designing it, Micheal is exploring it, observing it, or tinkering with it.

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2007- present     Johnson|Southerland
2006-2007          Harrison Architects
2004-2006          Velocipede Architects
1998-2004          Sole Proprietor, Bauculture