#Interview w/ AWA Arizona Women Architects w/ Joanna McBride of Tammen + Rose Architecture & Nick Tsontakis of Tsontakis Architects
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Podcast w/ AWA: Arizona Women Architects, a new venture that will be coming out soon promoting Arizona Women Architects doing work in Residential and Commercial Architecture. Join Joanna McBride Tammen + Rose Architecture & Nick Tsontakis of Tsontakis Architects as we talk about this newest publication that will include work from Women in Architecture through their own words, drawings, photographs and other forms of creative expression and sponsorship from our Industry Partners.
To become and industry partner please contact:
Joanna McBride: email: joanna@trarchitect.com phone: 480-467-8006 website: tammenrosearchitecture.com IG: @tammenrose
Nick Tsontkis email: nickt@apnpub.com
Arizona Residential Architects |
Arizona Residential Architects | Desert Architecture Design Association
Joanna McBride t+r bio:
Joanna McBride’s architecture is an amalgam of art and technology, with her rare
combination of artistic and technical skills blending effortlessly in her work. Before
founding Tammen + Rose Architecture, Joanna worked in Chicago for two well-
established modern architecture firms, Holabird & Root and Nagle Hartray. After
absorbing what she could from these firms, Joanna moved to Arizona to establish a
custom architecture firm specializing in high-end homes, hillside architecture, and
commercial tenant improvements. T+R collaborates closely with clients to create
spaces that enhance their lifestyles.
Named one of the 15 Best Architects in the Phoenix area by Direct Build and featured
in Luxe Magazine, Joanna has been invited to be a guest juror at various design
schools and universities in Chicago and Arizona. She is actively involved in her
profession and the design community, Joanna has taught design at Arizona State
University and Columbia College, served as Chair of AIA CRAN (the American Institute
of Architects Custom Residential Architects Network) in the Phoenix area, was a
member of the AIA CRAN Advisory Group and has served on the Board of the Local
Chapter of the AIA.
Nick Tsontakis AIA, NCARB, MRAIC
Nick (Nikiforos) Tsontakis was born in Kostadiana, a village 25 miles west of Chania,
Crete in 1955. In early 1959, Nick’s family emigrated to Montreal, Canada.
In Montreal, Nick spent the first two years of college in the faculty of engineering at
McGill University. He entered the School of Architecture in 1974 and graduated with Distinction
in 1978.
After graduation, he was employed by the leading Montreal firm of Dimakopoulos and
Partners and was involved in design development of all major projects in the firm. He
participated in three competitions, notably the Montreal Convention Center, the International
Competition for the Communications Tower of Algiers, as well as the Quebec City Provincial
Courthouse. The latter two were competition winners.
Nick had been principal of Nick Tsontakis Architects in Montreal, Quebec since 1981.
He is a member of the Order of Architects of Quebec and the Royal Architectural Institute of
Canada. In late 1995, he emigrated to Arizona due to the instability of the Quebec political
scene. In Arizona, he found similarities to his native Crete and a more secure future for his
family. He is a registered architect in the states of Arizona and Hawaii and a member of the
American Institute of Architects. He has been principal of Tsontakis Architecture in Scottsdale,
Arizona since 1996.
Nick has designed and realized over five hundred varied projects in Canada, the United
States and Europe. His unique approach to Architecture and Interiors has earned him an
esteemed reputation in his field. He has won prestigious local, national and international
competitions and his work has been published in numerous periodicals such as GQ, The
Canadian Architect, Gala Magazine, Phoenix Home & Garden, Luxe Magazine, Montreal
Business Magazine, Les Affaires Quebec, Decor-Mag, Chez-Soi and The Montreal Gazette.
Some of his most notable projects and clients include the Stadt Wittenberge
Rathausplatz in Wittenberge, Former East Germany - a competition for the two phase 100,000
square foot Wittenberge City Hall extension and offices in 1991. Granada Canada Ltd.
national competition winner for their super store prototype in 1993. The Senior Citizens’
Residence and Community Administration Center, eighty senior citizens apartments, offices
and underground parking for Hellenic Community of Montreal in 1984. Holy Cross Greek
Orthodox Church, a 600 seat church with community facilities for the Greek Orthodox
Community of Laval in 1991. The National Bank of Greece (Canada) offices and security
systems, Jean Talon St. branch in 1992, Main branch with foreign exchange and trading at head
offices in 1994 the Bernard St. branch in 1995, Head Office renovations in 1997 and the Jean
Talon St. branch in 1998. He has also designed Milos Restaurant, Montreal’s finest
internationally acclaimed and award winning seafood restaurant from 1987-92.
Michele Grace Hottel, AIA
619.461.1879
California License: C24820 since 1994
Arizona License: 75745 since 2022
Michele has been practicing Architecture with her own firm, Michele Grace Hottel, Architect since 1994. Prior to that she was a consultant with other Architecture and Engineering firms in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas before. during and after attending Cal Poly, Pomona for Architecture and the University of Copenhagen DIS.
As well as running her practice, Michele is also involved in the professional and local and national community on the AIA CRAN (Custom Residential Architects Network) National Advisory Group, the Chair of the American Institute of Architecture (AIA) Chair of the Custom Residential Architecture Network (CRAN) for the AIA San Diego and Palomar Chapters and a Commissioner and Subject Matter Expert for the California Architects Board. She was the Chair of the Committee for AIA California's Inaugural Housing Forum for attainable housing.
She a past City of La Mesa Planning Commissioner for three terms, was on the Board and Past President of the La Mesa Arts Alliance, served as a La Mesa Parks and Recreation Board Member, a La Mesa Centennial Planning Committee member and lead the Centennial Legacy Project Subcommittee.
One can read her blog and listen to her podcast, "I've never met a woman architect before...with Michele Grace Hottel, Architect" a blog about my life... , the trials and tribulations, as one could say, of being a woman, a mother, a former wife, a volunteer, a public servant, and last but not least, an architect.
"I've never met a woman architect before...with Michele Grace Hottel, Architect
"I've never met a woman architect before.. podcast with Michele Grace Hottel, Architect
Link to MGHarchitect: MIchele Grace Hottel, Architect website for scheduling a consultation for an architecture and design project and guest and podcast sponsorship opportunities:
https://www.mgharchitect.com/
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