Born and raised in Los Angeles, Diane headed east to Smith College where she earned a B.A. in Art History with a concentration in architecture, and a minor in Music. Upon graduation from Smith in 1980, she moved to the Bay Area and worked for an architecture firm in downtown San Francisco for two years. Diane received a Master of Architecture degree from UC Berkeley in 1985, and her thesis explored the “Silvers,” a group of prominent architects who were experimenting with wrapping buildings in thin, high tech curtain wall materials. Upon returning to Los Angeles, Diane worked in a variety of firms where she learned about high-rise condominiums and multi-family housing, hospitals and medical office buildings, and then, finally, modernist, contemporary residential architecture. In 1991, she began her own practice with the design of a home for her family.
California State License, April 1991
Member American Institute of Architects
LEED AP (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional)
Member USGBC LA (U.S. Green Building Council, Los Angeles)
