People

Bringing together a diverse pool of talent around a single shared table, our company is built on open, ongoing conversation. Founded in 1992 by Trey Trahan, the firm is intimate in size but broad in its scope.  We engage in a collective questioning of how our process and work can contribute to the health of our ecologies, cities and economies. Each member of the Trahan team is an integral part of a collaborative process that enriches our company culture and improves the quality of our work.

Ethos: Collaboration

Team
Trey Trahan
Founder
Brad McWhirter
Partner
Lesley Braxton
Principal
Kevin Thomas
Managing Principal, New York Studio
Liza Feoli
Director of Marketing & Strategy
Margaret Jankowsky
Director of Urban Design
Robbie Eleazer
Design Director
Oana Bunea-Velea
Technical Director
Stephen Breaux
Designer
Gabriela Calzada
Designer
Ciarán Conlon
Senior Design Architect
Sean David
Senior Project Manager
Nicholas Garrison
Office Manager
Manuela Hiches
Business Development Specialist
Jason Kurzweil
Project Designer
Vincent Yee Foo Lai
Designer
Travis Lombardi
Senior Project Designer
Brian Richter
Digital Practice Manager
Henry Savoie
Project Designer
David Sweere
Designer
Patricia Thomas
Office Manager
Jason Kurzweil
Associate AIA
Project Designer

Jason Kurzweil is a designer with an interest in the contrast between the digital and material dialogues of architecture. His personal approach to architecture involves a study of history and site to find elegant solutions to complex problems, with diligence to craft, composition, and scale.

Originally from New York, Jason received degrees in architecture and infrastructure planning from NJIT and a Master of Architecture from Yale University. Jason’s diverse professional experience includes skyscrapers across East Asia, new cities in China, Lunar habitats, and designs for museums and hotels: projects that implement new technologies into practice. At a smaller scale, his work on cafes, restaurants, and space conscious apartments helped generate a personal consideration for artisanship and materiality.

EDUCATION
Master of Architecture, Yale University, 2016
Master in Infrastructure Planning, NJIT, 2011
Bachelor of Architecture, NJIT, 2011

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
SOM, San Francisco, CA
Jane Kim Design, New York, NY
Smith Group, Washington D.C.

projects

Caesars Superdome Capital Improvements Projects
Careers

The quality of our work reflects the collective commitment of a diverse and engaged team. Build your career with us.

Summer Internship Program
Trahan Architects is an international award-winning architecture firm based in New Orleans, LA, that focuses on cultural, educational, assembly, and mixed-use projects throughout the United States and overseas. The firm strives to fulfill the aspirations of clients while being mindful of the impact on both natural and social environments. Trahan’s globally recognized projects demonstrate a high level of technological sophistication coupled with a quiet sense of beauty. Notable projects include The Alliance Theatre at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta,...
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Marketing Manager
The full-time Marketing Manager position offers the opportunity to engage in challenging work within an award-winning, collaborative architecture practice in search of design excellence. The role is based in the firm’s New Orleans office. The ideal candidate will have applicable experience in an architecture or engineering firm, or related industry; a positive, can-do attitude; time management skills; and the agility to pivot from one project to the next and back again. The role manages and coordinates the firm’s marketing efforts....
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Office Manager
The full-time Office Manager position offers the opportunity to engage in challenging work within an award-winning, collaborative architecture practice. The role is based in the firm’s New Orleans office. The ideal candidate will have applicable experience in an architecture or engineering firm, or related industry; a positive, can-do attitude; time management skills; and the agility to pivot from one assignment to the next and back again. Primary Duties and Responsibilities: Provide ongoing bookkeeping and administrative support to the office, driving...
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Design Architect
Trahan Architects is an international award-winning architecture firm based in New Orleans, LA, that focuses on cultural, educational, assembly, and mixed-use projects throughout the United States and overseas. The firm strives to fulfill the aspirations of clients while being mindful of the impact on both natural and social environments. Trahan’s globally recognized projects demonstrate a high level of technological sophistication coupled with a quiet sense of beauty. Notable projects include The Alliance Theatre at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta,...
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Digital Practice Designer
The full-time Digital Practice position offers the opportunity to engage in challenging work within an award-winning, collaborative practice in search of design excellence. The Digital Practice Designer will be directly involved with developing digital methodologies, 3D renderings and animations for a range of project types, exploring form and function, with a strong focus on materiality. We are searching for someone who is committed to the collective questioning of how our process and work can contribute to the health of our...
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