MEGAN LIZARRAGA, AIA
LEED GREEN ASSOCIATE
ARCHITECT
Experience
Megan joined JLA with a background in educational, institutional and commercial projects. As an architect, she works closely with the principals to develop designs, produce construction documents and permit submittals, and oversee construction administration. She’s played a key role in developing and maintaining the firm’s 3D modeling standards and technical library.
Megan joined JLA with a background in educational, institutional and commercial projects. As an architect, she works closely with the principals to develop designs, produce construction documents and permit submittals, and oversee construction administration. She’s played a key role in developing and maintaining the firm’s 3D modeling standards and technical library.
A teacher at heart, she enjoys mentoring junior staff and aspiring students. Outside the office, she’s an instructor in the Cal Poly Urban SF Program where she advises students during their 4th-year internship programs.
Originally from the Bay Area, Megan enjoys discovering the eccentricities of the City. An avid outdoors-person, she enjoys camping and running.
Education/Credentials
BArch, with a minor in Sustainable Environments, California Polytechnic State University
École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Val de Seine, Paris
Registered Architect, CA
“The elements of architecture are not visual units; they are encounters, confrontations that interact with memory.” – Juhani Pallasmaa
Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba,Spain
Niroshima, Japan