KIMBERLY STEINER, AIA, Principal
Kimberly is a licensed architect with over twenty years of experience working in Atlanta and New York City. She is currently a founding principal at the interdisciplinary architecture and landscape architecture practice, Steiner Studio LLC in Atlanta, GA. Her work at Steiner Studio focuses on integrating carefully articulated architecture with organic process-based landscape design at multiple scales — from the public realm to private residences — by both partnering with acclaimed firms on large national and international projects, and engaging on small institutional and intimate residential projects in the southeast.
In addition to her work at Steiner Studio, Kim has been teaching graduate design studios at the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Architecture since 2022.
Kim‘s previous experience includes several award-winning projects with Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, where she worked for 9 years. She was project architect for the Longwood Gardens North Entry Visitor Sequence/West Conservatory project, and project architect for the UPenn Krishna Singh Center for Nanotechnology where she headed complex laboratory and mechanical system coordination with scientists, client, and engineers. She was also project architect for the Barnard College Diana Center in New York City. Kim developed a strong focus on interiors at Weiss/Manfredi and played a key role in developing and implementing interior design across a wide range of projects.
Prior to joining Weiss/Manfredi, Kimberly worked for Kohn, Pedersen and Fox (KPF) in New York City as well as Perkins+Will in Atlanta, GA.
Kimberly earned a Master of Architecture at Columbia University in 2005. She was a recipient of the William Kinne Fellows Traveling Prize, where she traveled and studied the Post-Tsunami re-building efforts in Thailand. She received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology and also studied at the Ecole d’ Architecture de la Villette, Paris. Kimberly is a licensed architect in Georgia and a member of the AIA.
MICHAEL STEINER, AIA, ASLA, Principal
Michael has significant experience in both architecture and landscape architecture and is a licensed professional in both fields. He is currently a founding principal at the interdisciplinary architecture and landscape architecture practice, Steiner Studio LLC in Atlanta, GA. He also continues to work with Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism in New York City where he has been an architect, landscape architect, and project manager for more than 20 years.
Current and recent projects with Weiss/Manfredi include UC Berkeley IGI/Bakar Labs Building , UC Berkeley CDSS Gateway, NJPAC Cooperman Center, and La Brea Tar Pits and Museum in Los Angeles. Michael was Project Manager for the Cornell University Sesquicentennial Commemoration Project. He was project architect for Cornell University School of Veterinary Medicine Expansion Project, Hunters Point South Waterfront Park and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center. Michael worked as landscape designer on the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology. He has been a member of the project teams for the Barnard College Diana Center, the Olympic Sculpture Park, and for competitions including the Taekwondo Park Master Plan in Korea, and Full Circle: St. Louis City+Arch+River.
Prior to joining Weiss/Manfredi, Michael worked for Verzone Woods Architectes in Switzerland where he was involved in large scale regional research/planning projects as well as small scale residential projects. Michael also worked at the USGS Hawaii Volcano Observatory where he focused on volcanology geophysics.
Michael studied at the Architectural Association in London and earned a Master of Architecture and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania where he was awarded the Faculty Medal in Landscape Architecture. He attended Amherst College where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Geology with Honors. Michael is a registered architect as well as a registered landscape architect in Alabama and Georgia, a member of the AIA and ASLA, and a LEED accredited professional. He has been a guest lecturer for architecture at Cornell University and Amherst College, and a guest critic for architecture and landscape architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard University.