Architecture begins with careful listening to land and culture, and to the people shaping their lives and livelihoods across the Pacific Northwest. In collaboration with small business owners, families, and community developers, I create spaces that balance the familiar and the new, places that feel warm, enduring, and quietly transformative.

My work is rooted in the belief that America’s architectural traditions, from its Indigenous landscapes to its richly layered immigrant histories, offer profound materials for contemporary design. Rather than replicating the past or erasing it, I reimagine these traditions with care, curiosity, and humility.

Drawing on experience across cultural, residential, and commercial work with internationally recognized firms, I bring a practiced attention to detail, materiality, and human experience. I now focus this approach on small businesses, homeowners, and developers throughout the Pacific Northwest who seek meaningful, enduring architecture.

My favorite projects are warm, welcoming, and legible spaces that honor their communities and evolve from them. Through open dialogue with each client and a deep reading of place, I design buildings that feel inevitable, personal, and alive.

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  • 2024 — Milan Fuorisalone - Interni Cross Vision
    Mlian, Lombarty, Italy
    Structural Stone Installation
    Project @ Kengo Kuma & Associates
    Sponsored by Quarella S.P.A.

    2019 — Mass Timber Conference
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    Mass Timber Pavilion
    Project @ Lever Architecture, Sponsored by Freres Engineered Wood

    2017 — Center Georges Pompidiou — Imprimer Le Monde
    Paris, France
    Hanging Art Installation
    Project sponsored by the University of Tokyo + Kengo Kuma & Associates

    2015 — Ozone Gallery — Real-Size Thinking
    Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
    Free-Standing Pavilion
    Project sponsored by the General Secretariat of Japan

    2015 — Nikken Sekkei 1st Floor Gallery — Japanese Junction 2015
    Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
    Large-Scale Model

    2015 — Tokyo Wonder Site — OS-XX: Prelude to the operating systems of the future city
    Hongo, Tokyo, Japan
    Large-Scale Model

  • The University of Tokyo - Department of Engineering
    Tokyo, Japan
    Master of Engineering in Architecture

    The University of Washington - College of the Built Environment
    Seattle, Washington
    Bachelor of Science in Construction Management
    Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies

  • American Institute of Architects (AIA)
    Member

    Architect
    State of Washington
    License 24006906

    NCARB Certificate
    National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
    Issued May 2024

    Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED)
    Accredited Professional
    United States Green Building Certification Institute

  • AIA Seattle International Architecture Forum (SIAF) — Making Through Technology: How Digital Tools Transform Architectural Fabrication
    Co-Lecture and Discussion with Dr. Tomas Mendez Echenagucia of the University of Washington & Alex Woodhouse of LMN Architects (Seattle, USA)

    Mixed Methods
    Lecture     at University of Washington for ARCH 592: Research Methods (Seattle, USA)

    Prix De Rome Symposium — Robotic Fabrication at the Scale of Architecture
    Lecture and discussion organized by MoDA (Tokyo, Japan)

    Toronto Metropolitan University — Design Across Borders
    Lecture on work experience in Japan & the USA
    Remote (Tokyo, Japan & Toronto, Canada)

    Center Georges Pompidiou — Imprimer Le Monde
    Lecture & Discussion on DRAWN Project (Paris, France)

  • University of Washington
    Professor: Tyler Spague

    University of Washington
    Professor: Ken Oshima

    Toronto Metropolitan University
    Professor: William Galloway

    Portland State University
    Professor: Robert Young

    Hiroshima Institute of Technology
    Professor: So Sugita

    Keio University
    Professor: Kaz Yoneda

    University of Tokyo
    Professor: Toshiki Hirano

  • Kevin Clement, Architect
    Seattle, Washington
    Owner & Architect
    2024 - Present

    Kengo Kuma & Associates
    Tokyo, Japan
    Chief Project Manager
    2020 - Present

    Lever Architecture
    Portland, Oregon
    Project Designer
    2018 - 2020

    Kakizoe & Clement, LLP
    Tokyo, Japan
    Partner
    2017 - 2018

    Kengo Kuma & Associates
    Tokyo, Japan
    Designer
    2015 - 2017

    The University of Tokyo
    Tokyo, Japan
    Teaching Assistant
    2014 - 2013

    Cox Architecture
    Melbourne, Australia
    Designer
    2010 - 2013

    Morley Builders
    Estimator / Project Engineer
    2007 - 2010

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