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Steven B. Bingler, AIA, REFP, NCARB, Founder
Contact: sbingler@concordia.com
Steven Bingler is the founder and President of Concordia. Under his leadership, Concordia’s projects span a wide range of building types including the Jackson Brewery Festival Marketplace, the New Orleans Aquarium of the Americas and the Henry Ford Academy. Concordia’s award winning work has appeared in a wide range of national publications, including Architecture, Interiors Magazine, Architectural Digest, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal.
In recent years, Steven has undertaken projects focused principally on the planning and design of environments for living and learning. He served as a special consultant to the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education for policy related to the design of schools as centers of the community. His educational papers have been published in a wide range of books and journals in the fields of urban planning, architectural design, education, public health and smart growth. Additionally, Steven frequently speaks at national symposia and conferences related to innovations in community-based and small school planning and design.
Steven has been involved in many notable research and development projects concerning educational issues around small schools. Most recently, Concordia was a partner in the research and publication of Dollars and Sense: The Cost Effectiveness of Small Schools, a collaboration with the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Rural Schools and Community Trust, and Dr. Craig Howley of Ohio University. At the behest of the KnowledgeWorks Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Steven co-authored a second release, Dollars & Sense II: Lessons from Good, Cost-Effective Small Schools.
Concordia’s focus is on the planning and design of a wide range of community-based environments for living and learning. Research alliances include the MIT Media Lab, Harvard University’s Project Zero, the University of New Mexico, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Thornburg Institute, the Appalachian Education Lab and the West Ed Lab.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Virginia, 1972
Consanti Foundation, Study with Paolo Soleri, Arcosanti, Cordes Junction, Arizona, June August, 1975
Kairos Foundation, Study with Keith Critchlow, Sacred Geometry, Crestone, Colorado, August, 1986
MEMBERSHIPS:
U.S. Green Building Council
New Schools/Better Neighborhoods, Los Angeles, Advisory Board Member
Council of Educational Facility Planners International
American Institute of Architecture
National Council of Architecture Registration Boards
Center for the Study of Southern Culture Advisory Board
Urban Land Institute
American Planning Association
Neighborhoods Partnership Network
Young Leadership Council
