Contributor Profile: Mallory Cusenbery

Mallory Scott Cusenbery, AIA, is the design principal at RossDrulisCusenbery Architecture, Inc., a mid-sized firm specializing in justice, public safety and community projects. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, his firm’s public sector design work is represented in cities throughout the United States and Canada.  Mr. Cusenbery leads a progressive design studio renowned for design excellence and operational innovation. His body of work includes one-of-a-kind police stations, fire stations, courthouses, border stations, and community centers, projects nationally recognized for their civic, intellectual and social contributions.

Mr. Cusenbery also serves as a writer, editor, and curator in the realm of architecture and design. As curator, he has juried and assembled interdisciplinary design exhibits on topics ranging from sustainability to pleasure. As a contributing editor, he has developed and written on a wide range of architectural and urban design topics. He regularly contributes to academic and professional publications, and produces online design-related podcasts and video lectures as well. Mr. Cusenbery has received numerous design awards from private, editorial and governmental organizations in the United States and Canada. In 2009 he was appointed as a National Peer Professional for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Design Excellence Program.