Contributor Profile: Paul Jamtgaard
Paul Jamtgaard is a registered architect and urban designer with over 18 years of varied experience creating award winning projects in the US and abroad. He works extensively on projects in the public interest including libraries, community & recreation centers and public spaces.
He founded the Pecha Kucha Night event series in San Francisco in 2006 to foster interdisciplinary inspiration and collaborations. He has produced and hosted over 50 events since then. He has also hosted presented at events at Harvard University, the Venice Biennale and Las Vegas.
Educated at both University of California at Berkeley and the Harvard Design School, he has balanced his studies and career between architecture and urban design. He has taught and been a design critic at schools in the Bay Area (Berkeley, Stanford, Academy of Art and CCA) and at Harvard Design School.
He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, SPUR and a board member of the Center for Architecture and Design. He lives in San Francisco.