gary coccoluto, aia

principal | creative director
maine licensed architect

Gary directs our team’s commitment to creating outstanding design solutions for our clients, celebrating 15 years with OA and operating as sole principal since 2001. His portfolio of institutional, educational and commercial projects includes award-winning designs throughout the northeast US and New England, based on innovative planning approaches to program needs and project goals.

An accomplished mechanic, he is adept at assembling flexible design teams to provide creative project delivery approaches, organizing and managing design-build, joint ventures and both lead and support architect of record roles for local and remote projects. This approach informs the subsequent design, with unique collaborating teams leading to unique architectural direction emphasizing site specificity and design recognition of the immediate and regional climate systems. Gary’s work is recognized for its patient functionality, intuitive wayfinding and engaging environments across multiple layers of building use for client’s employees, tenants and visitors.

Education
The Savannah College of Art & Design, School of Building Arts; Master of Architecture, 1992
The Rhode Island School of Design; Industrial Design
The Jekyll Island Authority; National Register Preservation Construction
Awards
AIA Certificate and Medal
MAIA Award for Design Excellence: Center for Shaker Studies
MAIA/NEAIA/Bruner/HUDAward for Design Excellence: Portland Public Market
Registrations
Registered Architect: Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont
Certificate: National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Architects (AIA)