ED SCOPEL, AIA NAMED OFFICE LEADER AT RATIO’S CHAMPAIGN LOCATION
March 16, 2010« BACK TO NEWS
Champaign, IL (March 16, 2010) – RATIO Architects has named Ed Scopel, AIA, the office leader at the firm’s Champaign, IL location. As the office leader, Ed will manage the Champaign studio’s day-to-day operations and act as the area contact for the Champaign-Urbana community. In addition, he will continue in his current role as a project manager for higher education and community clients.
“As a firm dedicated to building community through contextual design, we knew we needed to select a team member who is not only a strong leader, but who is an active community member,” said William A. Browne, FAIA, LEED BD&C, RATIO’s founding principal. “Ed’s deep understanding of the architectural industry combined with his familiarity with the Urbana-Champaign community makes him ideally suited for this role.”
Ed is currently leading the team designing the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Huff Hall North Addition. In addition, he is the project director for the Normal, IL Multimodal Transit Facility. Designed to achieve LEED silver certification, the Multimodal Transit Facility was awarded $22 million from the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant.
Before joining the RATIO team three years ago, Ed was the associate campus architect for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
RATIO Architects, Inc. is an award winning design and planning firm with offices in Champaign, IL and Indianapolis offering services in architecture, historic preservation, interior design, landscape architecture, urban design and planning, and graphic design. Founded in 1982, its collaborative studios combine experts from all disciplines to work on higher education, community, life science, workplace, lifestyle and cultural projects.
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