With over 25 years of experience, Laura has managed and designed a diversity of projects ranging from multifamily and independent senior affordable housing to higher education, healthcare and commercial. With her knowledge and experience, Laura is able to lead complex teams of architects, engineers, and specialists from programming through design and construction. As an Associate Principal at Cushing Terrell, she leads our Denver based operations.
Laura’s passion is to engage a project in the planning stages, ensuring the vision is realized through forward thinking solutions. As a LEED Accredited professional since 2004, she brings sustainable design sensitivity to each project, backed by her strong technical experience.
Having grown up on and around military bases, she says, “I have a deep appreciation for ‘underdog architecture’ — utilitarian structures and materials that do exactly what you need them to.”
Laura’s project experience includes: Lumberyard Affordable Housing Neighborhood; Aspen, CO, Basalt Facility Assessment and Capital Improvements Plan; Basalt, CO, Lot L Affordable Housing and Transit Interceptor Garage; Telluride, CO, Shandoka Building F Affordable Housing; Telluride, CO, All Saints Affordable Senior Housing; Denver, CO, ArtSpace Affordable Housing; Salida, CO, Spencer Place Residential Master Plan, Mixed Density, Mixed Income ; Post Falls, ID, Copper Platte Affordable Multifamily; Greeley, CO, Copper Rose Affordable Multifamily; Colorado Springs, CO.

Education
Master of Architecture, Rice University
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, University of North Carolina at Charlotte