Brad Cloepfil is an internationally renowned architect who has deep Oregon roots. Growing up in Tigard and later studying architecture at the University of Oregon, Cloepfil and his firm, Allied Works, started out designing residences and buildings in the Portland area. One of his firm’s first big commissions was the Wieden+Kennedy world headquarters building in Northwest Portland – a building that helped spark the transformation of the Pearl District during the late-1990s.
He went on to design numerous art museums, cultural institutions and creative buildings across the world including the Seattle Art Museum, Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, Calif.