Global architecture and design firm Perkins&Will has hired Micah Land as a senior project designer in its Austin, Texas studio. With more than two decades of experience shaping resilient, human-centered environments, Land brings artistic insight, hands-on building knowledge and a design sensibility shaped by empathy and well-being.
He will begin his role working within the studio’s corporate, commercial, civic and cultural practice group to develop design solutions for mixed-use, commercial, hospitality and urban design projects across the Southwestern region.
“Micah’s community mindset and artistic perspective make him a natural fit for our studio,” said Koleman Uresti, managing director of Perkins&WIll’s Austin studio. “He has a remarkable ability to translate big ideas into tangible design solutions, which will be a benefit for our clients across sectors.”
Land’s path to architecture began in the arts. He studied sculpture and painting before transitioning to construction, influenced by his father, a structural welder and oil painter. This integration of creative expression and technical craft now underpins his design methodology.
He earned his Master’s degree from Texas Tech University and pursued additional graduate studies at McGill University in Montreal. Land launched his career at a leading design firm in Chicago before returning to Austin, where he worked at several local firms.
His portfolio includes hospitality projects, cultural institutions, educational facilities, mixed-use developments and civic spaces. Notable projects include the Gary Comer Youth Center in Chicago, honored with an AIA Honor Award; the Wolf Ranch River Camp in Georgetown, Texas, recipient of an AIA Austin Design Award of Excellence and the Habitat for Humanity Mueller Row Homes in Austin, recognized by the Texas Society of Architects.
