About

Jonathan Plass is a strategic architect and multi-disciplinary professional who aspires to combine the acts of architecture, design, construction, and strategic systems thinking into a innovative practice that amplifies communities and culture. Plass has designed and delivered complex works of architecture, served as strategic advisor and data analyst for global technology and real estate clients, and produced art that expresses his beliefs, and changes the world.

jonathansplass@gmail.com
To find out more read "Why I Design"

Work

  • Aug. 2, 2022 - Present

    Architect (Apr. 2025 - Present)
    Technical Designer (Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2025)
    Strategist (Feb. 2024 - Mar. 2024)
    Design Analyst (Aug. 2022 - Jan. 2024)
    (D.C. Office)

  • Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
    June 7, 2021 - July 31, 2021

    Architectural Internship
    (Chicago Office)

  • Dec. 21, 2020 - Jan. 29th, 2021
    June 22, 2020 - Aug. 7th, 2020
    Dec. 23, 2019 - Jan. 3, 2020
    May 28, 2019 - Aug. 12, 2019
    Dec. 13, 2018 - Jan. 2, 2019
    June 8, 2018 - Aug. 17, 2018
    Dec. 18, 2017 - Jan. 1, 2018
    June 12, 2017 - Aug. 11, 2017

    Architectural Internship
    (Philadelphia Office)

  • Jan. 4, 2016 - Jan. 29, 2016

    Architectural Internship
    (Philadelphia Office)

  • January 26, 2020 - May 20, 2022

    Staff Editor & Graphic Designer
    (Ithaca / Remote)

  • Sept. 9, 2020 - Sept. 9, 2021

    Web Design & Social Media
    (Remote)

  • January 6, 2022 - May 31, 2022

    Graphic Designer
    (Ithaca / Remote)

 

Awards

  • METROPLIS magazine’s Arch30 list celebrates 30 of the city's most promising emerging architects, affiliated with influential firms
    2026

  • Black Memory Workers and their Spatial Practices: Explorations on African American Heritage Spaces in NYC
    Fall, 2021

  • First-Team All-Ivy League
    March 1, 2020

  • 3rd Place - Photo Story

 

Education

  • Bachelor of Architecture degree,
    Comparative Literature Minor.
    Aug. 18, 2017 - May 29, 2022

    Dean’s List:
    Spring 2021
    Fall, 2020
    Spring, 2019

  • Cornell in Rome architecture program.
    Aug. 9, 2019 - Dec. 20, 2019

  • PreCollege Summer Architecture program.
    Jul. 5, 2015 - Jul. 28, 2015

  • High School Education.
    Sept. 5, 2013 - June. 9, 2017

 

Certifications

  • April 7, 2025 - Present

  • March 9, 2024 - Present

  • August 1, 2023 - Present

 

Speaking Engagemenets

  • This panel organized by Howard’s American Institute of Architecture Students allowed current architecture students to learn and ask questions about how to become a licensed architect in the United States.
    Spring, 2026

  • This conference examines the relationship between social and environmental resilience, by looking into designed projects, cross-disciplinary research and investigations, participatory and collaborative design methods
    Spring, 2023

 

Publications

  • Book
    December, 2021

  • Book
    December, 2020

  • Book
    May, 2017

  • Magazine
    May, 2017

  • Magazine
    March, 2017 | (Winter Issue)
    November, 2016 | (Fall Issue)
    June, 2016 | (Spring Issue)