Marc L’Italien, FAIA, LEED-AP

Principal, EHDD Architecture

Marc L’Italien is a Design Principal with EHDD Architecture in San Francisco, California. He was Director of EHDD’s Chicago studio from 1997-2005.

He has designed and directed a number of significant projects, including: a facility master plan for Chicago’s John G. Shedd Aquarium; the Christopher Center at Valparaiso University; the Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo at Lincoln Park Zoo; and F10 House, a high-performance case study sponsored by the City’s Green Homes for Chicago program that has garnered numerous design and sustainability awards. Marc is currently the lead designer on a new home for The Exploratorium on Piers 15-17 in San Francisco.

His work has been widely published and he has won several local AIA awards and two national AIA awards for his work. He was the co-author of EHDD: Building Beyond The Bay. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has a master’s degree from Yale University.