ARCHITECTURE

LANDSCAPE

INTERIORS

RON CULVER, AIA

Principal

Accomplished as an architect, musician, painter and sculptor, Ron’s fusion of aesthetic and tectonic concepts creates a rare blend in his design sensibility.

Originally from British Columbia where he became Principal Percussionist for the Vancouver Philharmonic at eighteen, his musical career led him to Southern California where a longstanding passion for design and fabrication resulted in his founding design-build business ventures in both the USA and Canada.

Ron’s artistic approach to architecture is amplified by his in-depth theoretical and practical expertise: he holds a Bachelor of Architecture with honors from SCI_Arc and a Master of Architecture from UCLA where he explored the use of robotics in Architecture. He has more than 35 years of practical experience in innovative materials, building processes and applications, and the methodology of many construction types. He has also managed large-scale mixed-use projects from start to finish as the Managing Director of Michael W. Folonis Architects. Some of his experimental work can be seen at www.formfounddesign.com

Ron Culver, AIA

Ron Culver, Architect

ERIN-AINE MILLER

Principal Landscapes, Interiors, Space Planning

Erin’s unusual combination of design and space planning skills underpins her emphasis on integrating interior, architecture and landscape considerations from the earliest possible design stage. She is our resident living wall and green roof enthusiast.

She was a journalist and documentary filmmaker who designed projects part-time until Ron Culver persuaded her to become his full-time design partner in 2000. After a childhood ranging from a Ventura County citrus ranch to the strand in Hermosa Beach, Erin pursued environmental and design solutions at Stanford University where she graduated with honors and distinction in Economics. Decades after her scholarship to USC’s Graduate Program in Broadcast Journalism, she defied cross-town rivalries to do her graduate work in Landscape Architecture at UCLA.