Résumé

Architect, Naramore, Bain, Brady and Johanson (NBBJ), Seattle, WA, c. 1993-2000. Jones gained national acclaim for her design of the Seafirst Galley interiors in 1994.

Principal, atelierjones LLC, Seattle, WA, 2003- . In 2017, atelierjones was ranked #7 in design of all American architectural firms by Architect Magazine.

Teaching

Jones began as an Instructor, University of Washington, Seattle (UW), College of Architecture and Urban Planning, in 1991.

Affiliate Associate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle (UW), College of Architecture and Urban Planning, , 2001- .

Walton Critic, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 2018.

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Seattle Chapter.

Registered Architect in the State of WA, 1994.

Registered Architect in the States of MA, CT, VT, and RI.

Certification, US Green Building Council, LEED Professional BD + C, 2004.

Reviewer, AIA Seattle Case Study Prize, 2005.

Invited Exhibitor, National Building Museum, Timber City Exhbition, CLT House, Washington DC, 2016-2017.

Member, International Code Council (ICC), Ad-hoc Tall Timber Committee (representing AIA National organization), 2016-2019.

Professional Awards

Fulbright Scholarship, Berlin, Germany, 1994.

Recipient, AIA, National Honor Award for Interiors, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA, (done while working for NBBJ), 1994.

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA), 2010.

Recipient, Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture (IFRAA), Faith and Form Award for Religious Arts for Mary Queen of Peace Chapel, 2015.

Recipient, AIA, Seattle Chapter, Honorable Mention Award for CLTHouse, Seattle, WA, 2016.

Recipient, IFRAA / Faith and Form Award for Religious Architecture for Bellevue First Congregational Church, Bellevue, WA, 2017.

Recipient, Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture (IFRAA), Faith and Form Award for Religious Architecture: Bellevue First Congregational Church, Bellevue, WA, 2017.

Recipient, AIA Seattle, AIA Research Award | ICC TALL WOOD BUILDING CODES, 2018

Recipient, World Architecture News | Female Frontier, Innovation in Architecture, highly commended, 2021.

High School / College

Graduate, Sehome High School, Bellingham, WA, 1979.

Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1983.

Master of Architecture, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design (GSD), Cambridge, MA, 1988.

Relocation

Susan Hannen Jones grew up in Bellingham, WA, where she graduated from Sehome High School. She was an excellent student at Sehome, enabling her to gain admission to Stanford University, Stanford, CA, in 1979. (See "Sehome High School graduation set for Friday," Bellingham Herald, 06/07/1979, p. 8b.)

after living in Stanford, CA, and Cambridge, MA, she traveled in Europe, studying in Berlin in 1994. She returned to Seattle, WA, to work for the large architectural firm of NBBJ.

Jones established her own architectural firm, atelierjones, LLC, in 2003.

Parents

Her mother was Ann Jones-Richardson.

Spouse

She wed Marco J. Zangari (born 10/1971), a Seattle Weekly writer, on 05/03/1997 at Saint James Cathedral in Seattle, WA.