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Sharon Johnston, FAIA, and Mark Lee are the founding partners of the architecture firm Johnston Marklee. Since its establishment in 1998 in Los Angeles, Johnston Marklee has been recognized nationally and internationally with over 40 major awards and numerous publications.
Projects undertaken by Johnston Marklee are diverse in scale and type, spanning fourteen countries throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Recent projects include the Menil Drawing Institute, on the campus of the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, which opened November 2018; a renovation of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, which opened in September 2017; the new UCLA Graduate Art Studios campus in Culver City, California; and the design of the new Dropbox global headquarters in San Francisco.
Transparency
Johnston Marklee is a WBE-certified, BIPOC-led firm. For our firm, equity and sustainability in society and building are inextricably linked and guide our practice protocols across all sectors of decision-making and collaboration. The structure of our design process, communication approach, and engagement with our staff, collaborators, and clients is founded on seeking out diverse voices, far reaching spheres of influence, and unexpected confluences of ideas and traditions towards sustainable outcomes.
Diversity at JML
Diversity and Sustainability
Diversity in Thinking
Recognition
2023 Finalist Project
MCHAP
Menil Drawing Institute
February, 2023
Design Award - Merit Award, Interior Architecture
AIA Los Angeles
Dropbox Global Headquarters
November, 2022
1st Prize, International Design Competition
Swiss House
Swiss House
October, 2022
2022 AIA Education Facility Design - Merit Award
AIA National
UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios
May, 2022
Arts and Letters Award in Architecture
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Sharon Johnston & Mark Lee
April, 2022
2022 AIA Architecture Awards
AIA National
Menil Drawing Institute
February, 2022
Publications
Collaborations
