Misato Eddy
Misato Eddy
Interior Designer, NCIDQ, CID, CHID, WELL AP
Misato is an interior design leader who has been with WRD Architects for 14 years. She cares deeply for her clients and works with them to provide personalized solutions. Misato is pivotal in managing the design aesthetic – both interior and exterior – to develop a seamless experience for users that meet the client’s goals and vision.
License: California Council for Interior Design Certification
Community involvement:
- Co-founder and active committee member of Interior Design Monterey Bay
- Active with International Interior Design Association
Inspiration: I am inspired by people, nature and traveling!
Matthew Heidel
Matthew Heidel
Associate Architect, RA, CASp
Matthew is a licensed architect and project manager with extensive construction administration experience. Prior to pursuing architecture full time, he worked for several contractors who taught him practical skills that support his design work. Matthew has been with WRD Architects for three years and specializes in glazing and building envelope design, accessibility compliance and code review, and commercial and historic renovation projects.
License: Licensed Architect, State of California
Community involvement:
- Volunteer for local Habitat for Humanity chapter
- Member and volunteer at Santa Cruz Triathlon Association (SCTA)
- Member and volunteer Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz (MBOSC)
- Past Board of Directors member of AIA Monterey Bay
Inspiration: Growing up in New York City, buildings were always what made the city for me, and the city was essential to everyday life. Monterey is now my inspiration. This is such a great little city, and the most beautiful place I have ever lived!
Ryan Cornelsen
Ryan Cornelsen
Project Manager
Ryan has over 20 years of experience designing and managing projects in Monterey County. A natural leader and problem solver, Ryan joined WRD Architects in 2016 where he brings innovative and thoughtful solutions to some of the biggest challenges. His design experience includes affordable housing complexes, universities, businesses, restaurants, hotels and homes.
Community Involvement:
- Advisory Board Director with Mission Trails Regional Occupational Program
- Elder Board member with Salinas Valley Community Church
- Young Life volunteer leader
- Former AIA Board Associates Co-Director
Inspiration: I like the people I work with and being part of a team. It is incredible to see how we can bring out the best in each other and ultimately create something better together, than if we were doing it on our own.
Shawn Capps
Shawn Capps
Associate Architect, AIA
Shawn has more than 20 years of design experience with WRD Architects. As a project manager and licensed architect, he is committed to listening to clients’ needs and working together to find solutions. His specialties include commercial, healthcare, industrial and custom residential design.
License: Licensed Architect, State of California
Inspiration: “Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space… On one hand it’s about shelter, but it’s also about pleasure.” Zaha Hadid
Kenneth Turgen
Kenneth Turgen
Associate
Kenneth is a versatile designer with a wide range of expertise including hospitality, adaptive reuse, historic preservation, multi-family housing, medical and civic projects. He has a proven track record working closely and successfully with local regulatory departments to move large, complex projects to completion. Kenneth, who has been with the firm for 15 years, excels at client relationships and managing the project needs with consistency and within designated timelines.
Community involvement:
• Chair of the Board of Directors of Monterey Bay Charter School
• Past member of the City of Marina Planning Commission and Design Review Board
Inspiration: It sounds so cliché, but inspiration is everywhere. From patterns in nature to fine art, I see beauty in light, color, materials, and textures and how they work together to create something novel.
Peter Silva
Peter Silva
Associate Architect
Peter Silva is a licensed architect with over 40 years of professional practice delivering high-quality, award-winning projects. He has designed and managed a diverse range of building types including high end custom residential, multi-family, mixed-use, historic, adaptive reuse, affordable housing, commercial, tenant improvements, civic, educational, and healthcare.
Peter is an effective team leader with a depth of experience in client relationships, project management, land use entitlements and post entitlement approvals, technical research, planning and building regulatory analysis, and an instinctive vision for innovative design solutions.
His work is defined by an inherent curiosity, creative problem solving, and collaborative teamwork.
License: Licensed Architect, State of California. License # c20083
Community involvement:
- City of Monterey Planning Commission, 2023-
- City of Monterey Building and Housing Appeals Board, 2023-
- City of Monterey Disabled Access Appeals Board, 2023-
- City of Monterey Architectural Review Committee, 2013-2019
- City of Santa Cruz Board of Building & Fire Appeals, 2003-2013
Inspiration: Creativity is intelligence having fun.
Lou Bartlett
Lou Bartlett
Associate Architect, AIA
Lou joined WRD Architects as an Associate in 2014 bringing more than 30 years of design experience to the firm. He is one of the top education architects serving the Monterey Bay region with a strong, well-rounded portfolio that includes commercial, religious and public works projects. Outside of work, Lou enjoys spending time with his family of four and pursuing various outdoor activities.
License: Licensed Architect, State of California
Inspiration: I draw the most inspiration from my life-long partner Jacquie, a teacher with a 15-year tenure in the Salinas Valley and our two wonderful daughters.
Christopher Barlow
Christopher Barlow
Principal Architect, AIA, LEED AP
As a principal partner for WRD Architects since 2014, Christopher promotes community design excellence on a regional scale. He leads the firm’s healthcare, mixed-use and historic projects with specialties in evidence-based design, sustainability, and adaptive reuse.
Licenses:
- Licensed Architect, State of California & Washington
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED-AP)
- Evidence-based Design Accreditation and Certification (EDAC)
Community Involvement:
- City of Monterey, Historic Preservation Committee
- Trustee, Monterey County Hospitality Association Health and Welfare Trust
- Subject Matter Expert (SME), California Office of Professional Examination Services (OPES)
- Otter Bay Water Polo Foundation
Inspiration: Creating designs that empower the people that inhabit them, along with a sense of grace and wonder that is wholly in tune with the beauty of our West Coast region.
Henry Ruhnke
Henry Ruhnke
Principal Architect
Henry has been the principal partner for WRD Architects since 1990 and has helped the firm grow into the largest in the Monterey Bay region. He oversees the design and development of hundreds of architectural projects in concert with the talented WRD staff.
License: Licensed Architect, State of California
Community Involvement:
- Director of the Rotary Club of Monterey
- Co-chairman for the Monterey County Hospitality Association’s government affairs committee
- Member of Monterey Commercial Property Owner’s Association
- Graduate of Leadership Monterey Peninsula (1992)
- Former Monterey Planning Commissioner and member of the Architectural Review Committee (10+ years)
Inspiration: Our dedicated team is probably the best and brightest staff of architects ever assembled on the Monterey Peninsula. And while our staff is amazing, it is the community design that we do together that really makes a difference and inspires me.
CIG Insurance
CIG Insurance
Headquartered in Monterey, Central Insurance Group (CIG) employs nearly 500 people across five Western states. In 2013, WRD Architects was engaged to develop interior finish standards and design guidelines for all CIG offices as part of a corporate rebranding strategy.
Shortly afterward, WRD implemented these standards throughout CIG’s Monterey campus. This work included a complete overhaul of all office areas and a full redesign of the president’s office. The CEO suite features hidden doors seamlessly integrated into the wall, leading to a private shower, bathroom, and coffee bar.
In a second phase, WRD modernized the main entry at CIG headquarters with a lobby remodel that highlights lush indoor plantings and an undulating blue canopy over the reception desk.
Together, these projects have transformed CIG’s formerly dated campus into a series of fresh, dynamic interiors that reinforce the company’s corporate identity and coastal roots.
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