About Tom:
Tom joined Utile in 2023 with seventeen years of architectural experience at a variety of scales and contexts, bringing significant experience working with institutional and commercial clients. His work has ranged from large mixed-use projects such as the 454-unit Site 4 development at Kendall square for MIT/MITIMCo, to replacement facilities for both of Massachusetts’ Veterans homes (154- and 234-units of long-term care, respectively), to thoughtful adaptive use renovations such as the Hinman Building at Georgia Tech’s College of Architecture.
Prior to Utile, Tom spent five years as a project architect at Payette in Boston, with a disciplined focus on robust and sustainable building envelopes, as well as the design of inviting public spaces. He recently had the opportunity to present the story of the Veterans Home at Chelsea, MA, alongside two colleagues at the 2023 National AIA Conference in San Francisco, with a focus on accessible and sustainable design for elder care. Prior to Payette, Tom also spent nine years at NADAAA in Boston, where he contributed to the design and project management of three schools of architecture, as well as significant interventions into the public realm, including the Kendall Square T headhouse and the Cornell Bridges Means Restriction project.
Tom Holds an M.Arch from UCLA and an undergraduate degree from Brown University, where he studied visual art and photography. As a Rhode Island resident of 15 years, he is happy to have shortened his commute now that he is stationed at Utile’s Providence office. These days, Tom splits his photographic attention between local landscapes and his wife and two children.