Name: Aaron Hill, AIA
Firm: Bialosky Cleveland
Family: Wife – Carrie & 5-year-old twins – Harper (girl) & Hayden (boy)
Years in practice: 20
Education: University of Florida (B. Design) / Georgia Tech (M. Arch)
Your first job: Official scorekeeper at the local little league baseball par
Project you’re proudest of: NASA Research Support Center – A new workplace being depended on to shift the culture of NASA to attract the next generation of engineers and scientists.
What have you always wanted to tell your clients? “They didn’t teach me about you in school.”
What’s the most annoying thing architects do? Not listen
Favorite tool (can be digital, drafting, physical,…): Moleskine
Favorite building: TWA Flight Center
Favorite outdoor space: The High Line
Architect you’d like to have a drink with: Eero Saarinen while sitting in a Womb Chair
Best gift to give an architect: A black t-shirt
If you hadn’t become an architect, what would you have been? A Chef
If you could live anywhere in the world, where? Cleveland (stop laughing)
What’s on your iPod/Pandora/Spotify? Eric Church, Chris Stapleton, Zac Brown
The secret to my success: Great mentors
Advice to young architects: Get actively involved in the AIA in order to surround yourself with people you will learn from and be inspired by.
Architectural quote to practice by: “When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. But when I’m finished, if the solution is not beautiful I know it’s wrong.” – Buckminster Fuller
TWA Flight Terminal designed by Eero Saarinen in 1962