firm Leadership
Jonathan Hammond
AIA, LEED-AP
Principal
Mr. Hammond’s practice blends architecture and sculpture to honor the spirit of place. Hammond is a LEED-accredited architect who has been a pioneer in the passive solar building and planning movement since the 1970’s. As founder of Living Systems, he helped author the nation’s first energy-conserving city building code. He also designed and built California’s first modern straw bale structure. Before co-founding Indigo, Hammond taught Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the Kyushu Institute of Design in Japan and Landscape Architecture at the University of Illinois.
BRUCE PLAYLE
AIA
Principal
With a professional design and planning background and over thirty years of experience in municipal, educational and commercial facilities, Mr. Playle has managed large master plan projects and has been an innovator in the development of the design-build process in both the public and private sectors. His special abilities in the facilitation of large user groups and committees are useful tools in reaching design consensus. Mr. Playle believes that the success of a project hinges on a well-managed design and construction process.
Team
Careers
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Project Architect & BIM Manager
Prescott provides his clients with design solutions that address their needs, promoting a fully realized 3D modeling approach to design development. Using Building Information Modelling (BIM) in this way allows the project team to create a beautiful building whose design is fully integrated with its construction documentation. Prescott has achieved a reputation for projects that are built well, built on time, and completed within budget. Practicing architecture for more than 24 years, Prescott has extensive experience collaborating with myriad organizations and has designed a wide range of projects, including public safety facilities, fire stations, transit centers, high-end homes, senior apartments, and university classrooms. Prescott served as project architect for the recently completed LEED Platinum Dublin Police & Fire Public Safety Complex – recipient of the national American Public Works Association’s 2021 Project of the Year.