James leads the West Coast region of HKS | LINE alongside Heath May (Global Sector Director- HUB). His responsibilities cut across various sectors and stages of design. He
has made significant contributions to some of the most complex and innovative elements of the HKS portfolio. Most notable supporting Venues and Sports on complex
geometries and long-span structures. James also teaches Advanced Structures within the graduate program at Woodbury University’s School of Architecture where he
promotes computational design as a tool for conceptual form finding, in-situ concept analysis, and optimization methodologies. His course encourages structural concepts
that extend beyond the fundamentals into form-active and vector active design approaches.