Steve Smith AIA

Leadership, Principal

Steve Smith

Steve Smith AIA

Leadership, Principal

Steve Smith serves as the Managing Director of Cooper Carry’s Washington, DC office. As a Principal, Steve has been a leader in bringing national recognition to the design work of the firm. With offices in Atlanta, New York, and Washington, DC, Steve and his partners have built a firm that understands the strong ties between architecture, landscape, urban planning, and sustainability. Steve joined Cooper Carry in 1986, and has successfully completed many complex projects of various building types, particularly office, corporate, multifamily, and mixed-use. Steve has led large-scale design projects across the country representing more than $2 billion in cumulative construction value. One of the industry’s leading experts in adaptive-reuse design, Steve has been invited to speak at industry conferences and was a subject matter expert content provider for NAIOP’s Fundamentals of Adaptive Reuse course.

Steve received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Notre Dame while also spending a year in the Notre Dame Rome Studies program in Italy. He is a member of ULI,  CoreNet Global, DBIA, NAIOP and the AIA.

Watch NAIOP’s Insight, Key Considerations for Adaptive Reuse, featuring Cooper Carry’s Steve Smith.