Katherine Austin, AIA, Architect
179 SE Rice Way
Bend, OR 97702
707-529-5565
www.austinaia.com
Katherine Austin, AIA, Architect is a Sole Practitioner focused on creating community. She is based in Bend OR and Sebastopol CA. Her firm, founded in 1995, has been focused on affordable and middle market housing. Katherine has designed homeless shelters, Habitat for Humanity homes, Senior Housing, Multi-Family, Mixed-Use, Small-Lot Subdivisions including ADUs, Town Houses, and Cottage Clusters.
Katherine was licensed in CA in 1991, graduating from UCLA in 1986. She is licensed in both California and Oregon. Katherine specializes in challenging sites and or difficult entitlements. She is a former Planning Commissioner, City Councilor, and Mayor of Sebastopol CA. She currently sits on the City of Bend’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee and Bend’s Central Area Advisory Board, a Tax Increment Financing District. Katherine also sits on the Oregon State Board of Architect Examiners. Her most recent development the Barlow Crossing Town Homes in Sebastopol CA won an AIA Redwood Empire Chapter 2022 Design Award Citation for Community, located on an infill brownfield and flood plain. With a record of 100% approval of projects she enjoys a challenge and providing dignified housing for all
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