GARY HARTILL
AIA
President, Founder
Managing Principal
Since founding ORANGEWALLstudios in 2004, Gary Hartill has built an architecture practice in pursuit of collaborative communication. He sought to create and evolve a design process that brings clients and teams together in a dialogue, where simple questions can unlock elegant solutions to the most complicated challenges.
He brings an unbounded energy to each project, breaking down its potential barriers, establishing criteria for success and building value-based solutions. His first priority is to create an environment that facilitates healthy interchange between team members, client groups and stakeholders.
Gary’s enthusiasm is infectious. He works tirelessly to provide clients with attentive and responsive service, and inspires responsive ideation and rapid delivery from his talented, engaged team. His broad base of technical expertise in building systems and processes empowers Gary to quickly translate client requirements into clear, concise courses of action, providing assurance to stakeholders that their needs are understood and addressed.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Portland State University
REGISTRATIONS:
Registered Architect: California, AIA member
EMPATHY
“All of ORANGEWALL’s values resonate with me personally. However, when tension or stress starts to emerge, “Empathy” becomes very important. I look at the challenge from the other position and ask myself, ‘what is it that they are hoping to acheive?’ By understanding the WHY of a person’s action, the HOW that may be causing the initial friction dissolves into a shared understanding of acheiving the highest outcome for the challenge. When successful, this allows us to continue working together from a place of joy.”
