Founding Principal | Spatializing
Michelle Hill Gayle is an award winning architect and interior designer with a broad range of experience, spanning from lead interior designer, furniture specifier, project architect, space planner, construction administrator to project manager and firm owner. Michelle founded Spatializing, Inc. in 2016 to help clients plan and implement facility improvements that enhance their bottom line by supporting employee wellness and productivity.
Michelle holds a BA in Architecture and an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.
Courses
Leadership & Where the Buck Stops
Who builds, manages, and supports the team and how?
This session focuses on how business strategy defines and influences an A+D practice's structure and its management, as well as the firm culture. Join Think-Time Tuesdays host, and SO|arch founder Elisabeth Sporer, AIA CIC a presentation on the business of running an A+D firm. Elisabeth provides an overview of firm profiles and firm structures, as well as leadership styles and firm cultures, then presents select SO|arch case studies in conversation with her clients:
- Building teams with Michelle Gayle Hill (Spatializing) and Rob Zirkle (brick)
- Improving overall performance for small and midsized firms with Cathy Merrill (Merrill Morris Partners)
- Leveraging niche services with Dong Kim (DIALOG)
Course expires 03/24/2025