Photo · Filip Kvasnak
Justin Pohl designs places, images, and the planning behind them.
Commercial design at 505Design in Boulder, then facilities coordination for Boulder Valley School District. Master of Architecture, Kansas State University.
Lives in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.
- 10+
- years in the US and Canada
- M.Arch
- Kansas State University
- 90+
- projects at 505Design
- 5M+ sf
- coordinated at Boulder Valley
Biography
Justin Pohl is a designer in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. He grew up in Overland Park, Kansas, after early years in Raytown, and graduated from Blue Valley Northwest in 2008. The work is places, images, and the planning behind them.
He earned a Master of Architecture from Kansas State University from 2008 to 2013. There he was an ambassador for the College of Architecture, Planning and Design, a tutor for structural systems, and active in the American Institute of Architecture Students. In 2012 he studied architecture and urban planning at Czech Technical University in Prague. As a graduate student he designed the Camp Daisy Bath House with El Dorado Architects and helped fabricate the showers and trough. Studio courses included work with BNIM Architects and El Dorado.
From 2015 to 2020 he was a designer at 505Design in Boulder, now Cooper Carry, on commercial, retail, and mixed-use projects. From 2021 to 2024 he coordinated facilities for Boulder Valley School District, including records for more than 50 buildings.
He lives in Lee’s Summit with Darcy McDonough, who studied interior architecture and product design at Kansas State. He is not a licensed architect and does not provide architectural services that require a license. He likes tennis and cycling.
Career
He supported the design team through each phase of a project. He is not considered an expert. Licensed architects directed the work.
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2021–2024 Boulder Valley School District — Facility Archive Coordinator and Project Designer
Coordinated asset locations across more than 5 million square feet and more than 50 buildings, with planning, construction, and operations in Boulder, Colorado.
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2019–2020 505Design — Designer II, Associate
In Boulder, that support was concept and placemaking on large commercial projects: a project vision and identity, held from early design through construction and within the client’s budget. He made drawings for client, tenant, and city approval, coordinated with the client and consultants, and helped new staff get started.
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2015–2019 505Design — Designer I
Supported retail, open-air retail, mixed-use, interiors, and specialty fabrication from the first ideas through construction documents, including client and city presentations. Projects also included transit-oriented development, industrial lots, and planned unit developments.
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2010–2012 Club Demonstration Services — Sales Advisor
Part-time product demonstrations for customers in Overland Park, Kansas.