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Douglas Ito
Douglas Ito is a managing principal of SMR Architects in Seattle.
Background & practice
Douglas Ito is a managing principal of SMR Architects in Seattle. His AIA biography describes work across affordable housing, from shelters to multifamily homes, and discusses permanent supportive housing and facilities for young people. The 2024 Whitney M. Young Jr. Award recognises an architectural practice driven by the belief that good design should serve people facing racial, social and political barriers, connecting housing projects with community transformation.
How to read the work
Use housing design to advance social purpose, considering the needs of people experiencing homelessness and other forms of exclusion alongside the quality of buildings and the life of their communities.
Managing principal and individual award recipient expressly named by AIA.
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