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Thomas C. McCarthy, AIA, LEED AP
Thomas has overseen more than one hundred diverse projects spanning six continents. He is intimately involved in coordinating design and engineering disciplines and supporting client decision-making. His portfolio includes development of long-range facility master plans for more than a dozen campuses of the Houston Community College System, and phasing growth and renovation while continuing operations at the Baylor College of Medicine. He managed the design of the Echelon buildings in Alexandria, Virginia, a complex of high-rise residential towers that serve as models for transit-oriented, sustainable growth. He also oversaw base camp design for United Nations peacekeeping support in Darfur; a laboratory and academic building at George Mason University’s Prince William Campus in Manassas, Virginia; and numerous commercial office buildings in the Washington Metropolitan area including Carlyle Place, Carlyle Square, 600 13th Street, NW, the Silver LEED Certified Navy League Headquarters and Eisenhower Gateway. Thomas has managed design of U.S. Embassy compounds in Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Liberia, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, and Ukraine, and U.S. Consulate compounds in Dubai, Karachi, and Johannesburg. His Federal portfolio also includes the F.B.I. Field Office in Las Vegas; the U.S. Army Materiel Command Headquarters on Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; and a secure G.S.A. building on Bolling Air Force Base. Delivered as Design/Build awards, these projects demand foresight and high levels of team coordination to support their fast-tracked deadlines. Thomas is a LEED accredited professional with a commitment to sustainability and responsible stewardship of global resources. Since 2006, all of his Federal projects have been designed to achieve LEED certification, including embassy and consulate complexes, where novel approaches are demanded due to local capabilities and practices. Thomas served as an adjunct instructor at the University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture where he taught CADD and Digital Design, and is a former chairman of the Sandcastle Competition fundraiser for the Houston Chapter of the AIA. He received a B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, where he double-majored in Finance and Real Estate Development, and earned a M.Arch, with honors, from the University of Houston College of Architecture where he was inducted into Tau Sigma Delta Architectural Honor Society. |
Thomas McCarthy joined the Houston office of PageSoutherlandPage in 1997, bringing a passion for architecture and a strong business acumen. During an 18-month sabbatical in 1999 and 2000, he explored more than 20 countries and examined issues of modernization and commercialism in architecture and the urban fabric. In 2000, he joined the PageSoutherlandPage Washington, D.C., office with a fresh perspective on issues of international development and globalization, and a renewed commitment to environmental responsibility. Thomas brings a practical, client-focused perspective to architectural challenges and thrives on technically demanding projects with aggressive schedules.