Jeffry Burchard, AIA

Jeffry is an Architect and Urban Designer and is Managing Partner and Design Principal at Machado Silvetti. Jeffry is involved in all aspects of the practice, leading and collaborating on internal and external project teams in the design, management and implementation of architecture and master planning projects throughout the world.

In all his roles Jeffry brings enthusiasm for architecture, urban design and the experiential qualities of space and form. In addition to programmatic knowledge and project experience in commercial, public, cultural, and institutional projects, Jeffry has special expertise in the reuse and transformation of existing buildings, material fabrication, advanced geometry, smart energy, program and building analysis, and representation. He received the 2020 AIA Young Architects Award for his demonstrated commitment to excellence in design, professional practice, and education.

Jeffry joined Machado and Silvetti in 2008 as the Senior Project Designer for the New York University Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life. This project received an Honor Award in Design Excellence from the Boston Society of Architects in 2014. In 2015 Jeffry was named a Partner and Principal of Machado Silvetti, assuming leadership roles for both individual projects and the management of the office. Jeffry was the Project Architect and Urban Designer for both the 21 million SF Tun Razak Financial District in Kuala Lumpur and the new model campus for the Vietnamese-German University in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam which in 2016 won the BSA Honor Award in Design Excellence for Campus Planning. Additional projects include the Denver Art Museum, the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, Downtown Cary Park, Waltham Medical Office Building, Provincetown Hotel, and the renovations to Link Hall at Syracuse University, and Jeffry is the Principal-in-Charge of Machado Silvetti’s ongoing work on US Embassies throughout the world.

Jeffry is an Associate Professor in Practice of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design where he offers instruction in architectural design and professional practice. His work and writings have been featured in publications such as commonedge, CLOG, IntAR, Competition, Platform, ArchRecord, and Architect Magazine. He has served on several architectural juries including the AIA San Francisco and AIA Montana design awards. Jeffry is a licensed Architect, member of NCARB and the AIA, and has served on the Board of Directors at the Boston Society for Architecture, the second largest chapter of professional architects in the United States. At the BSA Jeffry co-created and hosted the Now-Practice-Now workshop series and he created and hosted the Opening Soon online lecture series.

Contact: jeffryb@machado-silvetti.com