About Quinn Evans
Quinn Evans is a nationally recognized award-winning architecture and design firm informed by the past to design our shared future. We are technical experts who act as caretakers, conveners, and listeners able to identify the solutions that will best serve the community and long-term life of a place. Addressing the complex challenges of a variety of project types – from public sites, museums and visitor centers, civic, performing arts, educational, and hospitality, to multi-family housing - we bring expertise in cultural and sustainable stewardship to every decision in our projects and our practice. The quality and impact of our design and work in our communities is affirmed by our selection for the AIA’s 2024 Architecture Firm Award.
Team building is critical to the Quinn Evans practice. We create better work and more fulfilling professional lives together through a culture that fosters constructive engagement with a diversity of staff, practice, client communities, and points of view.
Be a part of a collaborative and diverse team designing ways for places and people to thrive today and tomorrow. As one of the largest women-owned design practices in the country, Quinn Evans takes pride in our diverse team and workplace culture that emphasizes leadership, innovation, teamwork, and professional development. We offer competitive compensation, a supportive hybrid work environment, and opportunity to make a difference through work on unique and impactful projects.
Our commitment to contributing to and advancing our profession is reflected in sponsorship and team member leadership positions in the Association for Preservation Technology, membership in the President’s Circle of the National Organization for Minority Architects (NOMA) and as a signatory of the 1.5°C COP26 Communiqué.
Job Overview
We are seeking a summer intern that is passionate about design and sustainability. This individual will report to Quinn Evans’s Director of Sustainability and provide research, building analysis, and performance models to aid design decisions on Quinn Evans projects and support firmwide sustainability and building performance initiatives. Internship may be located out of our Washington D.C., Baltimore, Ann Arbor, Detroit, or Richmond Offices.
Qualifications
- Current enrollment in a professional degree in Architecture, Engineering, or Building Science
- Experience in the following programs is desired, but not required or expected in all:
- Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Insight, Rhino and associated plug-ins: Grasshopper / Ladybug / Honeybee.
- Climate Studio, Tally, Athena, Therm, Tableau, Power BI
- Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Suite, Affinity Suite
- Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills
- Attention to detail, creative thinker, and well-organized
- Collaborative problem-solving skills with a professional work ethic
Potential 2024 Summer Projects
The summer intern projects will be identified at the start of the internship and consider current QE project and initiative needs and the candidate’s interests and capabilities.
- Provide embodied carbon analysis and calculations to quantify the value of building reuse and strategies to reduce embodied carbon in material selections.
- Support a cross-office materials initiative. Work with QE sustainability and practice area leaders to support research and develop a method to catalog and track materials with health and wellness attributes.
- Support post-occupancy evaluation initiatives.
- Support a research-based circadian lighting design project.
Quinn Evans is an equal opportunity employer, offering employment to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation/gender identity, Veterans status, and disability. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and encourage women and diverse applicants to apply.