When Mehrnoush Arsanjani, Carl Scholz, and Kurt Scholz came together to form Polytech Associates, they shared a common vision to create a collaborative practice that allowed its leaders to fully participate in the design process while helping to move the firm forward. They also wanted to build a leadership group that steadily guides the practice, setting the highest standards for our design team, which allows us to deliver projects of the highest quality to our clients.

While each member of our leadership brings their own expertise and views, our decision-making is always focused on making the best choices for our clients, our design team, and every project team that we lead. We have the advantage of shared history and training, as much of our core team has worked together previously - Mehrnoush, Carl, Bob, Rich, and Charles at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and with Lloyd hiring Polytech as his architecture firm of choice while employed at Kaiser Permanente.

Together, we foster an environment that is open and collaborative. We educate our clients so that they make informed choices through each project phase. We mentor our staff, enabling them to cultivate their design and project management skills. We partner with our subconsulting teams, encouraging open lines of communication and the open sharing of ideas.

As we embrace the opportunities to explore new project types and expand our practice, we remain deeply committed to creating environments that allow our clients to provide a superior product, and their best service.