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Julie earned a Bachelor of Arts in The Growth and Structure of Cities from Bryn Mawr College in 1995 followed by a Master of Architecture from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation in 2001. Prior to the founding of KBAS, she worked as a project manager/architectural designer with several design firms in and around NYC including Eric Baker Architecture (NJ), Delecour & Ferrara Architects (Brooklyn, NY) and Stephen Tilly, Architect (Dobbs Ferry, NY). Julie is currently a visiting lecturer in the Department of Landscape Architecture and a studio critic in the Department of Architecture at University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Design.

KBAS was launched in 2002 by Keith Kaseman and Julie Beckman in New York City. Upon having their entry selected as the winning scheme in the Pentagon Memorial Design Competition in 2003, KBAS relocated operations to Alexandria, VA for over three years to focus efforts on the Memorials design development and construction documents. With construction underway on the Pentagon Memorial, KBAS relocated its headquarters to Philadelphia, PA in 2006. Their operational neighborhood spans from New York City to Washington, DC on a weekly basis. KBAS thrives in situations where multifaceted, innovative strategies are required to consolidate and transform diverse parameters into spatial opportunities and bonuses not yet imagined. They practice design as a rigorous process of interrogation and refinement towards interwoven strategies that facilitate intelligent space. Equipped with an array of imaginative techniques and digital design tools, they operate with an acute capacity to face any compelling design challenge head-on.