Steven Grover
Principal
Steven was educated in both architecture and structural engineering at Stanford University, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, and the University of California at Berkeley. He accumulated diverse professional design and engineering experience before establishing SGA in 1990 and has steadily built the range and scope of the firm’s projects since then. He is a licensed architect and civil engineer who has worked for 38 years in design and construction.
Recent projects and studies include bicycle and pedestrian freeway and railway bridges and underpasses, stair and ramp facilities, innovative freeway noise barriers, and an urban landmark bicycle parking facility and multi-use pathway design. Virtually all of the over ninety large and small projects completed by the firm are distinguished by creative, elegant, and human design solutions to problems involving difficult geometric and engineering constraints, challenging public input, and conflicting functional goals and requirements.
Oscar
Tsai
Project Manager
Oscar is interested in the process and product of good urban planning and design. As a Project Manager at SGA, he draws upon his teaching and engagement experience to execute professional reports, track project progress and budget, coordinate between clients, consultants, agencies, and stakeholders, develop public outreach and community engagement methods and materials. He also contributes to the design process with his research knowledge of design-based development regulations and how society interacts with space. Prior to joining SGA, he studied regional collaborative planning for sustainability, taught university courses, and published a journal article on form-based codes and sustainability. He holds advanced degrees in urban planning, policy, and design, as well as social science.
Jimmy earned his Professional Master of Architecture degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design. He also earned his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Ball State University, just outside his hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana. Jimmy’s design philosophy is rooted at the intersection of traditional craft, material sensibility, and modern aesthetics. His design work at SGA as Architectural Designer builds upon prior work experience in various architectural design/build firms where he completed projects ranging in scale from a single chair to large retail and mixed-use spaces. Jimmy also enjoys making furniture in his spare time as a personal exploration into form and materiality, influencing his architectural design work.
JIMMY DARLING
Architectural Designer