James runs JIM, a studio focused on designing structures within an urbanizing, post-anthropocene landscape. JIM is a member of the Field Collective, a coalition of small BC architectural firms sharing resources and knowledge to address our communities’ challenges, such as social injustice and climate change. Before starting his firm, James practiced across North America on projects ranging from Alaska’s North Slope schools to pro-bono community projects in Philadelphia’s inner city. He has also worked as a project manager for several contractors and fabricators.
Beyond practice, James has taught graduate studios at SALA since 2016. He also remains involved in archaeological projects throughout the Mediterranean, including studying Morgantina in central Sicily since 2008. There, he collaborates on both a legacy project looking at the Central Sanctuary and newly excavated material in a suburban district.
Born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, James grew up on the ancestorial territories of the Apsáalooke, Lakota, Ute, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Nations and forty-eight other Tribal Nations that were tied to the lands for trade, hunting, gathering, and healing.
More information on JIM can be found at the website: jim.studio
Education
MArch, University of Virginia: Graduate School of Architecture
BA in Architecture with minor in Economics, Lehigh University