BIA Book 1

BOOK 1
BIA DESIGN profile
principals
clients
Leonard J. Bertaux AIA, LEED
Chris M. Iwerks AIA, LEED
Leonard Bertaux is a co-founder and principal of the firm with over 30 years of experience in the planning and design of transportation, institutional, commercial, municipal, and
residential architecture.
With an educational background in physics and architecture, he leverages his passion for improving the ways buildings work to create high performance buildings that are energy
efficient, resource-wise, and people-centered. Focusing on ways to move architecture to net-zero energy use, his philosophy is to maximize passive building strategies in order to
reduce energy need while incorporating cost-effective renewable energy solutions to further enhance energy independence. Leonard is a leading practitioner of sustainable design
and a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP) with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
Leonard’s innovative design work has been recognized by numerous design excellence awards, most recently for the Bridgeport Intermodal Transportation Center which has
brought new vitality to the city’s waterfront. Prior to forming Bertaux+Iwerks (now BIA.studio) he was a design principal with the Wallace Floyd Design Group for 14 years.
Registration:
Massachusetts; Connecticut; Maine; Rhode Island; New York; NCARB Certification; LEED AP
Education: Rhode Island School of Design, Bachelor of Architecture 1977; Ecole Nationale Superior des Beaux Arts, Paris, France 1972-73;
University of Rochester, Bachelor of Science in Physics 1972
Chris Iwerks is a co-founder and principal of the firm. His interest in the principles of outcome-oriented thinking has been the point of departure in developing the firm’s
Outcome-Driven design framework. The methods of Outcome-Driven design now serve as the firm’s basic collaboration platform for every project undertaken.
His design work covers an unusually wide range of building types and sizes, executed at scales ranging from very large public works and civic projects to mid-sized academic
and transportation facilities. His portfolio includes nationally recognized projects for education, research, transportation and civic institutions. His efforts have been recognized
nationally and locally for design excellence, including receipt of the highest architectural achievement in Boston—the Harleston Parker Medal for “the most beautiful building in
Boston”—awarded to Vent Building No. 7 at Logan Airport.
Throughout his career, Chris has been an advocate for integrating sustainable design strategies into his projects and was among the first in the country to become a LEED
Accredited Professional (LEED AP) with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Prior to forming Bertaux+Iwerks (now BIA.studio) he
was a co-founder of TAMS Architecture in Boston, which he led for 21 years.
Registration:
Massachusetts; Connecticut; Maine; Rhode Island; NCARB Certification; LEED AP
Albany Airport Authority, NY
Bergen County, Hackensack, NJ
Boston College, Boston, MA
Boston Public Facilities Department
Brookfield Financial Properties, New York, NY
Brookline Savings Bank, Brookline, MA
Brooklyn Sports Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Carroll School for the Blind, Newton, MA
Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
City of Amesbury, MA
City of Boston, MA
City of Bridgeport, CT
City of Elmira, NY
City of Malden, MA
City of Nashua, NH
City of Worcester, MA
Connecticut Department of Transportation
Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Division of Capital Asset Management, Comm of MA
Emerson College, Boston, MA
Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
Erieview Center for Convention and Trade, Cleveland, OH
Falmouth Housing Authority, Falmouth, MA
First Realty Management
Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA
Greater Cleveland Regional Transportation Authority
Gunwyn Development
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Hillsborough County, Nashua, NH
Howard University, Washington, DC
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Keene State College, Keene, NH
Lowell Regional Transit Authority
Maine Department of Transportation
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Massachusetts Highway Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Massachusetts Port Authority
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
Massasoit Community College, Brockton, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Naval War College, Newport, RI
New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
Rhode Island Department of Transportation
Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority
Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority
St. Clair County, IL
TAMS Architects and Engineers, Boston, MA
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Town of Arlington, MA
Town of Lexington, MA
Town of Needham, MA
Town of Royalston, MA
Town of Stoneham, MA
Town of Wareham, MA
Tren Urbano, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Tweed-New Haven Airport, CT
United States Navy, Brooklyn, NY
United States Postal Service, Brockton, MA
University Cork College, Cork, Ireland
University of Massachusetts Building Authority
University of Massachusetts Medical School,
Worcester, MA
University of Massachusetts Lowell
US State Department (Ottawa Embassy, Canada)
Windsor Associates, Boston, MA
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Education: Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Master of Architecture, 1979;
Cal Poly College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, 1976