Kip Ellis has more than 20 years of experience as a designer and planner who specializes in academic environments. He brings a love of the history of American culture and its influence on architectural design on college and university campuses to his work. Kip always strives to make his designs reflect the unique aspirations, cultures, and places for which they are intended, so that each building has a sense of truly belonging to both people and place.

Kip’s specialty is the design of sophisticated science buildings that promote innovative learning while celebrating each institution’s unique culture. He has provided strategic, creative contributions to many of EYP’s science education projects, as well as thought leadership on a significant number of planning and feasibility studies. Kip is an author and frequent lecturer on the special challenges and issues of designing for higher education and is recognized as a national leader in advancing Science Education and Research in the United States. He is a frequent presenter at events for Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL), the Society for College and University Planners (SCUP), Labs 21, and Tradeline.

Kip’s award-winning projects include the Unified Science Center at Swarthmore College and the Integrated Science Center at the College of the Holy Cross, recipient of both a Boston Society of Architects Design Honor Award and the New England Regional Chapter of the American Institute of Architect’s Design Honor Award.

Kip shares his expertise and passion for design by teaching design studios at the Boston Architectural College.