Our Team
Luis Ayala, AIA RID LEED ap bd+C
1(832)341-1013
luis@luisayalastudio.com
Houston, TX
For the past twenty-four years, Luis has interacted within a wide range of projects types, Residential, Commercial, and Educational. Since moving to Houston in 2007, Luis focused solely on the design of education facilities for higher education institutions and K-12 schools. His expertise includes campus design, master planning, programming, and facility design.
Luis has many other skills that complement his abilities as a designer and architect. Sustainability is one of Luis’s stronger interests, and many of his projects have received design awards recognizing his innovation in green design.
Luis is also an avid architectural photographer, recognized in 2017 by the Texas Society of Architects with the Award for Excellence in the Promotion of Architecture Through the Media.
Luis fluently speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and English. In 2016, Luis was distinguished by YAF Houston as a part Emerging Voices Exhibition and later the same year by AIA National as an Emerging Professional. Recently, in 2020 the AIA Houston Awarded him with the Ben Brewer Award for Young Architects. Luis teaches Architecture Studio at University of Houston
EDUCATION:
1993 Design Workshop, Universita de Firenze, Florence, Italy
1994 Professional photographer, Asuncion, Paraguay.
1995 Interior Design semester, SDSU, San Diego, CA
1996 Architectural design, IUAV, Istituto Universitario de Venezia, Venice Italy
1999 Architect degree by Universidad Catolica Asuncion, Paraguay
2001 Licensed architect by Ministerio de Obras Publicas y construcciones, Paraguay
2008 LEED AP, United States Green Building Council
2013 AIA, Licensed architect in Texas
2018 RID, Registered Interior Designer in Texas
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Institute of Architects
U.S. Green Building Council
RDA Rice Design Alliance
Colegio de Arquitectos del Paraguay
Asociación de Fotógrafos profesionales del Paraguay
LIA, Latinos in Architecture, AIA Houston
Stephanie Wherry, aia
351 (937) 037 295
stephanie@luisayalastudio.com
Lisbon, Portugal
Stephanie has spent the past 9 years working on a variety of project types ranging from Restaurants and Mixed-Use Residential to Higher Education and Cultural projects.
Her love for design and her curiosity about what could be carries through her work. (sometimes)
Stephanie is passionate about the way design can affect the human perspective. Light is one of her favorite tools for shaping and manipulating space and is always a focus in the work she creates.
Stephanie fluently speaks English and French (kind of fluently at least) and is currently learning Portuguese. She has been awarded "Best Smile 2021" and "Decent Sense of Humor Relatively Speaking"
EDUCATION:
2013 Architectural Degree, University of Houston
2020 AIA, Licensed Architect in Texas
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Institute of Architects