Hafsa Burt

Founder/Creative Director · hb+a Architects · company speakers →

Hafsa Burt is a practicing architect with 23 years of design experience in carbon neutral and regenerative buildings. She is well-known for her expertise in eliminating toxins in indoor air quality, and for her legislative advocacy work to promote sustainable buildings. Burt founded her studio, hb+a Architects in 2006. Her portfolio spans designs for multifamily residential properties, institutions, hospitality, retail, and medical office buildings. hb+a architects includes Box Lab, a development arm focused on zero energy/zero carbon buildings. An industry expert on healthy building practices, Burt is a noted speaker about indoor air quality and carbon neutrality. She is actively engaged with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and serves on the AIA California Climate Action Committee developing legislation to address the embodied Carbon, Life Cycle Analysis and decarbonization of the building sector. She is also a WELL Faculty. Burt earned an undergraduate degree and a professional Master of Architecture from the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD). She has been named one of ENR’s 20 Under 40 Construction Professionals in California and received the American Institute of Architects’ coveted Young Architects’ Honor Award. She has also won Innovation in Design Awards by Fast Company and German Design Council.

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