Mark English

Mark English Architects, San Francisco, California

Mark English, AIA, founded Mark English Architects in San Francisco, California in 1992, building numerous Modern residential and entertainment spaces throughout California, Texas and Mexico. His education at California Polytechnic Institute emphasized rigorous engineering and structural disciplines, later complemented by graduate studies in Florence, Italy that deepened his interests in Greco-Roman and Mesoamerican archaeology and history.

As a licensed architect, Mark has supported his profession through service on the AIA-SF Small Business Committee, the AIA-SF Board of Directors, the AIA-California Council, the AIA-SF Housing Committee, and Board member for the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco. He has actively supported the development of his professional peers and the aspiring young architects seeking to enter the profession. Mark became an Oxbow trustee to support its mission of helping young people develop as individuals through discovering and applying their own creativity.

Mark English is the editor of a respected online magazine, and has created a forum for the local architectural community with "The Architects' Take".

I learned to drop all previous assumptions I had about people because I had never met anyone like the other students at Oxbow. For the first time, my peers and their insightful thinking inspired me. For example, during the ‘Einstein’s Dreams’ presentations, I kept looking around the room thinking, I can’t believe all of these students are talking the way I think.

— Sara DeLong, Spring 2010

In the year leading up to Oxbow, I became obsessed with the program, I was entranced with reading testimonials and researching interdisciplinary learning styles. When I arrived at Oxbow I was never disappointed, despite my endless expectations. I will forever cherish the time I spent at Oxbow and the connections I made there. Through Oxbow I was able to hone into the ideas I was thinking about, to refine my artistic process and to see the world in a new light every day of my life. I'm not going to say that without Oxbow I wouldn't be the person I am today, but I will say that without Oxbow it would have taken me at least four years to become who I am after one Oxbow semester.

— Phoebe Dubisch, Fall 2018

Hey guys! OS33 alumni here! I received a full ride to California College of the Arts and just wanted to tell you guys that if it wasn't for the Oxbow experience and the great faculty who saw the potential in me I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did. I am still waiting for other colleges at the moment but I think this might be the school I will attend this fall!

— Keily Maldonado , Fall 2015

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