Associate Principal
Katherine Wohlsen
AIA, LEED AP

“Programming and planning for colleges and universities is reciprocal: Through the process of designing learning environments, I get to learn about cutting-edge science and engineering from faculty members.”
Katherine Wohlsen has plotted her own pathway to success. She has played a significant role in growing the firm’s nationally-recognized academic practice and led the planning of some of the firm’s most important and celebrated academic projects, including Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland, Swarthmore College, Old Dominion University, and Yale University. Katherine’s energetic and caring engagement style combined with a devotion to design and tireless focus on detail have cemented long-lasting relationships with her clients as well as her peers.
featured projects

Kiewit Hall Honored with AIA Nebraska Design Awards
November 19, 2024

Reshaping Yale for a New Wave of Quantum Physics, Engineering, and Materials
November 04, 2024

TenBerke and Ballinger Design Brown University’s New Signature Life Sciences Research Facility in Providence’s Jewelry District
September 12, 2024

Ballinger and TenBerke Design Generational Complex for Quantum at Yale University
July 18, 2024

Maxine Frank Singer Hall Wins National AIA Design Award
June 11, 2024

Virginia Commonwealth University’s STEM Building Awarded LEED Gold
May 29, 2024

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Kiewit Hall Grand Opening
March 12, 2024

Plans for Brown University Integrated Life Sciences Building Advance
February 01, 2024

Ballinger Honored with 2023 AIA Pennsylvania Architectural Excellence Awards
November 21, 2023

Maxine Frank Singer Hall Wins 2023 AIA Philadelphia Award
November 15, 2023

VCU STEM Building wins Golden Hammer Award
November 07, 2023

Programming and Planning Options: Strategies for Collaborative STEM Buildings
November 06, 2023

Ballinger Projects Selected as Finalists for AIA Pennsylvania Awards
October 27, 2023

Greenbuild Tour of American University Hall of Science
August 09, 2023

VCU STEM Building Opens
April 27, 2023

Ballinger Chosen to Partner on Brown University’s New Hub for High-Impact Life Science Research
November 08, 2022

Ballinger Announces Staff Promotions
October 31, 2022

University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Kiewit Hall Tops Out
September 12, 2022

A Year of Discovery at AU’s Hall of Science
January 15, 2022

American University Hall of Science Wins IIDA Award
January 07, 2022

Sustainability at American University’s Hall of Science
December 03, 2021

Towering Potential
November 13, 2021

Nebraska Celebrates Kiewit Hall Groundbreaking
July 01, 2021

VCU STEM Building Tops Out
May 05, 2021

VCU STEM Building Taking Shape
February 16, 2021

Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building at Berea College Awarded LEED Gold
July 23, 2019

Swarthmore’s Singer Hall Named in Honor of Scientist Alumna
May 18, 2019

Johns Hopkins University Undergraduate Teaching Labs Achieves LEED Platinum
January 14, 2017

Ballinger’s Design Approach to Interdisciplinary Buildings Featured in Tradeline Report
August 10, 2016

Tradeline Features Ballinger’s Laboratory Renovation
February 19, 2015