Associate Principal
Katherine Wohlsen
AIA, LEED AP
![](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_1800x1350/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Wohlsen.jpg)
“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.
key information
Expertise
Academic
Education
University of Maryland,
Master of Architecture
Drew University,
Bachelor of Theater Arts
Registrations
AIA, LEED AP
Years at Ballinger
27
featured projects
![Exterior of Maxine Frank Singer Hall at Swarthmore College with AIA Pennsylvania Architectural Excellence Design Award and AIA Pennsylvania Architectural Excellence COTE Award seals in the corner](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_2560x1440/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MicrosoftTeams-image-10.jpg)
Ballinger Honored with 2023 AIA Pennsylvania Architectural Excellence Awards
November 21, 2023
![Exterior View of Maxine Frank Singer Hall at Swarthmore College](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_2560x1439/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/13046_00_N93_slider.jpg)
Maxine Frank Singer Hall Wins 2023 AIA Philadelphia Award
November 15, 2023
![Exterior of Virginia Commonwealth University STEM building](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_2560x1707/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/17046_00_N39_slider.jpg)
VCU STEM Building wins Golden Hammer Award
November 07, 2023
![Exterior of American University building at dusk](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_2560x2048/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/15057_00_N111_slider.jpg)
Programming and Planning Options: Strategies for Collaborative STEM Buildings
November 06, 2023
![Chemistry tower at University of Wisconsin-Madison and Singer Hall at Swarthmore College both selected as finalists for AIA Pennsylvania Awards](/_ipx/f_png,s_2560x1440/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AIA-Award-Banners-website.png)
Ballinger Projects Selected as Finalists for AIA Pennsylvania Awards
October 27, 2023
![Exterior of American University Hall of Science](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_2560x1726/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/15057_00_N108_slider.jpg)
Greenbuild Tour of American University Hall of Science
August 09, 2023
![Group photo at Virginia Commonwealth University STEM building](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_2560x1920/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Unknown.jpeg)
VCU STEM Building Opens
April 27, 2023
![Lab tools at Brown University](/_ipx/f_png,s_2560x1434/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-08-at-4.10.45-PM.png)
Ballinger Chosen to Partner on Brown University’s New Hub for High-Impact Life Science Research
November 08, 2022
![interior of Ballinger firm](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_2560x1920/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MicrosoftTeams-image-4.jpg)
Ballinger Announces Staff Promotions
October 31, 2022
![](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_2560x2048/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/15057_00_N120_slider.jpg)
A Year of Discovery at AU’s Hall of Science
January 15, 2022
![](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_2560x2048/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/7.jpg)
American University Hall of Science Wins IIDA Award
January 07, 2022
![](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_2560x1707/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/15057_00_N116_medium.jpg)
Sustainability at American University’s Hall of Science
December 03, 2021
![](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_2560x1446/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/14088_00_N4-scaled-1.jpg)
Towering Potential
November 13, 2021
![](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_2560x1461/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/UNL2.jpg)
Nebraska Celebrates Kiewit Hall Groundbreaking
July 01, 2021
![](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_2560x1436/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/VCU2.jpg)
VCU STEM Building Taking Shape
February 16, 2021
![Berea College - Ballinger](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_2560x1558/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/14021_00_N12_web.jpg)
Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building at Berea College Awarded LEED Gold
July 23, 2019
![AIA PA Award](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_2560x1919/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/09024_00_N39_web.jpg)
Johns Hopkins University Undergraduate Teaching Labs Achieves LEED Platinum
January 14, 2017
![](/_ipx/f_jpeg,s_2560x1920/https://www.ballinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/09024_00_N42-scaled.jpg)
Tradeline Features Ballinger’s Laboratory Renovation
February 19, 2015