Mark R. Shoemaker
, AIA![](https://pcparch.com/media/pages/firm/mark-r-shoemaker/dfd0bb1a03-1711376495/mark-shoemaker-headshot-3-2-320x-q80.jpg 320w, https://pcparch.com/media/pages/firm/mark-r-shoemaker/dfd0bb1a03-1711376495/mark-shoemaker-headshot-3-2-640x-q80.jpg 640w, https://pcparch.com/media/pages/firm/mark-r-shoemaker/dfd0bb1a03-1711376495/mark-shoemaker-headshot-3-2-960x-q80.jpg 960w, https://pcparch.com/media/pages/firm/mark-r-shoemaker/dfd0bb1a03-1711376495/mark-shoemaker-headshot-3-2-1280x-q80.jpg 1280w, https://pcparch.com/media/pages/firm/mark-r-shoemaker/dfd0bb1a03-1711376495/mark-shoemaker-headshot-3-2-1800x-q80.jpg 1800w)
“Architecture is the art of the possible, inspired by the dream of the impossible.”
Mark R. Shoemaker leads placemaking design for large-scale commercial, healthcare, and transportation projects, including the Mayo Building, Reagan National Airport, and the Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco — which will be the first new high-speed rail station in the United States. Mark has taught and lectured at Pratt Institute, MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, and Ball State University. He received a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from the Georgia Institute of Technology, which included a year of study at École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.
Favorite Building: Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France