Nat Slayton enjoys navigating between a project’s aspirational vision and its functional realities. With a strong technical and design background, he helps to lead collaborations among designers, engineers, builders and stakeholders, working across disciplines to discover innovative opportunities and solutions. His 17 years of architecture experience includes the design of research and teaching facilities for academic institutions, such as the Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley; high-performance, mixed-use residential buildings in urban settings; corporate campus expansions; and public projects, such as the Multnomah County Health Department Headquarters in Portland, Oregon, and the U.S. Embassy Compound in Paramaribo, Suriname. Nat received a Bachelor of Art in Russian Language and Literature from the University of Oregon, and a Master of Architecture with Distinction from Harvard University Graduate School of Design.