Team - Kathleen Lechleiter

Kathleen Lechleiter, FAIA

Kathleen M. Lechleiter is an experienced professional with over 30 years of practice as a registered architect including work in Maryland, Washington D.C., and the mid-Atlantic area.  She is founder of Twopoint Studio, LLC (formerly k.lechleiter ARCHITECT LLC), a certified MBE/DBE with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and a Women Owned Business (WBE) with the City of Baltimore.   She has extensive experience in both commercial and multi-family housing including historic renovation.  Her work is concentrated in the City and includes market rate, affordable, and transitional units with a thorough understanding of the different housing segments and their relationship to the community.

Ms. Lechleiter is an adjunct faculty at Morgan State University’s School of Architecture + Planning (SA+P) and North Dakota State University’s School of Design, Architecture and Art (SoDAA) teaching in the graduate and undergraduate programs.  She is Chair of the Advisory Board for SoDAA, former Chair and Board Member of The Women's Housing Coalition and former member of the Fells Point Design Review Committee.  Currently she is the College of Fellows Regional Representative for the Middle Atlantic Region. Kathleen is a recipient of awards from AIA/Baltimore, AIA/Minnesota, Baltimore Heritage, MD Governor's Housing Conference, the Daily Record and the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials.

 

POSITIONS HELD

College of Fellows Regional Representative (Mid-Atlantic) (2025-2027)

Adjunct Professor
Morgan State University (2013 - present)

North Dakota State University (2023)

Board Member and Past President
Women's Housing Coalition

Committee Member and Past Chair
Fells Point Design Review Committee

National Architectural Accreditation Board (NAAB)
Yildiz Technical University Accreditation Visit, AIA Team Member (2024)

Kennesaw State University Architecture Accreditation Visit, ACSA Team Member (2023)

North Dakota State University Architecture Accreditation Visit, Non-Voting Panel Member (2018)

 

AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS

Excellence in Construction & Real Estate Award in Architecture
The Daily Record, 2019

The Divided Line (with RE/PUBLIC)
AIA Baltimore Special Citation, 2017

Restoration Award
Baltimore Heritage, 2017

Commitment to Excellence & Special Needs
MD Governor's Housing Conference, 2013

Restoration and Rehabilitation Award
Baltimore Heritage, 2013

Baltimore's Book of Imaginary Buildings
Jeremy Kargon, 2009

Smooth Operator
Urbanite, February 2008

 

EDUCATION

Master of Architecture
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (1983)

Bachelor of Architecture
North Dakota State University (1982)

Bachelor of Arts
North Dakota State University (1981)

 
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