Taylor Aikin has been promoted to Partner, effective January 1st. Since joining the firm in 2015, Aikin has distinguished himself as a leader in design, planning, and management.

Aikin joins founding Partners Mary Burnham and Jeffrey Murphy, Partner Sara Grant, and Associate Partner Maricela Salas on the firm’s leadership team.

“We are thrilled that Taylor has accepted this responsibility,” Mary Burnham, FAIA, said. “We look forward to taking on new design challenges and growing together as a firm.”

Aikin’s promotion coincides with the firm’s 25th anniversary, a year that saw the launch of new projects in higher education, PK-12 schools, and workplace planning and design.

“I’m humbled and incredibly excited,” he said. “I’m inspired by this firm and our talented, hard-working team. My goal is to build on MBB’s record of impactful work on behalf of our clients and the communities we serve.”

Aikin is a strategic thinker and problem-solver who helps clients advance their mission. His work at MBB includes the Glass Wall projects at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the ground-up PS 19Q Marino P. Jeantet School, Sutton Place Synagogue renovations, and the Garitage Park mixed-use development in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is currently spearheading a workplace design project for an educational organization in Manhattan, a building addition for the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, and a new school for Smith Street Arts & Lettres in Brooklyn.

MBB Leadership, left to right: Sara Grant, Taylor Aikin, Mary Burnham, Jeffrey Murphy, Maricela Salas

Committed to civic and community engagement, Taylor serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Bricks & Mortals, a nonprofit that helps houses of worship leverage their real estate assets. He also serves on the Cultural Facilities Committee of the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, and on the NYC Mayor’s Working Group for Faith-Based Affordable Housing Development.