Joel Mendelson is principal and owner of M/AP. He is licensed to
practice Architecture in California and New York State. Joel’s work
focuses on urban design, site planning, high-end resorts, and historic
preservation. Prior to starting M/AP, Joel practiced at Robert A.M.
Stern Architects in New York City for over nine years. He served as
project manager and architect on a wide variety of urban design and
architecture projects, with an emphasis on single and multifamily
buildings and blocks, retail, hotel, resort development, and overall
character studies for towns, cities and resorts. Joel also practiced
recently at Hart Howerton, an architecture and planning firm, as well
as with Page & Turnbull, an architecture firm specializing in
historic preservation. Joel holds an MA in Architecture from the
University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Oberlin College. He lives in
the San Francisco Bay Area.