Senior Architect – Janet MacKinnon, RA
Janet MacKinnon, RA is Senior Architect at Sorensen Partners, with 38 years of experience in the design and construction administration of complex Public, Educational, Multifamily Housing, Library, Civic and Commercial new construction and renovation projects. Janet excels at design, detailing, ADA plan review and compliance, green roof and sustainable design, and construction administration. She is highly experienced in construction contract administration, focusing on design-build problem-solving to keep schedules on track and limit change orders.
Janet started her career as an interior designer in the office of Canadian architect Arthur Erickson and learned architecture on the job over the course of her 12-year interior design career and 38-year architecture career. Janet has designed multiple new single-family homes, including Hedgegate, in Sea Ranch, CA, which showcases her design ability in sustainable and vegetated roof design.
Janet is an experienced technical Architect and is competent in BIM, CAD, and 3D modeling technology. Her expertise includes specification writing, construction administration, accessibility, and public bidding. Janet manages all aspects of client projects, from project management and engineering coordination to programming, interior and exterior design, estimate coordination, and construction administration.
/ Professional Licenses & Accreditations
/ Registered Architect, CA – License #C20229
/ Green Point Rated (GPR) Rater – New and Existing Residential – Build it Green – ID 2009-037
/ Green Roof Professional (GRP) – Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
/ HERS Rater I & II (Whole House Rater) – CalCERTS
/ LEED Accredited Professional
/ Professional Experience
2023 – Present Sorensen Partners | Architects + Planners, Inc. – Westborough, MA
2009 – Present AE Design – Joshua Tree, CA
2015 – 2023 DML/HED Architects – San Francisco
2012 – 2015 Plum Architects – San Francisco
2004 – 2009 Gelfand Partners Architects – San Francisco
2005 – 2006 BFGC Architects & Planners – San Francisco
1997 – 2013 Kwan Henmi Architecture & Planning – San Francisco
1985 – 1989 Drumney Rosane Anderson Inc. – Boston, MA
1973 – 1985 Arthur Erickson Architects – Canada (Interior Designer)
/ Education
Arizona State University – Master of Architecture (MArch) – expected 2024
University of Manitoba, Canada – Bachelor of Interior Design (BID) – 1973
/ Project Experience
/ Hedgegate, Sea Ranch, CA – self-sufficient net-zero residence with solar panels, heat pump DHW and space heating, rainwater collection, greywater system, fully vegetated green roof, w/ AE Design
/ PAUSD Palo Alto High School Library Renovation, Palo Alto, CA – w/ DML/HED
/ MVWDS Crittendon Middle School Library New Building combined with new Auditorium Building, Mountain View, CA – w/ DML/HED
/ 701 Golden Gate Senior Housing Project, San Francisco, CA – w/ Mayor’s Office of Housing
/ Seneca Apartment Community, Seattle, WA
/ San Francisco City College New Mission Campus, San Francisco, CA – w/ Kwan Henmi
/ Parkview Terraces Senior Housing, San Francisco, CA – w/ Kwan Henmi
/ Village Crossing Senior Housing, San Bruno, CA – w/ Kwan Henmi
/ SFUSD Bessie Carmichael Elementary School, San Francisco, CA – w/ Kwan Henmi
/ SRCSD San Pedro Elementary School, San Rafael, CA – w/ Kwan Henmi
/ SFUSD Denman Middle Scohol, San Francisco, CA – w/ GPA
/ San Francisco Public Library Improvement Project, San Francisco, CA
/ Moscone West Convention Center, San Francisco, CA – w/ Kwan Henmi