Michelle Smay, AIA, has joined Quinn Evans as a senior preservation architect. An accomplished preservation professional and project manager, Michelle brings more than 30 years of experience to the role. She specializes in projects for institutional clients including the National Park Service, General Services Administration, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and University of Michigan.
Michelle brings detailed knowledge of historic exterior building materials and strengths in historical documentation, condition assessments, and GIS and database management. She has a particular expertise in the documentation and treatment of historic lighthouses on the Great Lakes, having prepared historic structure reports for light stations at Au Sable, Big Sable, Charlevoix, Gull Rock, Old Mackinac Point, South Manitou Island, Stannard Rock, St. Joseph, Tawas Point, and Thunder Bay Island in Michigan; and Raspberry Island in Wisconsin.
Michelle holds a Master of Architecture (1993) and Bachelor of Science in Architecture (1992) from the University of Michigan. She is a member of the Association for Preservation Technology; National Trust for Historic Preservation; and Michigan Historic Preservation Network, for which she has served in multiple board positions.
We are excited to welcome Michelle back to our Ann Arbor office, where she began her preservation focused-practice. She will now guide our work of strengthening communities by leveraging their historic environment while training the next generation of Quinn Evans’ designers.
