The Creative Team

MEGAN BLAINE AIA
Principal Architect
CEO

Megan began her career in 2002, designing residential projects at all scales from high-end custom homes to the Boulder shelter for the homeless. From there, she went on to design multidisciplinary projects worldwide, including in London, Bodrum, Istanbul, Abu Dhabi, Mallorca, and Silicon Valley with an emphasis in high-end resort design.

Megan joined Foster + Partners in London, focusing on large scale commercial and hospitality, restaurants, followed by several years on the Apple Campus during construction. Megan and Keith founded Blaine Architects after moving back to California in 2015.

KEITH BLAINE AIA
LEED AP BD+C
Principal Architect
Director of Architecture

Keith received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Southern California. In Los Angeles Keith worked in the challenging and rewarding fields of Healthcare and Education before joining Foster + Partners in London to work on the Apple Park. This project brought him back to California in Silicon Valley.

Keith served the Silicon Valley community and architectural profession in 2020 as President of the AIA American Institute of Architects, Silicon Valley Chapter.

ARTURO VILLA
Project Manager, Silicon Valley

Arturo is an experienced Architect with designing both residential and commercial buildings. His talents and interests include multi-consultant coordination, knowledge sharing, and expertise with Jurisdictional coordination. As Project Manager, Arturo’s many years of experience help guide our team of designers.

Arturo takes our higher profile projects, and works with team development, teaching and guiding them in the practice of architecture.

JUSTIN MOORLAND
Construction Specialist & Project Designer

After receiving his Bachelor of Environmental Design from CU Boulder, Justin went into construction on his own for nearly 15 years. Justin and Megan collaborated closely to execute projects as a team prior to Justin joining BLAINE as a designer.

AMANDA SENGALOUNE
Director of Operations

Amanda is detailed-oriented and all about organization. She’s our team’s go-to person. Amanda handles various internal tasks to help keep our firm operating smoothly and efficiently. She orchestrates our workflow effortlessly, keeping our entire team afloat and adds her calm demeanor to our lively open studio environment.

MANDA KWOK
Project Designer

Manda graduated from USC with a 5 year professional bachelor degree in Architecture. Manda’s eagerness to learn, drafting and modelling efficiency, and strong work ethic fit our studio perfectly. We always love fresh ideas, and outside-the-box-thinkers, and Manda brings both those aspects to our office.

AAYUSH DAS ANAT
Project Designer

Aayush is a third-generation architect. Aayush brings his innate talent for architecture and design to BLAINE after winning competitions for 4 different design scholarships while at Virginia Tech, and 4 design competitions. Aayush has had his work published and exhibited around the world.

AYŞE ARTUN
Interior Designer

A former BLAINE architects intern, Ayşe (pronounced “eye-sheh”) has now joined our interior design team full-time. Ayşe is also a multimedia artist and has an innate talent for material assembly and exploration. With a degree from USC Architecture, she is exceptionally well suited for our team.

IRENE RAMOS
Interiors & Marketing

With experience as an interior designer in both Barcelona and Vancouver, Irene adds a luxurious sophistication to our interior design team. She wears many hats at the office since not only is she incredibly talented with interior design, she is also the brain of our marketing department.

MARIA RODRIGUEZ
Interior Designer

Maria earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in interior design from SJSU in 2025, and won the coveted Faculty Citation Award for her thesis project. Maria is particularly gifted with comprehensive attention to detail, and thoroughness in execution. As our intern she was outstanding in her performance, and was a welcome addition to our interior design team after graduation.

NAOMI MATULEWICZ
Office Manager

Naomi is the dedicated backbone to the San Jose office. She helps with scheduling, organizes all Lunch and Learn sessions, orders samples, and handles press inquiries. Naomi is also the friendly voice you hear when you call us, and the friendly face who greets you when you visit!

EDWARD HU
Project Designer

Edward won the Academic Year Scholarship and the Director’s Award Scholarship while earning his Master of Architecture from Cornell. While at Virginia Tech, Edward earned the Walter & Helen Beal Scholarship. He has professional experience with different scales of architecture, both residential and commercial designs.