Mark Engberg AIA

COLAB founder and principal, Mark Engberg has 24 years of experience in the design profession. He was the recipient of the 1987 Boston Society of Architects sponsored Rotch Traveling Scholarship which afforded him the opportunity to study urban architecture and housing in fourteen countries from Great Britain to Southeast Asia.

He received a master’s degree in 1989 from Columbia University in Architecture and Urban Design and has spent much of his career working on large-scale architecture projects. He has worked on projects in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles that include

Chicago’s Central Station, LA’s Union Station redevelopment plan and Brooklyn’s Metro Tech.

In 1994 Engberg established COLAB Architecture + Urban Design in Portland. As principal and lead designer of COLAB, he has produced

architectural urban designs for clients such as Disney, ABC Television and Nike. COLAB is currently designing a new retail and entertainment project in Dubai and has completed master plans for new residential mixed-use developments in Cairo. Engberg’s design work has been recognized in publications and through awards, including awards form the Portland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for The Tube and Hub Optics. His residential design is also currently being published in a book about northwest residential design.

David Gabriel AIA

Principal, David Gabriel’s 14 years of experience are defined by successful designs that span a broad spectrum of project types and scales. Mr. Gabriel received his master’s degree from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, where his thesis focused on a critical approach to public space within multi-modal centers. Gabriel went on to work for small design firms on projects ranging from private residences and summer camps to student unions and campus master plans. The success of these projects earned several local and national design awards, and shared one common element: an intense and sensitive focus on the integration of site, climate and context.

Mr. Gabriel moved to Portland after being awarded a Rotch Traveling Fellowship, a prestigious award given by the Boston Society of Architects.

Since joining COLAB, Gabriel has worked as a project designer and manager for several large scale urban projects and high-rise structures in the U.A.E and Egypt. The urban projects have included ferry passenger terminals, marina support towers, yacht clubs and multi-use urban environments. He has also designed and managed retail hospitality projects for both local and national brands, such as the Ferrari store and showroom in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Gabriel has also taught in the architecture departments of Portland State University and the graduate program at the University of Oregon.