about
Complex fabrication scopes tend to break down in the handoff between design intent and fabrication reality. Galbraith Design Studio works in that gap, providing computational design, DfMA consulting, and geometry development for contractors and fabricators working on demanding building systems.
Chris Galbraith
AIA, NCARB, LEED Green Associate
Chris Galbraith is a registered architect, licensed in both New York and Florida. He specializes in DfMA, computational design, and fabrication ready geometry development for complex construction projects.
Before completing his M.Arch at USF, Chris spent over a decade working in AEC across a range of roles building out the technical foundation that would ultimately define his practice. At USF he focused on technology and digital tools teaching parametric design and digital process as an adjunct professor post graduation.
His professional career took shape in New York, first through Thelen Design Group, where Chris served as a project designer on fabrication consultant scopes for some of the city's most technically demanding projects including the stone façade system at 15 Hudson Yards and plaza stone work at Manhattan West. For both of these projects the work focused on translating complex architectural geometry into fabrication ready deliverables.
Alongside and following his time at TDG, Chris deepened his manufacturing and fabrication side expertise through a period that spanned both high end architectural interiors and offsite construction. During that time, he served as a lead designer on a team building out manufacturing capabilities for custom architectural interior systems, and developed computational workflows and BIM integrations for prefab, offsite construction, and manufactured structures. Both threads reinforced a working method built around fabrication constraints rather than architectural intent, the same orientation that defines his consulting practice today.