Michael Bennett

Biographie : With 31 years of experience in business management, project management, and design in the United States and Europe, Michael Bennett specializes in urban development and planning, a passion he developed while living and working in Europe for over 10 years. Michael joined Bennett Benner Pettit (formerly Gideon Toal) as a Principal in 2004. Currently, he oversees urban design, mixed use, resort and hospitality projects. Prior to joining Bennett Benner Pettit, Michael served as Chief Operating Officer of the New York office of Hart Howerton. Previously with Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum (HOK) in Berlin, Mr. Bennett was the founding partner and managing director of HOK's Central and Eastern European offices. Representative projects included interior design of Sony Corporation's European Headquarters in Berlin; the Galeria Mokotov retail and entertainment complex in Warsaw; and facilities for Cisco Systems in Munich, Düsseldorf and Warsaw. Upon leaving HOK, he founded Callison Architecture's European office in Amsterdam. As Callison's Director of European Services, Mr. Bennett started and built the firm's European practice. His responsibilities included marketing, design, business management and project management. Michael earned a Master of Architecture in 1983 from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Bachelor of Arts in 1978 from Texas Christian University. His current professional memberships include the American Institute of Architects, Urban Land Institute, American Planning Association, National Council of Architectural Registration Board, Congress for the New Urbanism and Berlin Chamber of Architects. Michael holds architectural registration in the following states: Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia. He is also a registered architect in Berlin, Germany. Michael's recently completed projects and current projects for BBP include the One City Place Residential Towers in Fort Worth, Texas; a new downtown campus for the Tarrant County College District in Fort Worth, Texas; the Kukio Golf Clubhouse in Kona, Hawaii; Westlake Municipal Complex in Westlake, Texas; and the City of Fort Worth Woodhaven Neighborhood Redevelopment Plan in Fort Worth, Texas.