our studio

We have a collective passion for revitalizing existing cities and designing new ones.

We are committed to designing vibrant, exceptional places for people to live, work, and play. Our craft includes our passion for design through hand drawing and illustration alongside innovative digital tools in the quest to provide new and reimagined places everywhere.

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Lori Sipes

Marketing & Recruiting Coordinator

Lori coordinates our firm-wide marketing, business development, proposals, and recruiting efforts. She also manages our presence on social media platforms and elsewhere. Lori is passionate about travel, urban living, and all things art – especially in film.
B.S. Communication, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Film Degree, Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts
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Megan O’Hara, AICP, LEED AP bd+c

Managing Principal & CEO

Megan serves as the firm’s CEO, leading the UDA team and overseeing operations. She leads a wide range of projects across the USA and Canada including mixed-income housing, downtown master plans, and resilience plans. She is passionate about working with communities to create equitable visions and with the public and private sectors to implement. Megan is an active member of the American Planning Association and the Congress for the New Urbanism. She serves on several boards, including the University of Oxford’s Sustainable Urban Development Advisory Board.
B. Arch., University of Notre Dame, magna cum laude
M.Sc., in Sustainable Urban Development, University of Oxford, with distinction

Barry J. Long, Jr. AIA, LEED AP

Managing Principal & President

Barry is the President of UDA. With more than 35 years at the firm, he is known for his strategic insight, problem-solving acumen, and gift for language. In his parallel role as Managing Principal, Barry guides UDA’s design teams through the political and physical complexities of master planning and entitlement efforts to achieve outcomes that earn broad community support.
B.S. Arch., M. Arch., Montana State University

Eric Osth, AIA, LEED AP

Managing Principal & Chairman

As UDA’s Chairman, Eric leads UDA’s marketing efforts in addition to running projects as a Principal-in-Charge. Eric has led urban design and architectural projects across the United States. Over the years, Eric has been deeply involved in the design community, serving on several boards of directors, including the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art in New York City, Riverlife, and AIA Pittsburgh.
B. Arch., with honors, University of Miami
M.U.D., University of California, Berkeley
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Gail Armstrong, SDA

Principal & Controller

Gail serves as the firm’s Treasurer, managing the day-to-day financial functions of the firm. Her experience spans more than 28 years and includes executive-level Controller, as well as Human Resources Director roles. She formerly served as Vice President of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Society of Design Administrators. Gail’s financial and human resource expertise makes her exceptionally valuable as UDA’s first non-architect Principal.
B.A. Business Communication, Carlow University

David Csont, ASAI

Principal & Illustrator

As the firm’s Illustrator, David leads our illustration efforts in both digital and hand-drawn media. David’s passion is in drawing itself, but specifically in the challenge of expression and communication of the unique feel of a place. David also participates in national plein-air competitions and leads in-house seminars on hand drawing.
B.S. Design + Art History, SUNY Buffalo
M.F.A., with honors, University of Wisconsin
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Jeffrey Schwaiger, AIA, ASAI

Principal

As an Associate Principal, Jeffrey contributes design, digital modeling, and illustration expertise to UDA’s teams. His foundation in traditional architecture, urbanism, and representation informs his design, digital modeling, and rendering techniques, which are critical to the UDA design process. Jeffrey has taught 3D modeling and digital illustration and regularly volunteers for planning and housing organizations.
B. Arch., Summa Cum Laude, University of Notre Dame
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Ashleigh Walton, AIA, NCARB, LEED GA

Associate

Ashleigh is an architect with a deep appreciation for contextual architecture and the communication that can only be accomplished through a hand-sketch. She serves as a project manager on one of UDA’s design teams. She loves to travel, documenting neighborhoods and cities in her sketchbook. Ashleigh serves as an active member of the NOMA and sits on the board of the CNU. She enjoys walking to work as one of Pittsburgh’s Downtown residents.
B.S. Arch., Summa Cum Laude
M. Arch., Andrews University
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Rebecca LEfkowitz, AICP

Project Manager

Rebecca is passionate about how urban patterns evolve, guided by social and political movements that emerge from communities themselves. Before joining UDA, Rebecca won the Gindroz Travel Prize and explored tensions between old and new European architecture through hand drawing, bookbinding, and origami.
B. Arch., The Pennsylvania State University
M.U.D., Carnegie Mellon University
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Lily Xing

senior Urban Designer

Lily is a senior designer on one of UDA’s design teams. Lily’s passion is in all scales of design – from the human scale of furniture to the scale of the City. Prior to joining UDA, Lily studied abroad in Rome and spent her undergraduate years focused on urban design, architecture, and furniture design.
B. Arch., University of Notre Dame
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nicolas sanchez

Urban DESIGNER

Nico is an urban designer on one of UDA’s design teams. His passion lies in designing and reworking urban frameworks to design communities that benefit all people. Nico fell in love with architecture and urbanism through the Picturesque Movement, which led to his focus on the connection people have with nature and the built environment. Prior to joining UDA, Nico studied abroad in Rome and spent his undergraduate years focused on volunteering with Habitat for Humanity and tutoring elementary students.
B. Arch., University of Notre Dame
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Terry Welsh, AIA, LEED AP

consulting Architect

Terry’s passion is focused on the use of the collaborative process to solve urban design and architectural problems. Terry harnesses up-to-the-minute digital technology in the representation of the firm’s design work. Terry has also participated in the local AIA’s Young Leadership Forum.
B. Arch., University of Notre Dame

Susann Reimann

Consulting Graphic Designer

Susann handles the strategic direction and implementation of UDA’s brand and graphic identity. She has a genuine passion for thoughtful, clean design. Susann collaborates with UDA’s design teams, and manages the firm’s graphic deliverables.
B.S. Graphic Design, Art Institute of Pittsburgh

Steve Auterman, AIA, AICP, LEED AP

Consulting Principal

As a Consulting Principal, Steve leads projects as a Principal-in-Charge. Steve’s passion is the thoughtful connection between architecture and active public space. He’s a frequent lecturer at leadership classes and conferences and taught architecture and planning at the University of Memphis.
B. Arch., Carnegie Mellon University
M.U.D., University of Sydney

Rob Robinson, AIA

Consulting Principal

Rob led the firm’s strategic design approach to urban design and has been leading some of the firm’s biggest projects around the world for many years. He has also been instrumental in resurrecting the use of Pattern Books in urban design today and co-authored The Architectural Pattern Book with Norton Publications.
B.S. Arch. & Urban Planning, Virginia Tech