Conrad Ello, AIA, LEED AP
Principal
Conrad is a founding principal at Oudens Ello Architecture, where he has led numerous successful commercial, cultural and academic projects. He has over thirty years of experience managing complex institutional projects, many contending with the unique challenges of historic building rehabilitation. Among his current responsibilities, he is lead principal for a design study of the Community Boating Center in New Bedford, Massachusetts, a new library for the Town of Belmont, Massachusetts and the new Skaneateles Library in Skaneateles, New York.
Prior to co-founding Oudens Ello Architecture in 2007, Conrad was a senior associate and vice president with Machado Silvetti. During his more than twelve years there, he was project director and lead designer on a range of award-winning institutional, academic, and cultural projects, including the Getty Villa, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, The Addison Gallery of American Art, the Mint Museum of Art and the Mystic Seaport Museum. He has been a registered architect since 1996 and holds active licenses in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Vermont. He is also a LEED Accredited Professional and a member of the American Institute of Architects, the Boston Society of Architects, the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards and the New England Museum Association.
Conrad holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia and a Master in Architecture degree from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. He has previously served as an adjunct faculty member at Northeastern University and Boston Architectural College and continues to participate as guest critic at several area schools as well as design juror throughout the country for the AIA. With Jorge Silvetti, Conrad is co-author of La Nueva Villa Getty, a first-hand record of the Getty Villa’s twelve year design and construction process. Published in 2013, the book captures the complex scope and stylistic range of the 64-acre Villa property’s many new and renovated buildings, plazas and gardens that were opened to the public in 2006. He is also a retired Captain, serving between 1989 and 1997 as a reserve officer in the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Conrad is currently a board member of the Friends of Ringgold Park, a non-profit institution committed to the improvement and stewardship of a vital green space within Boston’s diverse South End neighborhood. He lives in the historic Eight Streets neighborhood of the South End with his wife and two children.