02 Instructors

Robert Saxon

Professional Experience

Mr. Saxon has over twenty-five years of professional experience with twenty as a licensed Architect. His professional experience includes 7 years as a Construction Manager with the Detroit Land Bank Authority, 13 years as a Senior Project Architect with Hamilton Anderson Associates, and 5 years as an Intern Architect with Saxon/Capers Architects. 

His professional career includes active involvement in all phases of the construction process: design, project and team management, assembling construction documents, material specification and construction administration.  He has extensive experience working with community and governmental organizations.  His interests are specifically focused on the promotion of sustainable, healthy and energy-efficient construction.  

Teaching Experience

While serving as a Resident Fellow at the University of Michigan, Mr. Saxon created and taught an English composition course entitled "How do we get to Sesame Street: Vision of the Future City."  After graduation, the class evolved into a program introducing students to the profession of architecture.  After forging a partnership with two area non-profit organization, the program was tested for the first time in the summer of 2007.  Each year since that first summer, the program has been successfully run at no cost to interested students. 

Education

Mr. Saxon is licensed in the states of Michigan and Pennsylvania, is NCARB Certified and is a LEED Accredited Professional with a specialty in Building Design and Construction.  He’s earned Master degrees in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Engineering from Princeton University.