Gilberto Floresta, Partner

Gilberto was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he received his Bachelor Degree in Architecture and Urbanism from Mackenzie University in 1987. Before moving to San Francisco in 2000, he worked in Sao Paulo for NCM Architetura e Urbanismo, where he was chief designer and project manager for residential, commercial and large scale public housing and urbanism projects. He also worked as an architect for FDE, a Sao Paulo state agency responsible for the planning and construction of public schools and did several commercial and residential interior design projects in his private practice. Since joining Charlie Barnett Associates in 2002, Gilberto has worked on several projects of varying size from schematic design to construction administration. He is Build-it Green certified.