Jonathan M. Taylor, AIA

NCARB, LEED A.P.

Director (2025-26)

Link: Candidate for AIA Secretary

Jonathan is a Principal at LLB Architects in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where he serves as Director of Design Implementation. A licensed architect in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, he has over 20 years of experience leading the planning, design, and delivery of complex civic and institutional projects.

His work focuses on renovation, preservation, and adaptive reuse, including the 1897 Hamilton Town Hall in Hamilton, Massachusetts, currently undergoing renovation, addition, and preservation with a target of net-zero performance; the redevelopment of Brook School Apartments in Weston, Massachusetts; and residential renovations at Brown University. His broader portfolio includes courthouses, academic facilities, and government buildings.

Jonathan graduated from Syracuse University with a BArch, and a minor in architecture history. While at Syracuse, he was actively engaged in the University Senate, Student Government, and was a founding member of the Syracuse Community Design Center. Jonathan worked for George Hodosh Architects (New City, New York) while at Syracuse, and Gorman Richardson Architects (Hopkinton, Massachusetts), the immediate year after graduation.

Prior to joining LLB Architects, Jonathan practiced in Boston at Goody Clancy. Clients included: Babson College, Bridgewater State College, Georgetown University, Harvard University, Yale University, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the General Services Administration. Federal projects with the G.S.A. included work on the St. Elizabeths Campus for U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, and most notably a seven-year role managing the award-winning $160 million-dollar renovation/restoration of Cram and Ferguson’s 1932 John W. McCormack (POCH) Building, Boston. Federal tenants of the POCH included U.S. Dept. of Education, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. Bankruptcy Courts.

Jonathan has been a member of the AIA since 2000, and an active member at the chapter level, through both the Boston Society of Architects/AIA, and AIA Rhode Island, and at the regional and national levels in numerous roles. He is an inaugural recipient of the AIA Associates Award (2008), and was awarded Richard Upjohn Fellowship (2012) for service on the AIA Board of Directors. He joined the AIA Rhode Island Board in 2014 as a Director, was the 2017-2018 Secretary, 2019 Vice-President, and 2019-2020 President. Jonathan rejoined the Board in 2025 after serving 3-years on the AIA Strategic Council. Jonathan is also active with the Syracuse University Alumni Association, and SU Student Association/Government alumni group.

He and his author wife, Kelly L. Swan Taylor, Esq. reside in Providence, with their spoiled cats: Koa & Teak.