Laura Joines-Novotny, AIA is a partner in M:OME and a Professor of Architecture at California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo. She received her A.B from Vassar College in Geography/Anthropology, studying abroad at London School of Economics. For graduate work she attended Columbia University, the Architectural Association, London, and received an M.ARCH from North Carolina State University, School of Design.
Outside of sustaining an architectural practice that emphasizes earth-friendly principles and simple yet beautiful design, her main interests are her three children, Bardo, Anna Dasha and Carmen. Laura is into frozen foods and doesn't like packing school lunches. Her rare domestic talent is baking chocolate chip cookies. She enjoys boogie boarding with her kids, and those fleeting moments of nothingness.
