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Brooks Taliaferro Atwood
Co-founder and Principal - NYC office
Brooks holds two advanced degrees in Architecture and Design. He received his Bachelor of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology where he graduated valedictorian of his class. Brooks studied for a year in Paris at the L'ecole de L'Architecture Paris La Seine before returning to Chicago. He received his Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design in 2003 from Columbia University GSAPP. He is also an adjunct professor of Architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Architecture. During his studies, Brooks received a certificate of merit and The Scholastic Award from The American Institute of Architects for his Excellence in the study of Architecture.

Before forming POD DESIGN+MEDIA LLC he worked with such renowned architects as Gordon Kipping of GTECTS, Winka Dubbeldam of Archi-tectonics and Paul Florian of Florian Architects.

He likes to ask "Why aren't you doing it now?" and "what is a kitchen?" as well as "where's the diagram of that". Brooks is a connoisseur of hush puppies (one might even say sommelier if there were such a word for hush puppy expert). Currently his dreams entail becoming a rock star or the next John Travolta circa Saturday Night Fever. Disco baby!.

Clay Odom
Co-founder and Principal - TX office
Clay holds two advanced degrees in Architecture and Design. He received his Master of Architecture at Texas Tech University. He received his Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University GSAPP. He was an adjunct professor of Architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and currently teaches Architecture and Drawing at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Before forming POD DESIGN+MEDIA LLC he worked with such renowned architects as Studio Sofield, SHoP Architects, KDLab and Curtis Group Architects.

Clay loves to say "sissy; get into the truck" and other obscure movie references. Especially "put a trash can..." and "do the monkey dance". Clay enjoys hot temperatures in the summer and thinking about going to the beach.

Maria del Mar Granados
Co-founder and Collaborator
Mar holds several advanced degrees in Architecture and Design. She studied at Escuela Tecnica Superior De Arquitectura de Madrid where she received her diploma. She then moved to Chicago and received her Bachelor of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She received her Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University GSAPP. Maria is a licensed architect in Europe.

Mar has worked with such renowned architects as Carlos Zapata.

Mar is obsessed with movies and ice cream. She is considered by most to be the next ‘e’spiritual leader of POD while job haunting and tries to avoid the sun. Her favorite thing to do in the world is karaoke and you can catch her on Monday nights where she gets her 'rock on' at Arlene's Grocery where it's karaoke with a live band.

Tobias Jahn
Intern: Winter 2008 - Spring 2009
Visiting intern from Munich, Germany from the architecture school Technische Universität München.

Cynthia Montalvan
Intern: Summer 2008+Summer 2007
Cynthia is a unique designer who likes to use macaroni as an essential building material. She likes to take long walks along the beach while singing latino pop songs. Cynthia believes that food is essential for life and that water is the most powerful of all things.

Anirudh "Rich" Dhawan
Intern: Winter 2007, Summer Intern 2007
Rich has a way with words and stays up late dreaming of new ways not to trip and fall. He is always looking for excuses to going to the dentist to get root canals and likes butterflies and fireflies. He drinks more iced coffee's than the entire office and thinks recycling is the 'bomb'.

Steven Santander
Intern: Winter 2007+Summer 2008
Steven thinks he's an animal and likes to climb trees and play in the rain. He is constantly asking questions about the universe and likes to take baths in carrot juice.

Stephanie Oliveria
Intern: Summer 2008
Stephanie is little but 'things' BIG. she even has a big head and likes to talk really loud like if she is a giant. She just completed her hypnosis training and has all of us running around like farm animals. bwa-kwawk!!!!

Aimee Mariano
Intern: Summer 2008
Aimee is super! She likes drum circles and pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey. She doesn't speak English but uses body gestures to communicate her designs. She recently won a gold medal for her sunglasses. If you need a spring roll, she's your woman.

Brooks Taliaferro Atwood Co-founder and Principal - NYC office Brooks holds two advanced degrees in Architecture and Design. He received his Bachelor of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology where he graduated valedictorian of his class. Brooks studied for a year in Paris at the L'ecole de L'Architecture Paris La Seine before returning to Chicago. He received his Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design in 2003 from Columbia University GSAPP. He is also an adjunct professor of Architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Architecture. During his studies, Brooks received a certificate of merit and The Scholastic Award from The American Institute of Architects for his Excellence in the study of Architecture. Before forming POD DESIGN+MEDIA LLC he worked with such renowned architects as Gordon Kipping of GTECTS, Winka Dubbeldam of Archi-tectonics and Paul Florian of Florian Architects. He likes to ask "Why aren't you doing it now?" and "what is a kitchen?" as well as "where's the diagram of that". Brooks is a connoisseur of hush puppies (one might even say sommelier if there were such a word for hush puppy expert). Currently his dreams entail becoming a rock star or the next John Travolta circa Saturday Night Fever. Disco baby!.
Clay Odom Co-founder and Principal - TX office Clay holds two advanced degrees in Architecture and Design. He received his Master of Architecture at Texas Tech University. He received his Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University GSAPP. He was an adjunct professor of Architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and currently teaches Architecture and Drawing at the University of Texas at Arlington. Before forming POD DESIGN+MEDIA LLC he worked with such renowned architects as Studio Sofield, SHoP Architects, KDLab and Curtis Group Architects. Clay loves to say "sissy; get into the truck" and other obscure movie references. Especially "put a trash can..." and "do the monkey dance". Clay enjoys hot temperatures in the summer and thinking about going to the beach.
Maria del Mar Granados Co-founder and Collaborator Mar holds several advanced degrees in Architecture and Design. She studied at Escuela Tecnica Superior De Arquitectura de Madrid where she received her diploma. She then moved to Chicago and received her Bachelor of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She received her Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University GSAPP. Maria is a licensed architect in Europe. Mar has worked with such renowned architects as Carlos Zapata. Mar is obsessed with movies and ice cream. She is considered by most to be the next ‘e’spiritual leader of POD while job haunting and tries to avoid the sun. Her favorite thing to do in the world is karaoke and you can catch her on Monday nights where she gets her 'rock on' at Arlene's Grocery where it's karaoke with a live band.
Tobias Jahn Intern: Winter 2008 - Spring 2009 Visiting intern from Munich, Germany from the architecture school Technische Universität München.
Cynthia Montalvan Intern: Summer 2008+Summer 2007 Cynthia is a unique designer who likes to use macaroni as an essential building material. She likes to take long walks along the beach while singing latino pop songs. Cynthia believes that food is essential for life and that water is the most powerful of all things.
Anirudh "Rich" Dhawan Intern: Winter 2007, Summer Intern 2007 Rich has a way with words and stays up late dreaming of new ways not to trip and fall. He is always looking for excuses to going to the dentist to get root canals and likes butterflies and fireflies. He drinks more iced coffee's than the entire office and thinks recycling is the 'bomb'.
Steven Santander Intern: Winter 2007+Summer 2008 Steven thinks he's an animal and likes to climb trees and play in the rain. He is constantly asking questions about the universe and likes to take baths in carrot juice.
Stephanie Oliveria Intern: Summer 2008 Stephanie is little but 'things' BIG. she even has a big head and likes to talk really loud like if she is a giant. She just completed her hypnosis training and has all of us running around like farm animals. bwa-kwawk!!!!
Aimee Mariano Intern: Summer 2008 Aimee is super! She likes drum circles and pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey. She doesn't speak English but uses body gestures to communicate her designs. She recently won a gold medal for her sunglasses. If you need a spring roll, she's your woman.