Conrad Ello, AIA, LEED AP
Principal
Conrad Ello is a founding principal of Oudens Ello Architecture, where he has led a broad range of commercial, cultural, and academic projects. With more than thirty years of experience, he specializes in complex institutional work, including the rehabilitation and expansion of historic buildings. His award-winning portfolio includes the Martha’s Vineyard Museum in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, and the renovation and expansion of the Boston Public Library’s Faneuil Branch in Brighton.
Conrad currently serves as lead principal on numerous public and cultural projects, including a new net-zero-ready library for the Town of Belmont, Massachusetts; the renovation and expansion of the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut; and the rehabilitation of the historic Nazarro Community Center in Boston’s North End. Additional ongoing work includes municipal library projects for the City of Burlington, Vermont, and the towns of Skaneateles, New York; Falmouth, Massachusetts; and Middletown, Rhode Island.
Prior to co-founding Oudens Ello Architecture in 2007, Conrad spent more than twelve years at Machado Silvetti as a senior associate and vice president, serving as project director and lead designer on numerous award-winning institutional and cultural projects, including the Getty Villa, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the Addison Gallery of American Art, the Mint Museum of Art, and the Mystic Seaport Museum.
A registered architect since 1996, Conrad holds active licenses in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Vermont. He is a LEED Accredited Professional and a member of the American Institute of Architects, the Boston Society of Architects, the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, and the New England Museum Association.
From 2000 to 2010, Conrad was an adjunct faculty member at Northeastern University’s School of Architecture and continues to participate as a guest critic at regional architecture schools and on AIA juries throughout the country. He is coauthor, with Jorge Silvetti, of La Nueva Villa Getty (2013), a first-hand account of the Getty Villa’s twelve-year design and construction process. Conrad is also a retired Captain, having served eight years as a reserve officer in the United States Army Corps of Engineers.