Faith Okuma

Faith Okuma is a principal of Surroundings Studio in Santa Fe, NM. Surroundings Studio is founded on planning and designing exceptional projects that creatively address environmental, social and fiscal challenges and opportunities. Faith’s career has included projects across the nation and internationally. Growing up and practicing in the Southwest throughout her career has led to a particular focus on issues of water conservation and sustainable resiliency for arid regions. Her perspective is that projects are opportunities to learn and engage in the unique complexities and richness of place, culture and people. Those primary attitudes permeate her projects from large scale regional planning to residential. A graduate of Arizona State University, she was previously a principal with Design Workshop and Campbell Okuma Perkins Assoc. She has served on national advisory teams for AIA and ULI. She had been on planning and design juries for ASLA and various other award entities. Her projects have been published in books, national magazines and garnered national awards for excellence in planning and design from ASLA, APA and AIA.