Katie Shima is a Senior Architect at Marble Fairbanks Architects and has been a member of the firm for more than six years. She has over a decade of experience in cultural, civic, and workplace architecture.

A Phius Certified Consultant® (CPHC®), Katie brings a strong foundation in sustainability, building science, and material responsibility to her work.

At Marble Fairbanks, Katie is currently serving as Senior Architect for the New Lots Library. Past projects include the Bentonville Schools Downtown Masterplan, where she also held a Senior Architect role, along with contributions to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Glen Oaks Branch Library. She also led construction management for the Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center, a Bronx-based cultural institution supporting performance arts and education.

Prior to rejoining Marble Fairbanks, Katie served as Design Director at SITU Studio, where she led projects for innovative clients including the award-winning Google Humboldt Campus, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Campus Pavilion, Making Space at the Brooklyn Public Library, the Design Lab at the New York Hall of Science, and the adaptive reuse and expansion of the Graycliff Conservancy Visitor Center. 

Katie is also a practicing visual artist and has exhibited her work in New York City and internationally. She brings an artistic sensibility and a deep knowledge of materiality and craft to her architectural practice. Katie holds a Master of Architecture and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Columbia University and has continued to pursue academic research and teaching at Columbia University and Barnard College.