Jonathan Evans

RA , NOMA

Principal

Boston, MA, USA

Jonathan Evans has built a career designing impactful projects that advance justice in the built environment. At MASS, he is a Principal leading the Boston Studio, where he stewards a portfolio of civic projects and housing developments. 

During his tenure at MASS, Jonathan served as the principal-in-charge of the architectural scope for “The Embrace”, a memorial dedicated to the legacies of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott, and the power of love that their partnership embodied. His civic work also includes the creation of public realm projects and masterplanning initiatives, primarily in communities that have been historically disadvantaged and underserved. 

Jonathan’s commitment to the power of the built environment to serve and positively impact the public is also evidenced in his mayoral appointment to the Boston Civic Design Commission, a body charged with the review, critique, and enhancement of large-scale and significant projects that will impact the city’s public realm. 

Jonathan often serves as a lecturer at professional forums such as the National AIA Conference, NOMA, Mayor’s Institute for City Design, and the Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute, and as a studio critic at Boston-area architecture schools. 

Jonathan received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia and his Master in Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he was awarded the Alpha Rho Chi medal for leadership, service, and promise of professional merit. Jonathan lives with his family in Somerville, where he also serves as a youth basketball coach.