Grace Ko
Associate, Sustainability Specialist, Office Building Development | Adaptive Reuse Practice Area SW Region Design Resilience Leader | LEED AP BD+C, ID+C, Fitwel Ambassador
- Role
- Associate at Gensler
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Grace Ko
Grace is a sustainability specialist at Gensler Los Angeles, where she leads performance-driven design strategies across diverse geographies and project types. Her portfolio includes ground-up office buildings, commercial interiors, airports, civic and institutional facilities, hospitality projects, and sports and entertainment venues. Trained as an architect, Grace specializes in high-performance, low-embodied carbon design, with a focus on circular economy principles and quantifiable reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions throughout design, construction, and operations.She works closely with global clients and multidisciplinary design teams to set and implement ambitious sustainability and certification goals. Her approach is rooted in technical rigor and integration from early concept through post-occupancy, utilizing tools such as daylighting and embodied carbon analysis (LCA), sustainability feasibility studies, key performance indicator (KPI) development and tracking, certification support, and the creation and implementation of decarbonization roadmaps.Her commitment to sustainable design is both professional and deeply personal—driven by the belief that impactful architecture must balance innovation, environmental performance, and social responsibility. Grace’s work is guided by a mission to advance holistic, low-carbon solutions that create resilient, equitable, and future-forward built environments.Grace holds dual Master’s degrees: a Master in Design Studies with a specialization in Energy & Environments from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a Master of Architecture and Urban Design from UCLA. She also earned a Bachelor’s degree in Architectural Science from Toronto Metropolitan University.
Experience
Associate
Dec 2025 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US
Education
Harvard University
Harvard Climate Leadership Program
2020 — 2021
UCLA
Master's degree (MArch), Architecture and Urban Design
2014 — 2017
UCLA
Graduate Certificate Program, Urban Humanities Initiative
2015 — 2016
Toronto Metropolitan University
Bachelor's degree, Architectural Science
2008 — 2012
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Master's degree (MDes), Energy and Environments
2020 — 2022
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