ABOUT VICTOR

Victor Sant’Anna was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He graduated with honors from Rhode Island School of Design where he received a Bachelor of Architecture degree and was awarded the Henry Adams Metal from the AIA. In 1999 he graduated with distinction from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design with a Masters in Architecture and Urban Design.

He has practiced architecture at the office of Machado and Silvetti in Boston. He has also worked for Office dA on the Infrastructure for the Tropics project in Miami, Florida. In Washington he practiced architecture at Shalom Baranes Associates, Schlesinger Associates and Jacobsen Architecture. He is licensed in Maryland, Virginia, The District of Columbia and Florida. Victor Sant’Anna has served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Catholic University of America and Lecturer at Northeastern University, as well as a teacher at the Graduate School of Design Career Discovery program.

Sant’Anna Associates was formed in the Spring of 2007. Project highlights include the renovation and expansion of a seven unit building at 3310 Mount Vernon Avenue in the Delray district of Alexandria, Virginia; space planning for The Nature Conservancy headquarters, providing a new lobby, gallery and outdoor amenities; design of Laurel Park, Chevy Chase, Maryland, providing new pathways, pedestrian bridge and small playground adjacent to Town Hall. Sant’Anna Associates has also provided planning services for The Conservation Fund and the town of Vienna, Maryland. To date, the firm has completed over twenty small to medium residential projects, including full renovations and expansions in Tenleytown, Adams Morgan and Georgetown in DC, and Winter Park, Maitland and Orlando in Florida.

Victor lives in Winter Park, Florida with wife and frequent collaborator Sara Elliott and his children Oscar and Gustavo. He is a member of the AIA and licensed in New York, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Florida.

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