Joe Swain
Associate Principal, Architect, Mithun
Joe is an Associate Principal and architect with Mithun, a multidisciplinary design practice with offices in Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. He specializes in modular and prefabricated systems and has worked with mass timber for over a decade, from schools and offices to large‑scale residential and industrial projects. He has worked on ICC Tall Wood code‑related research, including most recently a pair of CLT exterior‑wall fire tests, and leads Mithun’s working group on timber and forestry, which explores the relationship between carbon in timber and forest health and management.
