March 6, 2024

Runberg Architecture Group

Parke

Yu

Burgdorf

Seattle-based Runberg Architecture Group celebrated its 25th anniversary year with the promotions of three staff members. Charla Burgdorf has been promoted to associate, Jessica Yu advanced to senior associate, and Ana Parke has joined the leadership team as a new principal.

Burgdorf joined Runberg in 2021 after working as a project architect on educational, historic preservation, and multifamily housing projects throughout the Puget Sound region. Since joining the firm, Burgdord has led the design and project management of an affordable housing project in Angle Lake for Mercy Housing and acted as senior project architect on Candela Apartments, a 400+ unit mixed-use transit-oriented development in Mountlake Terrace.

Yu began working at Runberg in 2011 as a student intern and is now a project manager. Over the last several years Yu has spent much of her time working on master development projects on the eastside of Lake Washington. Yu currently leads the 12th Ave. Place project for Gables Residential, a 275-unit transit-orientated project near Sound Transit's Spring District Station that anticipates starting construction later this year. She is an alumnus of the ULI Center for Leadership, holds a certificate in Commercial Real Estate, and is a frequent guest reviewer at the University of Washington's College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Parke has 17 years of experience, 14 of those years being at Runberg Architecture Group, first as an intern while studying at the University of Washington in 2008, then again as a fulltime employee back in 2012. Parke has focused on mixed-use and multi-family housing design for over a decade. Currently, she serves as the senior project architect for Grand Street Commons, a 771-unit mixed-use/mixed-income community in Rainier Valley, leading project administration during its final construction year. Parke has also contributed to several other large mixed-use buildings in central Seattle, including Jackson Apartments at 23rd and Jackson and both Batik and Cypress in Yesler Terrace. Parke has led training for AIA Seattle's Code Committee, and she currently participates on the city of Bellevue's Development Committee to help with permit review and entitlement processes.