CO Architects
Lauren Shaifa is an experienced facility designer currently contracted under CO Architects at Walt Disney Imagineering, where employment began in April 2024. Prior to this role, Lauren served as Designer I at CO Architects from August 2022 and held various positions, including Designer and Architectural Intern at Jacobs from July 2019 to August 2022. Lauren also gained teaching experience as a Teaching Assistant at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design in late 2020 and as Head Teaching Assistant for Architecture + Design at The Kentucky Center's Governor's School for the Arts from June 2017 to July 2018. Early in the career, Lauren worked as an Architectural Intern at Bureau Spectacular and served as Senior Global Ambassador for International Studies Abroad from August 2016 to May 2018. Lauren earned a Master of Architecture from UCLA Architecture and Urban Design and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of Kentucky.
CO Architects
Los Angeles-based CO Architects is nationally recognized for architectural planning, programming and design in the higher education, science & technology, civic and healthcare sectors, and works with leading institutions from coast to coast. In 35 years of practice, CO Architects has led innovative and successful projects in 29 states and the UK. The firm's specialized expertise includes transformative projects for schools of medicine and the health professions, advanced research and teaching laboratories, leading-edge museums and civic landmarks, and innovative clinical facilities on higher education, healthcare and urban campuses. The firm has been nationally and internationally recognized with over 195 design awards and numerous published articles, speaker presentations and tours by organizations such as the AIA, World Architecture Festival, The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, World Architecture News, The Architect's Newspaper, and the Society for College and University Planning.