Stephen Busto

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Seasoned design profession, trained architect and interior designer, focused on bespoke elegant expressive homes/restaurants/hotels.

About

Seasoned design profession, trained architect and interior designer, focused on bespoke elegant expressive homes/restaurants/hotels.

  • Joined December 2025

Industry experience

  • Real Estate & Construction
  • Travel & Hospitality
  • Professional Services
  • Education
  • Media & Entertainment

Projects · 2

Projects ranged from 15k full floor penthouses with 20M budgets, to a small heritage homes in New Orleans with a 200k budget. All equally exciting and challenging.

  • Interior Designer

Work experience· 10 roles

Adjunct professor · University of Colorado Denver School of Architecture and PlanningJan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

Teaching Drawing Out the Interiors to graduate and undergraduate architecture students pursuing a minor in Interior Design, covering concept, planning principles, and presentation skills.

Senior Designer · Charlie Hellstern Interior DesignJan 2022 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs

Design team member in luxury residential design, including gilded age mansions, intimate island retreats, and bespoke homes throughout the Pacific Northwest; responsible for design development and detailing.

Design Director, Senior Associate · B+H ArchitectsJan 2016 – Dec 2022 · 7 yrs

Creative design lead for a global portfolio of hospitality, adaptive reuse, and new construction projects; led architectural and interior design teams across projects from 1,500 sf to 1.2 million sf. Led metric analysis and post-pandemic return-to-office strategies for Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.

Adjunct Professor · Cornish College of the ArtsJan 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 11 mos
Founder · Studio BustoJan 2014 – Present · 12 yrs 11 mos
Adjunct Professor · Miami International UniversityJan 2013 – Dec 2015 · 3 yrs
Director of Design · STA Architectural GroupJan 2012 – Dec 2014 · 3 yrs
Director / Associate Principal · Callison Architecture Inc.Jan 2005 – Dec 2012 · 8 yrs

Education

Master of Architecture · University of Colorado at Denver2030 – 1999
Bachelor of Science - Interior Design · Colorado State University2030 – 1995

Certifications and awards

IIDA Associate Member2030 – 2025

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