SABRA ZACHARIAS, MIES, Associate IALD
Associate

Sabra Zacharias joined Auerbach Glasow French as a project manager and designer in 2006. She has been involved in various project types including theatres, museums, educational facilities, commercial office spaces, restaurants and wineries. Ms. Zacharias has extensive experience working in the US and internationally, utilizing her comprehensive design and management skills.

Prior to joining Auerbach Glasow French, Ms. Zacharias was a lighting designer in a distinguished MEP firm in San Francisco. Before moving to San Francisco in 2006, she was a lighting designer with a prominent lighting design firm in London, England where she was project manager for many international projects such as airports, city master plans, high end hotels and residences, office spaces, shopping centers and casinos in Cyprus, Spain, South Africa, Dubai, Northern Ireland, and England. In addition, Ms. Zacharias previously worked for two prestigious lighting design firms in New York City, where she worked on a variety of projects including performing arts centers and museums.


SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE

  • 901 Market Street Facade, San Francisco, California
  • Apple Computer Global Security Operations Center, Cupertino, California
  • California Academy of Sciences, Academy Café and The Moss Room restaurant, San Francisco, California
  • Coldstream Master Plan Report –Schematic Design, Truckee, California
  • La Jota Winery, Angwin, California
  • Musical Instruments Museum through Construction Documentation, Phoenix, Arizona
  • North Peninsula Jewish Culture Center, Foster City, California
  • Park City Historical Society and Museum, Park City, Utah
  • Pixar Animation Studios Production Building Phase 2, Emeryville, California
  • Samsung Secho Boardroom, Korea
  • Sun City Palace Tsukaguchi, Itami, Japan
  • The Walt Disney Family Museum and Library, San Francisco, California
  • Transbay Transit Center, San Francisco, California
  • University of California, Berkeley, Law Building Infill and Remodel, Berkeley, California
  • University of San Francisco, Campion Hall, San Francisco, California


EDUCATION

Masters of Arts in Architectural Lighting, Parsons School of Design

Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design with a minor in Fine Arts, Washington State University


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS


Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

Associate Member of the International Association of Lighting Designers

Institution of Lighting Engineers, United Kingdom


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES


Board of Managers - Illuminating Engineering Society of North America San Francisco Chapter, 2006 - present

Head of the IESNA San Francisco Chapter Illumination Awards Committee, 2007 -present

Visiting Lecturer - Fashion Institute of Technology, 1999 - 2001

Visiting Lecturer -Parsons School of Design, 1999 - 2001

Guest Juror- Parsons School of Design, 1999 - 2001