Paul Mankins began his career in the office of Charles Herbert & Associates – Iowa’s most celebrated design practice. Following graduate studies at Yale University and professional stints with Smith Miller + Hawkinson in New York City and Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz in San Francisco, he returned to Iowa working with Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck Architecture where he was named a Principal in 1999. In 2004, he and his partners formed substance – a nationally recognized collaborative design practice engaged in architecture, interior architecture, and design. Also in 2004, he was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects – an honor reserved for just 3% of AIA members. Mankins has directed the design of projects recognized with over 35 Honor and Merit Awards for design from the Central States Region, Iowa, and San Francisco Chapters of the American Institute of Architects. Since 1998 he has served as an Adjunct Instructor teaching Architectural Design in the Department of Architecture at Iowa State University, Ames. His work has been published widely and he is a frequent speaker and design awards juror.
