Amanda Loper established and leads DBA_BHM, the David Baker Architects’ southeastern office in Birmingham, Alabama. Amanda joined the firm in 2006 and was made Principal in 2014. Her diverse projects with DBA include affordable housing, market-rate housing, commercial buildings, and policy studies. Amanda focuses on the big-picture potential of sites as well as overseeing details that create unique built environments. She presents and writes frequently on aspects of urban design, working to bring social awareness to issues of housing and density within the urban setting.