SPOTLIGHT ON: NATE STOLTENBERG

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Spotlight On is our tradition of interviewing team members to celebrate them and get to know them better. Our first Spotlight On feature of 2025 is Nate Stoltenberg. A valuable asset to the team, Nate joined Liollio in January 2024 and is a graduate of the Iowa State University, where he earned his Bachelor of Architecture degree. Nate has a passion for architectural design and sustainability. Representation of unique designs have been at the forefront of Nate’s education and interest. Nate values the process of physical model making as well as mixed media visual representation. We sat down for a Q+A session with our newest Spotlight On feature:

Where did you grow up?
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Are you married?
Soon to be!

Do you have children?
Nope just my dog.

What do you like to do for fun?
I love the beach, whether its surfing, playing spike ball, or just hanging out with a cold one!

Do you have pets? If so, tell us a bit about them.
I have a dog named Bean that was a failed foster because as soon as we held him at the shelter we knew he was coming home with us!

Favorite place(s) to go locally?
Brown Fox Coffee is my favorite coffee on a Saturday morning, but Shem Creek is also a blast for food and drinks. My favorite meal I’ve had in Charleston though is for sure Hall’s Chophouse.

Favorite restaurant?
Lewis BBQ is my go-to. Their brisket and banana pudding are amazing.

Favorite food?
Popcorn is my favorite snack by far.

Favorite book?
Im not a big reader but I prefer non-fiction. My favorite book is Side Country by John Branch

Do you play any instruments?
I played piano for a couple of years in elementary school but nothing since then.

Favorite musical artist or genre?
Its tough to pick one but I really like Drake and AC/DC (what a combo).

Favorite television show?
Dexter for sure because it kept me entertained through covid.

Favorite podcast or blog?
Kill Tony (not true crime its comedy)

Favorite movie or genre?
The Dark Knight

Last movie you watched?
I watched the new Joker movie without realizing it was a musical so that was a shock.

Favorite place you have traveled to and why?
I really love Hawaii because the islands have so much to offer from culture, cuisine, hikes, beaches. It is a slower lifestyle that is very welcoming and fun.

Are you messy or organized?
I am an organized person.

Guilty pleasure?
Lewis BBQ

If you could interview one person (dead or alive) who would it be?
Anthony Bourdain

What’s your astrological sign?
Sagittarius

What is your favorite thing about working at Liollio?
I really enjoy when the studio comes together for a pin up or think and drink to hangout and bounce ideas off one another.

What would you most like to tell yourself at age 13?
Slow down

What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
Comparison is the thief of joy.

LIOLLIO WELCOMES NEW TEAM MEMBERS

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Liollio is happy to announce the addition of four new team members to our studio! We are thrilled to welcome Madison Koeman as Business Development Coordinator and Gauge Bethea, Navya Tummala, and William Scott as Architectural Designers. Welcome to the studiollio new team members!

STUDIOLLIO

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#Studiollio - In the Fall of 2019, Liollio Principals Andy Clark and Jennifer Charzewski co-taught a firm design studio as lecturers for Clemson University’s School of Architecture at the Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston. Students experienced an academic design studio through the lens of a professional teaching studio.  The studio explored the City of Charleston and it’s grappling with change due to climate, technology, population, economics and mobility. Students investigated critical issues with a focus on how design can improve resiliency and cultural connectivity within a city.

A vibrant city is a living, breathing organism, and the civic infrastructure and architecture connect the identity, aspirations, and human story of the occupants to each other and to the past, present, and future. Architecture is intrinsically linked to landscape architecture and site in a hybrid conversation, rather than two separate entities. Similarly, the infrastructure that connects and moves people should participate in this hybrid conversation, and can reveal the opportunities that exist to grow in healthy ways.

Programmatically, Charleston is also confronting a tenuous balance between the tourism industry which undergirds the city’s economy, and the desire to be a livable city for all residents. Whereas development in housing, retail, food service, and offices is booming, it is often the cultural institutions and public parks that really bring a city to life and give it depth and a voice to residents.

Charleston is home to many preeminent programs and buildings for the visual and performing arts, and includes an aquarium, a history museum, and a children’s museum. However, there is a notable absence of a museum or center for nature and science –which are both integral to life in the Lowcountry and to supporting workforce development and STEM education.

The design projects provided the students with an opportunity to investigate these ideas and opportunities, further refine their critical and strategic approach in an iterative design process across a variety of scales, and develop requisite design and presentation communication skills. As a firm-led studio, the unique perspective of a practicing firm provided opportunities to intersect the academy with practice, including connecting students to professional mentors and enriching the firm with academic investigation.