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PATH Architecture is a four-person firm headed by Corey Martin and Ben Kaiser. Since meeting in 1994, Corey and Ben have collaborated on the design and construction of many successful commercial and residential projects. They formed PATH Architecture in 2005 to capitalize on this successful 12-year relationship, combining their talents with those of Jason Kentta and Scott Mannhard to create an architecture firm offering the highest level of design complimented with strong development and construction experience.

Corey Martin
The son of a renowned jewelry designer and a landscape architect, Corey spent much of his early life with pencil in hand, creating drawings of futuristic worlds. After arriving in Portland in 1992, Corey worked as a designer in the offices of Richard Potestio Architect and Allied Works Architecture before starting his own furniture, sculpture and design firm in 1999. His independent projects include the design and construction of spaces and furniture for clients such as Wieden + Kennedy, The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art and GARI. In 2003 he formed a partnership known as M1C2 to design a series of high profile projects for Nike and the University of Oregon, including the design of the new University of Oregon Football Team Locker Room. He is also an artist and sculptor, working in charcoal, wood, steel and bronze. Corey has a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from the University of Oregon.

Ben Kaiser
Ben began his construction career in 1980 as a carpenter's assistant in Cleveland, Ohio. His career continued in Providence, Rhode Island with the renovation, and construction of single family homes. While in Providence, Ben attended, and graduated from, the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in Architecture. After college, Ben lived in Columbus, Ohio working as an architect for Karlsberger Architects. The firm specialized in hospitals, schools, and hospitality. Following Karlsberger, Ben began work with Hazama, a Japanese construction firm, as a project manager coordinating the design and construction of a 300,000 s.f. Research and Design facility for Honda Corporation, in Marysville, Ohio. In 1992, Ben became a registered architect. Ben moved to Portland, Oregon in 1993, and started the Kaiser Group, Inc., with his brother, Adam Kaiser. After a number of projects, Adam returned to the sun of California, and Ben began work as a project manager for Port West Properties, Inc.. Port West focused on condominium conversions, restaurant construction, and warehouse renovations in the Pearl District. In 1998, Ben moved to Florence, Italy to study jewelry design, earning a degree from Metallo Nobile, in 2000. Returning to Portland in 2001, Ben brought the Kaiser Group, Inc., back to life. With a focus on close-in projects the Kaiser Group, Inc. continues to bring Portland quality projects, and affordable housing.

Jason Kentta
Jason Kentta received his bachelors of architecture in 1995 and has been working in Portland architecture firms since. He also maintains an independent woodshop studio where designs and fabricates furniture, casework, and custom architectural elements. His work experience ranges from the Oregon Community Foundation and the City of Sandy studying urban growth, to design and construction documents for a local High School, to fabricating custom hardwood door pulls for an advertising firm in the Pearl district. He received an award for his work on an urban infill project in the City of Hubbard, and for a 20' tall, 20,000 flower, temporary structure in Pioneer Square. He also owns a concrete mixer. Which he uses often.

Scott Mannhard
Scott Mannhard has worked as a designer on single and multi-family residential and institutional buildings at architecture firms in Dallas, Texas and Portland. As a LEED Accredited Professional, Scott advocates green building principles and sustainable design. He concentrated on urban architecture and redevelopment while earning his Master of Architecture, and continues to pursue this interest at PATH working on infill housing, commercial and renovation projects.

Joseph Schollmeyer
Joseph Schollmeyer graduated from the University of Oregon School of Architecture in 1999. After brief stint at Allied Works in Portland, where he met Corey Martin, he moved to the east coast and joined Rafael Viñoly Architects for 5 years, which took him to New York City, Boston, and London, working on such projects as the Boston Convention Center, a London high-rise, and the World Trade Center Redesign Competition. He has also been an ongoing volunteer for Architects Without Borders, a local non-profit, with whom he travelled to Sri Lanka to assist in the rebuilding effort after the 2004 tsunami. He joined Path Architecture in 2006

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