Nnadozie (“Nana”) Okeke joined David Brody Bond from Garrison McNeil & Associates, following the successful collaboration of the two firms on the Harlem Children’s Zone, a community center which includes a charter school and child-care facilities for at-risk youth. The facility integrates educational, recreational, and social service spaces designed to strengthen community involvement and interaction. Mr. Okeke also previously worked for the renowned London-based architect David Adjaye — who had collaborated with DBB Founding Partner J. Max Bond and Phil Freelon on the winning design for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.

Since joining Davis Brody Bond, Mr. Okeke has helped lead the development of numerous educational, cultural, and community buildings, including the Muntu Performing Arts Center and the John C. Daniels and King/Robinson Magnet Schools in New Haven, Connecticut. He recently served as Project Architect for The Eagle Academy for Young Men, an all-boys public school in the Bronx. He currently brings his extensive expertise in the design and construction of academic facilities to New York University’s 181 Mercer project, a new 735,000 sf, mixed-use facility providing new facilities for several departments ranging from athletics, performing arts, and academic classrooms to university housing for students and faculty.