Kyle MertensMeyer

Founder + Design Director

LEED AP, IIDA, Associate AIA,

Kyle MertensMeyer is a designer and educator with experience driving small to large scale projects in the United States, China and Europe. In 2016, Kyle received the Will Ching Designer of the Year award from the International Interior Design Association.  Additionally, Kyle has received awards from The American Institute of Architects, International Interior Design Association, US Green Building Council, Dezeen, Contract Magazine, Interior Design Magazine, FX Magazine, BluePrint Magazine, Surface Design, A2 Magazine, and World Architecture News. Kyle has been a visiting professor at Shanghai Tongji University, School of Design Innovation in the spring of 2016 and 2019 and has lectured and critiqued at the School of Design Innovation since 2011.  He has also been a guest lecturer and critic at Nottingham Ningbo University and Judson University in Chicago. Kyle was the keynote speaker at the 2016 Klimahouse Conference, the 2017 World Youth Design Forum, and the 2018 World Innovation & Entrepreneurship Expo. 

Throughout Kyle’s career, he has contributed to design from macro to micro working on large scale environmental research, planning, architecture, interiors, product design, and branding. With each project, Kyle focuses on the unique environmental, anthropological, and emotional contexts that inform the human-centered design. As a LEED certified professional, Kyle champions sustainable and environmental design, and he believes that they are integral parts of the system rather than stand-alone components. 

Kyle believes that visualization through augmented and mixed realities using digital tools has the power to bring the unreal to life. In 2018, Kyle co-founded Kaleidoskope, a digital visualization studio, with the goal of pushing the boundaries of digital design to communicate and encapsulate multi-dimensional stories.

Prior to founding August Green, Kyle was an Associate at Gensler, where he designed and implemented key projects such as: the WPP Headquarters Campus Tower, the Springs Nike Campus (LEED Gold), the KIC Campus (LEED Platinum), and the Shanghai Media Group Headquarters Master Plan. Kyle simultaneously received research grants to understand the dynamic of indoor and outdoor air pollution and its impact on building ecologies and health. 

Kyle attended graduate school at the University of Judson, School of Art, Design, and Architecture where he received a Masters of Architecture; he received the Dean's Medal for Leadership and the Chair’s Award in Architecture. Kyle also attended architecture studies at the University of De Montfort in England.

Contact: kyle@augustgreen.com