Stephen Wubbolding is a designer and researcher focused on human-scale architecture, historic development, and community's role in the built environment. Currently pursuing his Master of Architecture at the University of Cincinnati, Stephen’s thesis, Facelift America, proposes a new layer of development for postwar subdivisions by embedding modular civic structures based on historic American typologies. The project seeks to create places of care, craft, and ceremony that restore resilience and identity in neighborhoods often dismissed as placeless.

Stephen earned his Bachelor of Science in Architecture in 2024, graduating magna cum laude with a certificate in Historic Preservation. His academic path is shaped by a belief in material honesty, narrative richness, and the power of built form to bring people together. Professionally, he has worked across residential design and urban planning, with projects rooted in the historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.