KYLE PALZER
AIA Minnesota 2022 Young Architects Award Recipient
2014 STUDENT DESIGN & SCHOLARSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARD
HONORS & AWARDS
2022 YOUNG ARCHITECS AWARD
2017 FIRM AWARD - KODET ARCHITECTURAL GROUP
2016 PRESIDENTIAL CITATION
2015 NATIONAL DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD
2014 NATIONAL CHAPTER HONOR AWARD
2013 NATIONAL FREEDOM BY DESIGN HONOR AWARD
2009 BSA EAGLE SCOUT AWARD
Kyle is an award-winning architect at Alliiance. His projects are community-focused in the public, travel, learning, and worship realms. Kyle has volunteered in various AIA roles at national, regional, and state levels. His extensive service and leadership within the profession, as well as his commitment to deliver high quality design on any budget, was particularly noteworthy by jurors of AIA Minnesota's 2022 Young Architects Award committee.
Kyle is passionate about designing places that promote community, cultural development, and natural environments that uplift all people. He is a self-motivated, detail oriented, and enthusiastic team player, always seeking to learn and grow professionally within a fast paced and challenging environment.
He graduated with a Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Minnesota combined with a Graduate Certificate in Metropolitan Design. He studied both architecture and urban design because of an interest in how cities change and grow over time and the ways in which we can design better places for people to live, work and play.
He enjoys traveling to various cities across the country and visiting famous works of architecture, but believes nothing is better then getting away from it all and experiencing all the things the great outdoors has to offer! Kyle is a practicing Catholic and an active member of his parish. As a Catholic Architect and Interior Designer, he appreciates using his talents to design religious spaces.
Kyle is a licensed architect and certified interior designer in the State of Minnesota, practicing in the civic, religious, and educational realms.
He served nationally with the American Institute of Architects in 2020 & 2021, as the director on the National Associates Committee, Influence + Innovation Workgroup. Kyle also participated in the AIA Young Architects Forum Mission 2130 Summit, which selected participants nationally to come together and envision the future of architecture 100 years from now.
REGISTRATION
Licensed Architect - State of Minnesota
Certified Interior Designer - State of Minnesota
NCARB Certification
EXPERIENCE
Alliiance, December 2021 - Present
Kodet Architectural Group, Ltd. April 2015 - December 2021
Rick Harrison Site Design Studio June 2014 - September 2014
Church of the Epiphany, 3D Acoustical Modeling Consultant December 2014 - June 2015
UMN Graduate Teaching Assistant 2014 - 2015
EDUCATION
Masters of Architecture, Metropolitan Design Certificate - University of Minnesota, May 2016
Bachelor of Science in Architecture - University of Minnesota, May 2014
Guest Juror - Fall 2013 University of Minnesota "Environmental Design and the Sociocultural Context"
Guest Juror - Spring 2014 University of Minnesota "Portfolio Design"
Guest Juror - Fall 2021 Dunwoody College of Technology "ARCH 2111 Construction Documents Studio,
Burnsville Fire Station Projects"
Guest Speaker - September 26, 2018 Dunwoody College of Technology "ArchiTalk - Getting Involved as a
Young Professional"
INVOLVEMENT
2022 AIA Young Architects Forum - Mission 2130 Summit Participant
2020-21 AIA National Associates Committee - Influence + Innovation Workgroup Director
2021 AIA Western Mountain Region - Pettigrew Leadership Scholarship Guest Juror
2018-20 AIA Regional Associate Director - North Central States
2017 AIA Minnesota Associate Director
2016-17 AIA Minnesota Architect Licensing Advisory Committee Co-Chair
2014-16 National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) Student Licensing Advisor
2014-18 AIA Minnesota IDP/ARE Committee Member
2015-17 AIA Minnesota Search for Shelter Design Charette
2013-14 American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) - Advertising Coordinator
2012-13 AIAS Freedom By Design - Outreach Coordinator
ARTICLES
Finance & Commerce Interview Article
Finance & Commerce Interview Video
Envisioning the Firm of the Future
Architecture MN Magazine (Kodet Architectural Group 2017 AIA Minnesota Firm Award)
Design @ Minnesota Blog (AIAS Honors Jim Lutz and Kyle Palzer)
Design @ Minnesota Blog (AIAS-MN Receives Chapter Honor Award)
AIA Minnesota Matrix Newsletter August 2014 (University of Minnesota Chapter of the AIAS)
AIA Minnesota Matrix Newsletter August 2013 (University of Minnesota-AIAS)
Design @ Minnesota Blog (AIAS-MN Freedom by Design Honored For Impacting Lives With Design)
Coon Rapids Hearld (Scout troop joins heart safe campaign)
EXHIBITIONS
June 13, 2015 Northern Spark Art Festival "CityScope"
March 13, 2015 Catalyst as Architecture, Final Show - "Whispering Bubbles"
Summer 2013 Textile Center Community Gallery - "Reimagining the Textile Center"
PUBLICATIONS
I Want to Work In Series | Minneapolis | Kyle Palzer
CRIT Magazine Issue 79 | Fall 2016 | Page 18 "AIAS Honor Awards"
CRIT Magazine Issue 78 | 2015 | Page 52 "Textile Center"
Northern Spark 2015 CityScope Description
AIAS Chapter Honor Award Application
Safe & Walkable Communities Action Plan (Mayor 101 class with Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak)
Freedom by Design Honor Award Application
