A man in a blue suit sits at a desk, looking at the camera. He has a light complexion and short brown hair. An open book and a pen are on the desk. In the background, rolled-up papers are in a clear vase against a white wall.
A man in a blue suit sits at a desk, looking at the camera. He has a light complexion and short brown hair. An open book and a pen are on the desk. In the background, rolled-up papers are in a clear vase against a white wall.

Brad Devendorf

ASSOCIATE

“What makes this profession truly rewarding are the days spent on site — when you trade your computer screen for a hard hat and hear the sounds of progress, feel the scale of the spaces, and see lines on paper transformed into something tangible that our clients will soon live in, work in, and enjoy.”

Over the course of his career, Associate Brad Devendorf has worked on projects around the country, including New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, New England, South Florida, Atlanta, and Bermuda.

After joining the firm in 2011, he rose through the ranks at GPSA to become Project Manager and Associate before departing the firm to work on a historic renovation of a home built by Grosvenor Atterbury in the Hamptons. He returned to Schafer & Co as an Associate in 2025, and in addition to his role on the Leadership team, he is working on a new residence in Dallas, a renovation of an apartment in New York City’s Upper East Side Historic District, and a new building for a coastal property in Maine, where he led the Main House project for GPSA from 2015-2018.

Brad completed a Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame, but it wasn’t until later that he realized homes were his true passion. “Originally, I was interested in town planning and urban development, but when I started working at a master-planned community in Florida, I discovered that homes and residences are at the heart of any urban project, and I knew that’s what I wanted to do,” he says. Before moving to Manhattan for a job with GPSA, Brad spent two years working in Florida, where he was part of the team that won a 2010 Palladio Award, a prize that honors outstanding achievement in traditional design. 

He returned to the University of Notre Dame to pursue a graduate degree in the study of classical architecture. During his program, he was awarded the Ferguson & Shamamian Architects Graduate Prize for his thesis. He graduated with his Master of Architectural Design and Urbanism in 2011.

Brad currently lives in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood with his wife and young son.