Brian began his relationship with Birdseye Building Company in 1994 while playing hockey in Burlington, Vermont at Gutterson Field House with John Seibert and Jim Converse, founders of the construction company. In 1996, Brian joined Birdseye as a carpenter and serendipitously founded the architecture studio when the lead designer left the project making him the project architect.

In 2018, Brian was elevated to Fellow (FAIA) by the American Institute of Architects, its highest membership honor under Object One, which is granted to architects who “have produced an extensive body of distinguished work that has been broadly recognized for its design excellence by their peers, the media, and/or through publications that have had a significant effect on the trajectory of architectural design.”