Mali Torriero, AIA — Principal Architect, Naples, Florida

Mali has been a practicing architect for 25 years. She earned her Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Tech and upon graduation she moved to Pittsburgh, PA. She then received her license in 2011 and started Luca Construction and Design soon after, the practice that is now Luca Architecture.

Mali loves the integration of design and construction and appreciates each phase of the process. She heads to the construction sites on a regular basis and enjoys working directly with the contractors. Periodically throughout her career she has worked as a construction project manager with her family company.

Mali has always believed in trying to be a good steward of our environment. It started out with integrating basic passive design principles into each project — solar orientation, utilizing cross ventilation, etc. She then became acquainted with Passive House and became a certified Passive House Designer in 2016.

Several years ago, Mali and her family started to spend more time in Florida and decided to expand her work and practice to the Southwest Florida region. She spent several years working with a local architect and enjoyed the new challenges in a new environment and new construction methods.

She recently also received her license in South Carolina and is looking forward to practicing more there.

Mali is a registered architect in Florida (license AR102537), Pennsylvania and South Carolina, and also a Florida licensed interior designer (license ID7235), so the practice can carry a project from the building through to its interiors under one license.