Jay Longo is a Principal and Managing Director of SCB’s Los Angeles office, and serves as part of the firm’s commercial office and aviation practice leadership. With more than 30 years of experience, Jay brings a diverse portfolio of office, urban mixed-use, and institutional projects, with aviation forming part of his broader body of work.

Jay’s design work focuses on high-performance façades, digital fabrication, and sustainable strategies, delivering technically rigorous and environmentally responsive solutions for clients. He leads the design process from concept through execution on projects of varying scale and complexity, with a consistent emphasis on craft, performance, and constructability.

Notable projects under Jay’s leadership include the repositioning of 10 & 120 South Riverside in Chicago, as well as 210 North Carpenter and 320 South Sangamon, two creative office buildings that helped shape the early evolution of Fulton Market as a commercial district. His portfolio also includes private aviation work for clients such as Signature Aviation, as well as selective aviation-related projects at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), contributing to SCB’s broader presence in the aviation and private aviation markets.

Prior to joining SCB, Jay held leadership roles at Gensler, where he built a foundation in complex, large-scale project delivery.

Jay served on the Alumni Board of Governors at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and Urban Land Institute (ULI). He has lectured and presented extensively on sustainable commercial building design at institutions including the Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago History Museum, USGBC Chicago Chapter, Greenbuild, the University of Illinois (Chicago and Champaign-Urbana), and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Jay holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan.