Leadership
Stephanie Behring, Registered Architect, Design Partner
Stephanie’s professional experience encompases construction, interiors, and architecture in many project types, such as housing (multi-family, senior living, affordable), hospitality, mixed-use, office, and retail. She is a licensed architect in the State of Texas.
Stephanie is the Board Chair of Dallas City Homes, a local affordable housing non-profit organization, and is a member of the Dallas Housing Coalition. She enjoys giving generously of her time with design organizations, such as Habitat for Humanity and Engineering Missions International. With EMI, Stephanie had the pleasure of traveling to Beirut, Lebanon as the Lead Architect for a children's camp and teacher training center.
Stephanie earned a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Architecture from the University of Oregon. Some of Stephanie’s favorite things include: tending to her garden, and exploring culture through cooking and travel.
stephanie@restudioarchitecture.com / 817-706-2205
Ryan Behring, Managing Partner
Ryan’s experience in the building industry has covered architecture, design-build, commercial real estate brokerage, community development, and fabrication.
From 2015-2017 Ryan served with and led Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings’ GrowSouth Americorps VISTA program, building capacity alongside Southern Dallas neighborhoods. From there, Ryan applied his love of connecting people to commercial real estate brokerage, and is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Texas, and is a member of The Real Estate Council (TREC). Ryan is also an active participant in the Dallas civic community, serving since 2018 on the City of Dallas’ Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee (ZOAC) shaping development code recommendations to the City Plan Commission.
Ryan earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture, a Master of Architecture and Master of Business Administration from Texas Tech University. Ryan enjoys the shade of 100-year old Pecan trees, connecting people, and staying active with his two young sons.
ryan@restudioarchitecture.com / 817-939-8781
Kirk Nelson, Registered Architect, Senior Project Architect
Kirk’s 20-year career experience spans the design of multifamily, mixed-use, public and higher education projects, working on projects of various scales from a single classroom remodel, to a 400 unit apartment project, and everything in between.
Originally from the Pacific Northwest, he has lived and worked in Seattle, Orange County California, San Francisco and North Texas.
Kirk has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon and has an architecture license from the state of Washington. Outside of work, Kirk enjoys hiking, tennis, and spending time with his family which typically involves chasing after his two young sons.
Myriah Esparza, Registered Architect, Project Architect
Myriah’s Architectural experience includes commercial office, retail, K-12 education, residential, and multi-family project types. She is a licensed Architect in the State of Texas.
She discovered Architecture through the lens of a camera at a young age and since has been passionate about buildings. Myriah looks forward to continuing to grow in her career, finding inspiration in her community, and learning how Architecture and design can become accessible to everyone. In her free time, she enjoys a variety of hobbies- photography, designing and building furniture, textile arts, and reading. Her favorite day can be described as spending quality time at home relaxing with her husband and dog.
Myriah earned her Bachelor of Architecture from Oklahoma State University. Upon her graduation she was awarded the Alpha Rho Chi Bronze Medal for her display of leadership, willing service to her school, and promise of real professional merit through her attitude and personality.