Amanda Barton, AIA

Amanda S. Barton, AIA, NOMA, a Vice President at HKS Architects Inc, is a registered Architect in the State of Florida with over twelve years of experience serving the architectural community. Amanda strives to enhance communities by meeting challenges with unique design solutions that influence the future of the industry while also remaining timeless. Amanda, who specializes in coastal hospitality design, works on projects from master planning, conceptual design, and through documentation. When not designing, she volunteers in local AIA and NOMA chapters, as a former AIA Miami president and current SoFloNOMA vice president. She is a strong advocate for sustainable design, sitting on the AIA Miami and AIA Florida Resilience and Adaptation Committees, participating in multiple LEED and WELL projects, and promoting environmental resilience through education and advocacy. Amanda also participates across multiple HKS initiatives that help push the boundary of ESG, as well as co-founder of the HKS Resilience studio, and is one of the authors of Resilience Design Toolkits, co-published with AIA, helping integrate resilience design into architectural practice. Her work includes: Four Seasons Sao Paulo, Four Season One & Only, Lopesan Costa Bavaro, Four Seasons Jacksonville, and Pendry Barbados.

Amanda has earned numerous awards, most recently earning the ENR Texas & Southeast 2025 Top Young Professionals and the 2025 AIA Florida Anthony “Tony” Pullara Individual AIA Service Award. Amanda is a graduate of the University of Miami, where she was awarded the prestigious Alpha Rho Chi Medal of Architecture in 2013.