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Josh Hafel leaning casually at a tall counter in a bright office space, smiling and wearing glasses with a dark blazer.

Josh Hafel

Senior Design Technology Leader
Quality Management Team
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Dallas Office
Texas Tech University – College of Architecture

Josh brings a blend of technical innovation and design insight to his role as Senior Design Technology Leader at GFF Dallas. Since joining the team in 2019, he has made his mark by integrating advanced quality management practices into complex projects across mixed-use residential, commercial, worship, and automotive sectors. His academic research has garnered international attention, including a featured project and interview in South Korea’s Architecture and Culture magazine, alongside participation in the Amarillo Museum of Art 2017 Architectural Biennial. Josh continues to push boundaries through his ongoing research in Urban Infrastructural Design, exploring the intersection of technology and architecture across Dallas and Hong Kong’s diverse urban landscapes.

Josh Hafel leaning casually at a tall counter in a bright office space, smiling and wearing glasses with a dark blazer.

Josh brings a blend of technical innovation and design insight to his role as Senior Design Technology Leader at GFF Dallas. Since joining the team in 2019, he has made his mark by integrating advanced quality management practices into complex projects across mixed-use residential, commercial, worship, and automotive sectors. His academic research has garnered international attention, including a featured project and interview in South Korea’s Architecture and Culture magazine, alongside participation in the Amarillo Museum of Art 2017 Architectural Biennial. Josh continues to push boundaries through his ongoing research in Urban Infrastructural Design, exploring the intersection of technology and architecture across Dallas and Hong Kong’s diverse urban landscapes.

Josh Hafel is a Senior Design Technology Leader with GFF on the Quality Management Studio.
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    Our Work

    Angled rendering of the Fort Worth Northwest Patrol’s entrance showing signage, terraced plantings, and people arriving.

    Our design for Fort Worth’s Northwest Patrol Substation draws inspiration from the city’s frontier heritage and the architectural legacy of the Stockyards.

    Fort Worth Northwest Patrol

    Fort Worth, Texas

    Market Ross Place transforms three historic brick and timber buildings into a dynamic office environment anchored by a multi-story atrium

    Market Ross Place

    Dallas, Texas

    Perspective rendering from a covered patio at Assembly Park, showing outdoor dining tables overlooking a landscaped plaza with walking paths, planted seating areas, and a children's play zone. In the background, retail storefronts and a stage structure provide an active gathering space.

    A bold reinvention of 1980s retail into a dynamic, pedestrian-friendly district

    Assembly Park Mixed-Use

    Plano, Texas

    Warrior Hall consolidates academic life and technological innovation into a central hub for the growing A&M–Central Texas campus

    Texas A&M University–Central Texas – Warrior Hall

    Killeen, Texas

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    Emad Najmi

    Design Technology Coordinator

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