Architect and design partner at Condia+Ornelas Architects in Manhattan, KS, and a professor at Kansas State. He teaches architecture as an art form, emphasizing neuroscience, ancient works, metaphysics, and poetics. He has been a studio critic for 30 years and has received multiple teaching awards. His publications cover progressive architecture, the experience of space, and his surrealist illustrations. Condia holds a Master's in Architecture from Columbia University and a Bachelor's from Cal Poly.