Chris Ryan is a licensed Architect, registered contractor, former development executive, and over the past two decades he's focused on designing, developing, and building next-generation building projects centered around emerging sports and activities.

After years spent working for multidisciplinary architecture and design-build companies, learning how to balance design with cost and execution, Chris spent a decade designing, developing, and building next generation climbing gyms across the country. 

These experiences taught what it takes to take visionary ideas and efficiently bridge the gap between idea and open doors.

Today, Chris uses those lessons and recipes learned to help clients build wild Third Place projects, based around the sports and activities we love.

An avid rock climber, surfer, skier, and former national-level competitive athlete, Chris has experienced firsthand how play can profoundly impact our lives. 

His award-winning work has been written about in Fast Company and Forbes, and his YouTube channel has over 18,000+ subscribers.

He has taught design, construction, and professional practice courses at Roger Williams University and as a Visiting Lecturer at Northeastern University, and received his Master of Architecture degree from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.