Prior to co-founding multidisciplinary firm Kim Wendell Design, he practiced architecture at Machado Silvetti Associates, Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects, and Ferguson Shamamian Architects. Augustus has taught at Parsons School of Design, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the New York School of Interior Design.

Previous projects include renderings and marketing films for Starwood Hotels, Kelly Wearstler Interior Design, Estee Lauder, Cole Haan, Robert A.M. Stern Architects and Pelli Clarke Pelli among others.

Augustus holds a B.S. in Architecture from Northeastern University and an M.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts.