professional experience

HOLL Architects  Brooklyn | Minneapolis | Sonoma

  • Private residence, Occidental, CA (Sonoma County). 21-acre vineyard overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Hybrid prefabrication; passive, off-grid strategies. 3,500 SF main house; 2,100 SF workshop.

  • Center for Sustainable Living, Sonoma, CA. Master-planned 12-acre site; 16 buildings; two phases. Sustainable education and retreat center with farm-to-table culinary, training, and hospitality facilities.

  • Collaborator with Minneapolis-based firm Snow Kreilich on proposals for a 40-story hotel/residential tower in Rochester, MN and a natatorium for a prestigious private school near Minneapolis.

Snøhetta  New York, NY
Architect, Independent Contractor, January 2016 - April 2016

  • Helped bring $180M central library for Temple University in Philadelphia to 100% CD completion.

Brandon Haw Architecture (Formerly of Foster + Partners), New York, NY
Co-founder; Associate, January 2014 - June 2015

  • Directly involved in the inception and creation of a start-up architecture and design firm practicing internationally. Project types include a 1.5 million square foot tech hub, a top-tier international business school, commercial real estate, and luxury residential high-rise in Miami Beach. Simultaneously developing strategies for the growth and management of the firm (currently 16 employees) while setting up the studio in the historic Seagram Building in New York.

PEI COBB FREED & PARTNERS Architects LLP, New York, NY
Associate, 2007 - 2014

  • Team leader, member, and project architect on international and domestic projects.

  • Led firm’s first BIM project (200,000 sf medical school at VCU). Team leadership role in project design from competition through construction; coordinated consultant models; frequently traveled to Philadelphia and Richmond for coordination meetings and presentations to the client board, historic preservation committee, and city planning agencies.

  • Job Captain and Project Manager on large-scale mixed-use development in historic Jerusalem district; instrumental in acquiring project, which led to subsequent projects in Israel. Traveled to Jerusalem to partake in successfully passing project through the department of Historic Preservation and the City Council.

  • Led firm-wide implementation of BIM through training/consultation on new projects. Trained/mentored colleagues on concept and visualization strategies for established/prospective projects while adopting and adapting BIM firm-wide.

Cloud 9 Architects, Barcelona, Spain
Project Designer, 2006

  • 4,500 sf residence, Villa Nurbs, in Empuriabrava, Spain. Stationed on-site; developed design simultaneous with project construction; directed and supervised construction labor utilizing innovative materials and methods.

Gensler, New York, NY
Intern Architect, 2005

  • Apple Cube flagship store and GM Building podium, 5th Avenue, Manhattan: detail drawings/renderings. Animated curtainwall studies for NJ pharmaceutical campus. Site visit and documentation for tower on Bryant Park, NYC.

Hammel Green & Abrahamson (HGA), Minneapolis, MN
Intern Architect, 2004

  • Construction administration, marketing illustrations and awards submittals, renderings for commercial developments.

Murphy Brothers Design-Build, Minneapolis, MN
Designer, Laborer, 2003-2004

  • Private residential. Conduct site surveys. Drafting and design work for renovations and additions. Field labor.

Project for Pride in Living Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN
Urban Design Assistant, 2001-2003

  • Non-profit organization creating housing for low-income families. Design development for a single-family residential renovation and expansion in North Minneapolis and multi-family residential building near a new light-rail corridor.

Bruce W. Schmitt & Associates Architects, Wayzata, MN
Intern Architect, 2001-2002

  • Draftsman for private residential projects of up to 32,000 sf; budgets up to $30 million.

Carver County Department of Public Works, Chaska, MN
Assistant Civil Engineer, 2000

  • Assist county inspector overseeing construction of public county highways. Supervise contractors, conduct material tests and inspections including concrete slump tests, compaction, drainage, and aggregate composition tests.

NOTABLE PROJECTS

The James W. & Francis G. McGlothlin School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

  • Winning competition entry

  • 200,000 sf; $138,000,000

  • 12-story steel-frame structure, precast concrete panel cladding.

  • The new School of Medicine for the Virginia Commonwealth University comprises a medical education and research complex with teaching spaces, simulation and clinical skills, research, a 250-seat auditorium, student interaction areas, public spaces and a bridge to an adjacent hospital.

  • Held integral role from competition through construction, led team as BIM pilot project for PCF.

The Tivoli Edge, Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark

  • 25,000 m2; $120,000,000;

  • 4-story steel structure with intelligent, undulating, glazed curtain wall. The project addresses the redevelopment of the edge of a renowned, historic, publicly-accessible garden and cultural/amusement facility.

  • The design includes mixed-use, high-end retail, dining, entertainment, and luxury hotel program functions. Lead designer and project manager.

  • Traveled to London to conduct meetings on feasibility and budget.

  • Ongoing travel to Copenhagen for design reviews and presentations with clients, consultants, and prospective tenants.

  • Curated exhibition concurrent with press release and public review of project. Construction to begin 2017.

Etz Chaim Mixed-Use Development, Private Enterprise, Jerusalem, Israel

  • 50,000 m2 mixed-use development in historic district near the Old City in Jerusalem.

  • Two 25-story, reinforced concrete residential towers clad in Jerusalem stone implementing a living facade; and a 6-story boutique hotel, health club & spa on main thoroughfare.

  • Successful site planning preserves five existing historic structures.

  • Conceptual design and development were executed using parametric design and Building Information Modeling (BIM).

  • As Job Captain/Project Architect, I played a key role in all aspects of the project, from contract negotiations through creation of project presentations and design development; traveled to Jerusalem to partake in successfully passing project through Department of Historic Preservation and Jerusalem City Council.

Public School 298, New York School Construction Authority (SCA), Queens, NY

  • Winning competition entry.

  • 106,000 sf; $62,000,000.

  • Four-story, steel-frame structure clad in brick and precast concrete.

  • Involved in competition-winning project team through conceptual development.

  • Using this project, we helped guide the SCA in their implementation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) processes and standards.

  • Acted as consultant to, and trained, project team on BIM processes and best practices.

  • Played on-going role in project visualization and material research. Gave presentation on BIM at annual SCA conference.