SYNOPSIS

Licensed Architect, LEED Accredited Professional, NCARB Certified. Twenty years experience at offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, and Wisconsin. Design leadership through all phases of architecture. Establishment and refinement of design concepts and building requirements in collaboration with firm partners, clients, building users, consultants, and public agency officials. Management of project scheduling, budgeting, documentation, and coordination from entitlements through construction. Direction, scoping, and coordination of structural, MEP, energy, civil, landscape, and specialty consultants. Training and oversight of design and administrative staff. 

EDUCATION

College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley

Master of Architecture, 2002

School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Bachelor of Science Architectural Studies, High Honors in Architecture, 2000

EXPERIENCE

WA Design    Berkeley, CA    Architect    2015-2022

Ashby Lumber – Berkeley, Antioch, CA: retail, office, warehouse, and lumber yard master planning and feasibility studies.

JumpStartMD – San Jose, Campbell, Palo Alto, Santa Cruz, CA: Tenant improvement projects for medical weight loss facilities, including feasibility studies, test-fits, programming, templating, and entitlements through construction.

Folger Lofts – Berkeley, CA: code analysis, entitlements, permitting, and agency coordination for architect led development of four new live-work lofts.

Oro Del Norte Ranch — Somis, CA: office, workshop, barn, and employee kitchen for avocado and lemon producers.

Larkspur, CA residence: $6M, 6,415 sq ft, single-family residential remodel, additions, and outbuildings.

San Francisco, CA residence: $2.5M, 4,400 sq ft, single-family residential remodel in Parnassus Heights.

Cupertino, CA residence: $1.93M, 3,375 sq ft, single-family residential remodel, additions, and new ADU.

Healdsburg, CA residence: $12M, 7,400 sq ft, new winery estate residence to replace a home destroyed in the 2019 Kincade wildfire.

Santa Rosa, CA residence: $3.5M, 5,465 sq ft, Shiloh vineyard estate home remodel and additions.

Berkeley, CA residence: $450k, 1,280 sq ft, single-family residential kitchen and bath remodel.

Woodside, CA residence: $750k, 2,119 sq ft, single-family residential kitchen and master suite addition and remodel.

Stinson Beach, CA residence: $1.75M, 1,100 sq ft, single-family beach home, new construction.

Oakland, CA residence: 2,750 sq ft, single-family residence and ADU, new construction, unbuilt.

Arkin Tilt Architects    Berkeley, CA    Architect    2007-2015

Robert Sinskey Vineyards – Napa, CA: Hospitality, office, and production winery addition and renovation, including commercial kitchens, tasting room addition, and straw bale wine storage addition.

Wanlass Park Environmental Education Center – San Pablo, CA: Single-story classroom and meeting center.

Jug Handle Creek Farm and Nature Center – Mendocino, CA: Outdoor education center and hostel lodging.

Celery Design Collaborative – Berkeley, CA: Office renovation and second story addition.

Avalon Springs Eco Resort – Middletown, CA: Master plan for 320 acre hot springs resort and retreat center.

Palo Alto, CA residence: Energy-efficient, single-family residence.

Occidental, CA residence: Super-insulated, low-energy, single-family residence and in-law cottage.

Blaine, WA residence: Single-family vacation home.

Placerville, CA residence: Passive and active solar single-family residence with guest wing and barn.

Siegel & Strain Architects    Emeryville, CA    Architect    2006-2007

Yountville Town Center – Yountville, CA: LEED Gold Community Center including library, multi-use recreation space, meeting hall, police station, and outdoor cooking facilities. Ground source heat pump and 38kW PV array.

Aptos, CA residence: Single-family residence with SIPS shell and PV/solar thermal array.

Gertler & Wente Architects    New York, NY    Architect    2004-2006

Rutgers University College of Nursing and Institute for Health – New Brunswick, NJ: New four-story teaching and research facility and six-story office tower and conference center.

Yaddo Artists Community – Saratoga Springs, NY: New live/work studios for artists-in-residence.

63 West 38th Street – New York, NY: Multi-story high-rise addition and conversion from office to residential.

W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience – Piscataway, NJ: Lab for spinal cord injury rehabilitation research.

Harlem Townhouse – New York, NY: Townhouse renovation with two-story addition.

Chong Partners Architecture    San Francisco, CA    Designer    2001-2004

Ryan Ranch Outpatient Campus – Monterey, CA: Imaging center and medical office building.

Yocha Dehe Tribal Community Center – Brooks, CA: meeting house, recreation facilities, offices, library, and school.

San Jose Civic Center Parking Structure – San Jose, CA: Seven-story parking facility with ground level office and retail.

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center – Vallejo, CA: Campus master plan including 248 bed hospital, medical office building, central utility plant, and four-story parking structure.

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center – Roseville, CA: 52 bed emergency room addition and six-story parking structure.

St. Joseph Hospital – Eureka, CA: 189 bed hospital expansion and seismic retrofit.

Patricia Motzkin Architecture    Berkeley, CA    Designer    2000-2001

San Francisco, CA condominium: High-rise condominium renovation.

Tiburon, CA residence: Single-family residence and guest home.

Napa, CA residence: Single-family residence.

Cream City Construction    Milwaukee, WI    Designer    1999-2000

Shorewood, WI residence: Family room addition and kitchen renovation.

Milwaukee, WI residence: Kitchen renovation.

Grafton, WI residence: Kitchen, living, and family room renovation.

VOLUNTEER

Habitat for Humanity    East Bay, CA  Volunteer Construction Leader 

One Small House    Tijuana, Mexico Volunteer Builder