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David Palmer

David Palmer

New York City

 
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About 

I love solving the problems that come with building creative, healthy, safe and functional buildings.  It's an honor to work alongside the professionals that help make my job so fulfilling and the greatest experience of my life to see a design rise up into reality.  I love the energy and potential of big cities and seek them out, traveling and seeing new places as much as possible.

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Employment 

Cooper Carry, New York, Project Architect

Completed construction drawings for three projects with the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Hurricane Florence Recovery effort. Work was 100% remote alongside teams in Atlanta and Washington D.C.

Apr 2021 - Aug 2023
 

HOK, New York, Project Architect

Responsible for two separate, large-scale healthcare addition/renovation projects. I documented in Revit, assisted the Project Architects and Project Managers directly in the coordination of the work with hospital representatives, third-party and HOK consultants and directed small teams (on each project) of 2-4 designers who worked under my supervision. I delivered the expansion and renovation of the Jersey City Medical Center to AHJ submission and 100% Bid and delivered the expansion of the NYU Winthrop Hospital New Life Center through to submission for client review of building envelope/major steel, 50% CDs.

Sep 2019 - Jun 2020
 

HLW International, New York, Project Architect

Responsible for the new school of business building at Hofstra University, a Toll Brothers twelve-story condominium project in Hoboken, and a seven-story apartment building for the in Jersey City. Led a small team developing the design of a new campus center for Fordham University in the Bronx. I participated in staffing and hiring, mentorship, and present case studies and project lessons-learned to my studio.

Jul 2017 - Jul 2019
 

Winks Snowa Architects, Richmond, VA, US, Project Manager

Developed construction documents and specifications for large-scale commercial projects with a focus on wood-frame multi-family residential and institutional projects including apartments, condominiums and town home designs as well as memory care and assisted living.

Feb 2014 - Apr 2017
 

Baskervill, Richmond, VA, US, Project Designer

Coordinated with Owners and Interior Designers in fourteen hotel renovations. Prepared Construction Documents, developed presentation renderings, and provided Construction Administration services directly with contractors and clients. Organized general feasibility and accessibility studies in compliance with Building, Zoning, and Accessibility Codes.

Jul 2011 - Jan 2013
 

NORR, Chicago, IL, US, Intern Architect

Collaborated with international retail chain clients including Panera Bread and Starbucks, from initial ideas through construction, to provide design renderings and Construction Documents. Maintained good relationships nationally with local building and health departments to obtain permits on fifty-five renovation projects. Facilitated the firm's conversion from CAD to current building information modeling software.

Jan 2010 - Jul 2011
 

Amstadter Architects, Chicago, IL, US, Intern Architect / Graduate Student

Provided direct assistance to Project Architects while working closely with clients, the City of Chicago, landscape architects, and structural and engineering consultants. Completed Master's degree Thesis on Garden-to-Market Community Building for local non-profit.

Jun 2006 - Feb 2009
 

US Navy, Pearl Harbor, HI, US, Quartermaster, Head of Navigation Detail

Head of the Navigation Detail as a Quartermaster 2nd Class. Navy Achievement Medal. Honorable discharge, November 1999.

Sep 1995 - Nov 1999
 

Education 

Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, IL, US, MArch, Architecture

Sep 2005 - May 2008
 

UPC | Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura del Vallès, Barcelona, ES, Architecture Study Abroad

Sep 2005 - Mar 2006
 

The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, US, BArch, Architecture

Jan 2001 - May 2005
 

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