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Edwin O'Brien

Edwin O'Brien

New York, NY, US

 
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About 

Registered architect in New York.  My work focuses on conceptual design and exterior enclosure detailing for academic and institutional projects in the North-Eastern United States.

Employment 

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), New York, NY, US, Senior Architect

Design Architect - Selected Projects:
Bronx School | 300,000 sq.ft. | New York | All Phases
MIT Schwarzman College of Computing | 170,000 sq.ft. | Cambridge | All phases
United States Embassy | 450,000 sq.ft. | Middle East | C.A.
Cityview Plaza Office Development | 2,700,000 sq.ft. | San Jose, CA | Concept
260 Unit Residential & Office Development | 750,000 sq.ft. | Sunnyvale, CA | SD

Aug 2017 - current
 

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, US, Graduate Student Instructor

Teaching Assistant (Undergraduate Level)
Introduction to Design | Andrew Atwood | Spring, 2017

Teaching Assistant (Graduate Level)
Representation in Architectural Design | Kyle Steinfeld | Fall, 2016

Teaching Assistant (Undergraduate Level)
Introduction to Visual Representation | Darell Fields | Fall, 2015

Feb 2015 - May 2017
 

Kengo Kuma and Associates, Tokyo, Intern

Design intern (model making and design drawings for Kita Aoyama mixed use development)

Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
 

First Office, Los Angeles, Intern

Intern working on MoMa PS1 competition.

Jan 2016 - Feb 2016
 

Anchor and Canvas, Brooklyn, NY, US, Woodworker / furniture designer

Jan 2012 - Jun 2014
 

Education 

Sep 2014 - May 2017
 

Awards 

Henry Adams Award, Award

Awarded to top student in graduating class.

2017
 

Research Grant from the Institute of Japanese Studies (Berkeley), Award

Research grant to study the use of wood in contemporary Japanese Architecture

2015
 

Malcolm Reynolds Fellow (UC Berkeley), Award

Presented to incoming M.Arch students for design merit

2014
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills