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Seth Calmes

Seth Calmes

Los Angeles, CA, US

 
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About 

Seth Calmes is an American architectural and landscape designer and the founder of Greenitecture, a digital media platform highlighting nature-inspired design and architecture to a global audience. He studied architecture at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and completed architectural education at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, receiving both a Master's in Architecture and a Certificate in Landscape Architecture.

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Employment 

studiocalmes, Los Angeles, CA, US, Freelance Designer

Short-term rental house renovation and landscape design, 3D models, renders, and original architectural drawings in North Carolina, US

Sep 2023 - current
 

Tighe Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, US, Designer & Marketing

Assist in schematic design tasks for Mixed-Use and Affordable Housing projects, spear-head digital marketing and branding campaigns, create content/competition/award submission drawings, graphics, and media

Jun 2023 - current
 

Greenitecture, Founder & Editor

Built an independent business and media platform highlighting green & nature-inspired design to an audience of over 250,000 in 2 years (@greenitecture via instagram for the most up-to-date archive)

Sep 2021 - current
 

RIOS, Los Angeles, CA, US, Extern

Participated in site visits, physical fabrications, and digital modeling

Mar 2023 - Mar 2023
 

Eppstein Uhen Architects (EUA), Milwaukee, WI, US, Extern

Participated in design process, client meetings, took part in site visits, organized, maintained files

Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
 

Tighe Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, US, Intern

Digital marketing, content & award submission graphics

Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
 

Education 

University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, US, Masters, Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Master of Architecture, Landscape Architecture Certificate

Sep 2021 - May 2023
 

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, US, Bachelors, Architecture

Bachelors of Science, Architectural Studies

Sep 2016 - May 2020
 

Awards 

VILLAS Magazine Belgium, Other

Greenitecture featured as 1 of 5 accounts to follow in Architecture alongside Zaha Hadid Architecture and others

2022
 

USC Architectural Guild Design Competition Winner, Award

Awarded ‘Best Interdisciplinary Demonstration’

2022
 

SUPERjury International Review, Honorable Mention

Urban Village Project (available in portfolio) awarded Honorable Mention in Annual International Review

2020
 

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