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Jay Vigoreaux

Jay Vigoreaux

San Juan, PR, US

 

About 

Jay  Vigoreaux is the founder and principal of Jay Vigoreaux Architects and JVA Group, leading architectural, design, planning, consulting  and project management firms headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Mr. Vigoreaux began his career in 1984 working for New York City firms: Witthoefft Associates Architects and George Cooper Rudolph III Architects, and received architectural degrees from University of Puerto Rico's School of Architecture and Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture and Planning (GSAP). He is a registered architect in Puerton Rico and New York.

Mr. Vigoreaux has managed multitude of projects including residential (custom made individual homes to multi-families projects), interiors, commercial (retail, warehouse and office), institutional, government, industrial, healthcare, educational, transportation, urban and master planning in a practice spanning 29 years of continuous experience. Projects costs range from $50K to $50 Millions. 

Employment 

JAY VIGOREAUX ARCHITECTS / JVA GROUP, San Juan, PR, US, Principall / Owner

Principal and sole propietor of the firm.

Dec 1992 - current
 

OPQ & ASSOCIATES, San Juan, PR, US, Project Manager

Consultant Project Manager

May 1988 - Nov 1992
 

UNDERWOOD ARCHITECTS, San Juan, PR, US, Consultant Project Manager

Consultant Project Manager

Dec 1987 - Apr 1988
 

ARTURO J. GARCIA ARCHITECTS, San Juan, PR, US, Partner

Partner

Jan 1987 - Nov 1987
 

GEORGE COOPER RUDOLPH III ARCHITECTS, New York, NY, US, Jr. Architectural Associate

Architectural Intern

Jul 1985 - Dec 1986
 

WITTHOEFFT ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS, New York, NY, US, Architectural Intern

Jr. Architectural Associate

Aug 1984 - Jun 1985
 

Education 

Columbia University, New York City, NY, MArch, Master of Architecture

Design Studios

Sep 1981 - May 1984
 

University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, US, Bachelors, BA Environmental Design

Aug 1976 - May 1981
 

Awards 

Premios URBE, Honorable Mention

Biaggi-Faure Fine Art Gallery remodeling Project.

2003
 

Avery Library Archive-COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Other

Plant Genetics Laboratory Project selected for Avery Library Archives collection

1984
 

William Kinne Fellowship-COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Grant

Summer School Program - Florence and American Academy in Rome, Italy

1983
 

Design+Energy Student Competition, Award

University of Puerto Rico's Fine Arts Center project

1981
 

Areas of Specialization