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Loretta Franklin

Loretta Franklin

New York, NY, US

 

About 

LORETTA H. FRANKLIN

BARCH. LEED AP. NCARB.
AIA. RA-NV/ NY. OAA.

 

 

P R O F E S S I O N A L P R O F I L E

Registered Architect in Nevada & New York USA, Ontario Canada (OAA); member of AIA; NCARB
Certified.


Ontario Building Code Qualification: OAA BCDS Registry for all building types (Complex Buildings,
Large Buildings, Small Buildings, House), also familiar with International Building Code 2006

 

LEED Accredited Professional (passed LEED New Construction exam)

 

15 year work experience as senior design architect, project manager in all phases (SD. DD. CD &
conceptual) of design, project management and construction administration (CA); Portfolio includes
US, Canadian and International projects in hospitality, commercial, office, retail, residential,
institutional, architecture, interior, and urban planning.  Large scale & complex projects incl. Fontainebleau casino resort, the California resort, Jumeirah Golf Estates, Jing Jiang Urban Planning International Competition, etc.


Taught as part-time instructor of 3 interior design courses (DESIGN-practicum 2 & 3, working drawing)at the International Academy of Design and Technology, Toronto, Canada

 

Multi-Lingual (English, Japanese, Chinese- Mandarin, Cantonese & Shanghainese)

Elsewhere:

Employment 

Loretta Hazelton Franklin Architect, Principal Architect

-provide consulting service as project manager/designer
-stamping architect

Feb 2010 - current
 

BBGM, Senior Design Architect

-develops project design requirements and solutions for the assigned project under design principal’s
direction.
-manages designers and production team, coordination with clients, consultants, etc.

Aug 2008 - Feb 2009
 

JCJ Architecture, Senior Design Architect

-develops project design requirements and solutions for the assigned project under design principle’s
direction; provides daily leadership for project team during design phases of a project.
-coordination with clients, consultants, etc.

Mar 2008 - Jul 2008
 

Steelman Partners, Senior Design Architect/ Project Manager

-project manager on Fontainbleau casino resort & the California resort: managing in house designers
architectural, interior, lighting) & production team of 30 people; direct liaison with clients, consultants
(incl. civil, structural, and mechanical and electrical engineering, LEED, code, kitchen, acoustic,
2
signage, water feature, lighting, special effect, etc.), contractor; performed bldg code analysis,
responsible for creation and maintenance of project schedule, redlining, cartoon set etc.; problem
identification, problem solving;
-project designer on Fontainbleau casino resort, revised master plans, space planning, design
presentation to clients, etc.

Jul 2006 - Feb 2008
 

LLM International Inc., Architect, Principal Architect

-project designer, project manager, responsible for company business development,
-stamping architect, Toronto Community Housing Architectural Services

Apr 2002 - Jul 2006
 

Moffat Kinoshita Architects Inc., Design Architect

-project designer, coordinated with project manager, and consultants, direct liaison with clients

Oct 2000 - Apr 2002
 

BH Architects, Junior Architect

-assistant to project designer, project manager and job captain in all phases of projects;

May 1998 - Oct 2000
 

Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership, Junior Architect

-assistant to project designer, project manager and job captain in all phases of projects;

Mar 1997 - Aug 1997
 

Education 

Cornell University, BArch, Architecture

Bachelor of Architecture Professional degree,

Aug 1993 - Dec 1996
 

Awards 

Finalist -- Regional Exhibition of the Erie Canal Cultural Center Project, Lyons, NY, Other

Finalist -- Regional Exhibition of the Erie Canal Cultural Center Project, Lyons, NY (Fall 1995)

1995
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills