Licensed Architect with experience in cultural institution design, workplace design, and interior architecture. Skilled in Revit, Adobe Creative Suite, hand sketching, and a strong interest in sustainability integration. Mason has experience with every traditional stage of design and delivery from Pre-Design, Schematic, Design Development, Construction Documentation, Construction Administration as well as Post Occupancy Evaluations. Leveraging a visual arts background, sketching and composition are paramount for communication within my workflow.
WeWork, New York, NY, US, Architecture Lead
Brought onboard to join the team responsible for interior architecture for those Enterprise companies interested in adapting a co-working model. Ultimately promoted to overseeing architecture scope on a per-project basis after demonstrating strength in technical detailing, construction understanding, and consultant coordination.
• Designed and delivered upwards of 320,000 sqft of workplace design, with a portfolio spanning NYC, Boston, and Kansas City, KS.
• Developed DD level handoffs for an AOR, using a series of tested standards and kit-of-parts for space typologies and continually reviewed CDs for design intent integrity.
• Frequented the sites throughout the construction admin process to address existing conditions, progress, and client facing presentations.
Grimshaw, New York, NY, US, Architectural Designer
Initially hired as a post-graduate intern, I quickly secured a full-time position with the firm following my role in a competition winning bid for the Dubai World Expo 2020 Sustainability Pavilion. Remaining on the project from Pre-Design through Construction Documentation, I gained valuable experience in programming, sustainability integration, and interior architecture.
• Documented close to 250,000 sqft of Cultural & Performing Arts Insitutions, as well as transportation & masterplanning work.
• Continued to exercise design ability to help win a competition for a recital hall on the University of Miami Campus School of Music.
• Conceptualized schemes for a multimodal transportation hub near LAX
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, US, Masters, Master's of Architecture
Strong emphasis on the use of modeling software such as Rhino and component design with Grasshopper plug-in, Revit architecture for bim modeling, Autocad for drafting, and the Adobe Creative Suite for presentations. Additional elective coursework includes advanced drawing courses,watercolor studies, and energy analysis modeling.
Alpha Rho Chi Medal Recipient, 1st Place
In 1931, the Grand Council of Alpha Rho Chi established the Alpha Rho Chi Medal to “encourage professional leadership by regarding student accomplishment; promote the ideals of professional service by acknowledging distinctive individual contributions to social life; and stimulate professional merit by commending qualities in the student not necessarily pertaining to scholarship”.
The Alpha Rho Chi Medal is offered each year to over 100 schools of architecture, whose faculty select a graduating senior they feel best exemplifies these qualities.
The medal portrays Athena seated upon an Ionic capital with a skyscraper resting in the palm of her hand. The words “ALPHA RHO CHI” are arranged in an arch over her head.
