Jake is an international award winning engineer and architectural designer with over a decade of experience in large scale construction. His specialty is infrastructure and renewable energy projects but he has worked on multi-use towers, multifamily projects, museums, research/education, healthcare and high end residential.
Aside from architecture and engineering, he designs furniture & lighting as well as consults with international governments for large scale green strategies for new and emerging cities.
Net Positive, Los Angeles, Director and Executive Engineer
Desalination facilities, Infrastructure Projects, Large scale installations,
Engineering Systems, Construction fund Analysis, & budgeting
Morphosis Architects, Los Angeles, CA, US, Architectural Designer
Museum & School Design, Housing & Urban Planning.
CAC Architects, San Francisco, CA, US, Architectural Designer
Residential, Hospitals, Data Centers, Creative Offices, Adaptive Reuse, Interior Design.
MBT Architects, San Francisco, CA, US, Architectural Designer
Multifamily Housing, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Construction Management,
Schools, Passive Heating/Cooling systems, Higher Ed/Research facilities,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, PhD, Engineering
Post Graduate studies in emerging technologies in building systems and innovative solutions for global infrastructure issues.
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles, CA, US, Masters, Architecture
Intensive design education in architecture and adjacent fields.
Kent State University, Kent, OH, US, BArch, Architecture and Environmental Design
Architecture & Urban Planning
Kent State University Florence, CAED, Firenze, IT, BArch, Architecture
Classical Architectural education in Italy, historic preservation, hand drafting and sketching, in-depth courses in European Architecture, specifically the Renaissance period.
San Jose State University, San Jose, Bachelors, Engineering
Emerging Technologies and engineering with a focus on chemical, civil and mechanical systems.
Department Of Energy Engineering Prize, 1st Place
Desalination and Renewable Engineering Prize that establishes partnerships with government and corporate sponsors to build global solutions.
Cambridge Engineering Prize, 1st Place
International Competition in solving Global Issues. The desalination technology in an earlier form won the prize along with a scholarship to Cambridge University as well as corporate support from around the world.
COINS Grand Challenge, 1st Place
International competition to solve global issues in the built environment that would positively impact hundreds of thousands of people with new technology.
Stratasys International 3D Printing Award, 1st Place
International design competition to design a fully printed Pavillion or structure to showcase Stratasys' new large volume 3D Printers.
Akron Art Museum, 1st Place
Akron Art Museum Extension for the Coop Himmelblau Gallery. The prize was to design a new event space adjacent to the museum that included a sculpture gallery, event space and creative use of landscaping. The models and drawings were displayed for a year at the Museum.