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Joshua D. Berkeley

Joshua D. Berkeley

Alexandria, VA, US

 

About 

Architectural Designer & Drafter specializing in classic designs and historic preservation. Currently working on my Masters in Architecture at Virginia Tech and licensure with NCARB.

Advanced user of AutoDesk Revit and Chief Architect as well as Adobe Creative Suite and Web Site Development & Design.

Employment 

NSPJ Architects, Overland Park, KS, US, Architectural Designer

Project designer & drafter for upscale residential projects. Duties include all phases of projects including concept design and schematics, design development, material selection and specifications, construction documents. Member of Technology Committee advising studio-wide transition from AutoCAD to Revit.

Jan 2017 - Aug 2018
 

McNeil Baker Architects, McLean, VA, US, Architectural Designer

Project drafter and assistant designer for upscale residential architecture firm in Northern Virginia which specialized in traditional design. Duties include all phases of projects including concept design and schematics, design development, material selection and specifications, construction documents and contract administration.

Sep 2015 - Jan 2017
 

Tyler Design Group, Oklahoma City, OK, US, Designer

Residential & interior design firm specializing in upscale custom designs and historic reproductions. Lead designer on new build projects from concept and material selection to construction documents.

Jun 2013 - Sep 2015
 

Education 

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, US, MArch, Architecture

• Research Assistantship in Historic Preservation digitizing Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest estate.
• Study of Classical Architecture as well as Carlo Scarpa, Eliel Saarinen, Louis Sullivan & Louis Kahn

Sep 2018 - current
 

University of Central Oklahoma (UCO), Edmond, OK, US, Bachelors, Public Administration & Pre Law

Research in Historic Preservation & Architecture in Public Policy
President’s Leadership Council

Sep 2009 - Dec 2013
 

Awards 

William “Bill” Brown Graduate Student Prize, 1st Place

Each year the faculty of Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture and Design present the Bill Brown Prize to the second-year graduate student who best exemplifies the qualities of a successful architecture student and shows promise in professional practice of architecture.

2020
 

Areas of Specialization 

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