Architect | Designer

Profile
A licensed Architect with experience at prestigious firms including Gehry Partners and Coop Himmelblau, with published articles and award recipient designs. Capable in all phases of project delivery: strong presentation and design skills, experienced in design development & construction documentation as well as construction administration.  Highly motivational leader and enthusiastic attitude towards the work with strong decision making skills.  Experience with interior and small scale projects as well as cultural and commercial large scale projects. Collaboratively managing teams, staff and stakeholders through the scope of the project from inception to completion. Architectural strengths include advanced facade and curtain wall design, construction technology, excellent computer design skills, deep knowledge of green building technologies, design innovation, modern architecture and project/client management.

Career Highlights

•  In charge of the design of curtain wall of the Beekman Tower in New York City for Frank Gehry.
• Job captain at Frank Gehry’s office for the IAC Building, NYC
• Design Architect for the Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum at Randall Stout’s office.
• Design of the form active glass roofs of the Museum of Tolerance, Jerusalem for Frank Gehry in collaboration with the German Structural Engineers Schlaich Bergerman & Partners.
• Collaborated on several award-winning projects, including the Mini Opera Pavilion in Munich and the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California.
• Expertise in façade and structural system design, 3D Modeling, and construction oversight to ensure design integrity.

I have hand-on experience in every aspect of building design and managing teams. During my more than fifteen years of practice  I gained in depth experience with design presentation and representation, organization and assembling drawing sets in all phases, consultant coordination, technical detailing, material research, code analysis and construction administration.

While my design experience encompasses many project types, including cultural and commercial, my specialty is in façade, curtain wall and roof systems designs and construction. I designed the curtain wall of the Beekman Tower in New York City for Frank Gehry and oversaw the facade team to ensure design integrity.

I have lead teams in several high-profile projects at national and international firms, including Gehry Partners and Coop Himmelblau. Most recently designing of the facade of the Larchmont Medical Center with the parametric software Grasshopper/Rhino excited me professionally as well as my consultant work for the Mini Opera in Munich. Taking charge of the organization of my own and others work flow with periodic interaction with Associate/s or Associate Partner/s is a “natural” for me. I am adept at planning, scheduling, organizing, and executing distinct portions of larger projects; or entire portion of smaller projects. Large-scale, highly complex designs are the building types I am most familiar with and I do thrive on the challenges they present.

I have an advanced level of expertise in several software 2D and 3D Modeling programs, including ACAD, Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, Mircosoft Office Suite and more recently, Grasshopper and Paracloud. I have a Master of Architecture from the University of Applied Arts, Studio Wolf Prix, Architecture Institute, Vienna, Austria. I am fluent in English, though German is my first language. I am able to relocate and travel, and my work Visa for the US is current.