Stephen Price
310-10743 139th Street
Surrey, BC, V3T 4L8
604.724.8113
[email protected]
http://sdpricedesigner.com

Award-winning Architectural / Interior Designer

Expertise
Programming Code Analysis Space Planning
Design & Detailing Contract Documents Construction Administration

Project Types
Commercial Healthcare Tenant Improvement
Multi-Family Housing High Technology Hospitality / Retail

Skills
AutoCAD  MS Office Adobe Creative Suite
Revit MS Project Writing
Freehand Sketching Viz 4 SketchUp

Project Highlights

Multi-Family Housing
• Project team member for 8 Spruce Street. The New York Times calls Frank Gehry’s project, “The finest skyscraper to rise in New York since Eero Saarinen’s CBS building went up 46 years ago.” And Travel + Leisure lists it as #1 in the world’s coolest buildings.  

Commercial
• Design director for Fiori at Grand Stable & Carriage Building. 7,400 SF corporate offices. The mix of old and new creates simple dynamic spaces that contrast construction methods, light and dark, static and active forms and draw visitors through the space.
• Awarded IIDA Citation Award, October 2005; Northwest Design Awards, Second Place, Commercial Category, October 2006

Healthcare
• Design director for Rogue Valley Medical Center. 300,000 SF hospital addition and renovation project. Incorporating the natural world and involving families in a patient’s healing process were vital to guiding the interior design.
• Awarded IIDA/AIA/IDSA Interior Design Citation Award, October 2006

• Project designer for The Portland Clinic, Beaverton Offices. 32,000 SF project. Clinic functions are brick clad and anchor the glass faced public spaces, while the steel framed tower acts as a counterpoint to the building’s horizontal forms, emphasizing the entrance's importance.
• Awarded The Hammurabi Award of Merit, Oregon Masonry Institute; The 1995 Building of the Year, Association of Builders and Contractors - Northwest Region; The 1996 Building of the Year, Association of Builders and Contractors - National

Hospitality
• Project designer for Delta Air Lines, First Class Lounge at Portland International Airport. 1,800 SF. The design solution suggests the Pacific Northwest and showcases Portland's culture and values, as well as the area's relationship to the Pacific Rim.
• Awarded the Hammurabi Award of Excellence, Oregon Masonry Institute

Educational
• Project designer for Sexton Mountain Elementary School. 77,500 SF. The school’s design explored the idea of classroom clusters centred on commons spaces, which are linked by a “raceway” circulation path that encircles the Instructional Media Center.
• Awarded A.I.A. Citation of Excellence, Portland Chapter, A.I.A.; A.I.A. Craftsmanship Award, Portland Chapter, A.I.A.; NSBA Special Citation of Design Excellence, NSBA Exhibition of School Architecture

Professional Experience

Programming
• Over 12 years experience assessing client’s needs and goals, translating them into area requirements and spatial relationships.

Project Management
• Managed projects ranging in scope from a 1,100 SF retail boutique to 16,000 SF medical office building. Consistently kept projects on schedule and within budget.

Code, Building, and Area Analysis
• 15 years successfully working with the defined parameters established by current code requirements, existing building conditions and tenant requirements. Delivered in-depth analysis in a variety of areas, assuring compliance with fire and life safety, disability accommodation, IBC, BOMA and NAIOP standards.

Space Planning
• Successful at translating programmatic and code requirements into viable floor plans, maximising space efficiency whilst still maintaining clarity and cohesiveness.

Design & Detailing
• Over two decades conceptualising client’s standards and vision into a spatial solutions that reflects their business cultures and values. As design director, mentored junior staff in construction detailing of architectural and custom casework, lighting and furnishings.

Contract Documents
• 20 years of combined experience in preparing specifications and drawings. Successfully established document standards for former employers that incorporated AIA guidelines and CSI formats.

Construction Administration
• Proven track record of successfully delivering on schedule, on budget and in compliance with jurisdiction requirements.
Employment History

Independent Consultant LA, CA & Portland, OR   Jan. 2009 – Aug. 2011
Private Sector work – Medical, Residential renovations, consulted with Paramount on restaurant concepts.

Travel Sabbatical       May 2008 – June 2009
Capitalized on opportunity to study and document international architecture and culture throughout Italy, Spain, France, and the UK in order to broaden perspective and knowledge for professional development

Gehry Partners LLP      Nov. 2006 – April 2008
Intermediate Architect
As active member of Beekman Tower (now 8 Spruce Street) project team, successfully researched, developed and detailed building’s core services as well as interior space planning of tenant amenities

WGS Design        Oct. 1997 – Jan. 2006
Design Director
Successfully developed and steered design program leading to award-winning, regionally-recognized projects. Championed pursuit of strong design solutions and drove each designer to develop collaborative, design-based decisions supporting each project

Mahlum Architects       Nov. 1993 – Oct. 1997
Intermediate Architect

Architectural Designer/     July 1990 – Oct. 1993
Independent Consultant

Dull Olson Weekes Architects     June 1986 – June 1990
Intern, Project Designer

Education

University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho      Bachelor of Architecture; 1984

Activities

Member, AmFAR Fundraising Committee, Los Angeles, California; 2008-2009
Volunteer, Willamette Writers Conference, Portland, Oregon; 2006/2009
Member, Names Project Steering Committee, Portland, Oregon; 1992-1993
Member, Anti-Violence Project Steering Committee, Portland, Oregon; 1992-1994
Teaching Assistant and Guest Reviewer with Oregon School of Design; 1989
Chaired A.I.A. Art Auction Committee; 1988
Member, A.I.A. Design Awards Committee; 1987

Interests

Photography
Travel
Hiking
Writing
Good Coffee