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Elizabeth Brown

Elizabeth Brown

Boston, MA, US

 

About 

Employment 

Finegold Alexander Architects, Boston, MA, US, Intern Architect

responsibilities included:
▫ marketing and presentation materials
▫ existing building documentation
▫ 2d and 3d schematic design
▫ construction documents
▫ construction administration

Self motivated and efficient employee with excellent people skills. Work very well both individually and as a team member.

Jun 2006 - Aug 2011
 

Education 

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, US, MArch, Master of Architecture

Well rounded program emphasizing both digital and analog techniques. Sustainable building strategies integrated into design curriculum. Studio focuses varied from resilient systems-designed communities to complex program based art center. Technical applications design module carried semester long's design project through design development and detailing.

Spring 2011 Venice Study abroad - Analysis of urban morphology of public spaces as well as master plan and building design for new man-made island in Murano.

Thesis project focused on the past, present, and future of Coney Island's carnival culture and its boardwalk infrastructure. Design was for a new brewery and performance center integrated into the boardwalk, extruding the edge between beach and community. Winner of the Richard A Morrill award for outstanding thesis project.

Sep 2009 - May 2012
 

Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, US, Bachelors, Architectural Studies

Major in Architectural Studies - Interdisciplinary major incorporating studies in history, environmental ethics, urban studies, studio art and art history, physics, calculus

Minors in Studio Art and Art History

Spring 2005 Rome Study Abroad program focusing on the study of Renaissance painters, literary writers in Rome, and hand drawing.

Sep 2002 - May 2006
 

Areas of Specialization 

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