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Young Rhee

Young Rhee

Los Angeles, CA, US

 
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About 

Young is an Project Designer/Project Architect/Master Planner with 15+ years of experience whose core design expertise is in large-scale Mixed-Use projects . In the past ten years he led designs on boutique hotels, resort hotels and mixed-use master plans in the City of Laguna Beach, El Segundo, and the Coachella Valley.  

Before that, he has successfully designed outdoor lifestyle centers, indoor shopping centers, and village style retail centers located in China, Dubai, Egypt, and India. In addition, he has completed numerous large scale master planning projects that center on place-making. He is also experienced in the conceptual planning of creative office, commercial office, and hospitality.

Key Leadership Skills:
Lead designer that originates design concepts \ Design innovative solutions \ Manage design intent into Design Dev.
Problem solve with client \ Manage staffing for design team \ Mentor junior designers \ Coordinate consultants for
entitlement requirements \ Research due diligence for site analysis \ Deep dive into municipal code

Employment 

AO Architects, Orange, CA, US, Senior Project Designer

Lead designer for multiple mixed-use and boutique hospitality projects in the city of Laguna Beach.  Created innovative concepts for all projects and presented to client. Arranged multiple workshops with client to solve design problems.  Met with city officials to discuss entitlement submissions.  Presented projects at public community meetings.  Coordinated all consultant for entitlment package for city submission. Distributed workload for junior designers. 

Jun 2017 - Jun 2020
 

AXIS / GFA, Westwood, CA, US, Senior Project Designer

Jun 2016 - Jun 2017
 

Gensler, Los Angeles, CA, US, Senior Designer

Jun 2015 - Aug 2016
 

5 Plus Design, Los Angeles, CA, US, Senior Associate

Jun 2005 - Jun 2015
 

Education 

Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles, CA, US, MArch, Masters

Sep 1999 - Jan 2001
 

University of Maryland, College Park, MD, US, Bachelors, Architecture

Sep 1992 - Jun 1996
 

Awards 

Awards, Other

* Cairo Festival City - 2019 MECS+R MENA Retailer Awards 2019
* Cairo Festival City - 2013 Cityscape Retail Project Award 2013
* CADALYST Rendering Competition 1st Prize 2004
* TVS Illustration Prize – 2nd Prize 2004
* Pentagon Memorial Competition 2003
* Far Eastern International Digital Architecture Design Competition 2002
* SCI-Arc Scholarship 2000

2020
 

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