So...Who is This Guy?

10/27/10

Well, HERE are the details...

I was born in Worthington, Ohio - a small town founded in 1803, just north of the capital city of Columbus. Worthington had a population of around 25,000 during my formative years and was soon encapsulated by Columbus. My sister was born about 6 years after me and we were a pretty normal, two kid, two dog, Norman Rockwell family.

The elementary school was about two blocks east of me up a hill; the junior high (middle school) was across the street from our house and the high school was further west beyond the junior high. Worthington was, and still is, a wonderful and beautiful place to live.

Following high school graduation, I matriculated at The Ohio State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. While in college, I worked summers and whenever I could in architectural offices; two thirds of the way through college, I took a year off to to re-energize myself in the real world of architecture. I also added one year by adding studies in non-required courses such as journalism, art, psychology and other courses in science. I wrote two articles for The Ohio State Engineer - one was a featured article about ESP and the second dealt with maintaining the ice at the new ice rink.

During the my last year in the School of Architecture, the architectural firm (McDonald, Cassell & Bassett Architects) for which I worked summers & evenings, was finishing a four building community college. After my graduation, I found myself in the position of Field Representative for the Architect. On the site, I was introduced to major players at the college and soon found myself invited to join the Architectural Technology staff. I did join and attained tenured status. My teaching schedule was the morning and I continued with the architectural firm during afternoons. Sometimes I worked for another firm (Eberts & Stoerkel Architects) in the evenings along with Lawrence & Snouffer Architects.

I passed the state board exam three years after graduation and became Ohio Architect 4688.

I moved to San Diego and gained my California Architectural License C8510 within two years. Working for Hope Consulting Group, I was intimately involved with the $750 million VOTRAKON (Vocational Training Construction) Project which included 21 Training Centers in 18 major cities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I was the Project Architect for student and instructor housing. Another Architect handled the Cafeterias & Mosques. I should mention that the Construction Documents were all done in the metric system. Following construction documents completion for the first few sites, I lived and worked in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for 21 months doing Contract Administration. I dealt with Saudi Arabian Ministries, a British Construction Manager and general contractors from Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Germany and America.

With the now retired firm of Liebhardt Weston & Associates, I had my first training in AutoCAD; that was a momentous shift in my architectural orientation.

In 1992, I acquired Arizona Architectural License 26209.

I have worked for Martinez-Cutri Architects (established their AutoCAD department) and JCJ Architecture (Project Architect for Valley View Casino).

In 1994, I began consulting architectural CAD work in my own office - please view My Recent Projects page.

I love the practice of architecture and want to be active in the profession until someone must pry the computer mouse from my cold, dead hand!

Some of My Favorite Architectural Web Sites

http://www.dubai-architecture.info/DUB-GAL1.htm

The unbelievable Architecture of Dubai

http://www.delmars.com/wright/index.html

Frank Lloyd Wright

http://www.usc.edu/dept/architecture/greeneandgreene/

Greene & Greene Architects - America Arts & Crafts Style

http://www.retropolis.net/history.html