Resume

• 2006

  Rene

  King

  International Academy of Design and Technology

  Mayer Jeffers Gillespie Architects

  K Design

  Mekus Studios/Tanager Design

  Optima

  Columbia College Chicago

  Chicago

  IL

  Worked with an interdisciplinary team of architects and interior designers to develop corporate and higher education interiors that enhance the workplace experience for a variety of Chicago clients including Motorola and the University of Chicago.

  Interior Designer

  Mekus Studios/Tanager Design

  Chicago

  IL

  Worked with a team of 7 architects on residential and commercial projects ranging from retail to education in the Chicago area.

  Interior Designer

  Mayer Jeffers Gillespie Architects

  Chicago

  IL

  Adaptive Reuse

  Sources + Materials

  Faculty

  Columbia College Chicago

  Chicago

  IL

  Work collaboratively with a staff of twelve full time and adjunct instructors to assess student learning outcomes and to develop an evolving curriculum; addressing core industry issues such as sustainability and technology.

  Program Chair Interior Design

  International Academy of Design and Technology

  K Design offers a variety of design services ranging from sustainability studies to commercial space planning and deconstruction planning.

  K Design

  Associate Architect

  Worked with a team of fourteen architects to develop drawings for Camelview Village: a project currently pursing LEED silver certification. The development is located in Scottsdale

  Arizona and includes both commercial and residential occupancies in a eleven unit development.

  Optima

  Courses Taught and Developed:\n\nCommercial Design\nSustainable Principles\nLighting Fundamentals\nSpace Planning \nIntroduction to Interiors

  International Academy of Design and Technology

  Columbia College Chicago

  Chicago

  IL

  Associate Chair

  Design Department

  Program Chair

  International Academy of Design and Technology

  International Interior Design Association

  VP Student Affairs

  Illinois Chapter

  Interior Design Educators Council

  USGBC Chicago

  International Interior Design Association

• 1999

  MARCH

  Architecture

  University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  Sustainable Practices

  Lighting Fundamentals

  Residential Design

  Design Fundamentals

  Adaptive Reuse

  Commercial Design

  Sources + Materials

  Portfolio Design

• 1995

  BS

  Interior Design

  ASID

  University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

• Photos of Optima Architecture | Pictures of Optima Projects Past & Present

  Explore photos of award-winning architecture. View photos of Optima properties and past residential projects.

  IIDA Illinois

  Architectural Drawings

  Construction

  Residential Homes

  Residential Design

  Revit

  LEED

  Sustainability

  Architectural Design

  Drawing

  Space-planning

  Design Research

  Interior Design

  Lighting

  Submittals

  Sketching

  Architecture

  Project Planning

  Sustainable Design

  SketchUp

  Rendering

  University of Chicago Center for Integrated Sciences

  Mekus-Tanager designed and coordinated furnishings and finishes for the 430

  000 square foot building.

  Camelview Village

  The project is a 700 unit mixed use development located in central Scottsdale

  AZ. The eleven buildings were designed to blend into the dessert surroundings and achieved LEED Silver certification.

  duane carter

  jacqueline weston

  Motorola Consumer Experience

  Interior Architect

  http://ascribehq.com/mekus-tanager-inc/portfolio/motorola/1057

  Mobilezone.Chicago

  This was Motorola's first 24 hour office mobile office space designed based upon the 'hoteling' concept where workstations and meeting rooms are assigned on a day to day basis.

  eileen mix

  jackson boren