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Archive for May, 2012
Sachs Butterfly House Architecture
Posted: May 31, 2012 in architecture, CAD, Culture, Employment, Environment, resume, SustainabilityTags: AIA Central States, Auditorium, AutoCAD R13, butterflies, Chesterfield, Christner Inc, Conservatory, digitizer, Exhibition, Faust Park, Garden, Gift Shop, Master Plan, Missouri, Missouri Botanical Garden, Orientation Room, Sachs Butterflyhouse, St. Louis County
The Butterfly House
a Division of the Missouri Botanical Gardens
Technical sophistication combines with soaring beauty
Size: 8,000 sf conservatory, 8,500 sf education center
Status: Completed 1998
Awards: 1998 AIA Central States Region Award, Special Citation for Architectural Design, 1998 National Council of Structural Engineers Association, Meritorious Structure Award
Christner designed this new butterfly house and education center for a sunny meadow in St. Louis County’s Faust Park. Visitors to this beautiful sanctuary, which is home to 60 species of butterfly and tropical flowering plants, experience the wonders of a fragile ecosystem within the conservatory’s graceful glass and steel structure. In response to the educational mission of the butterfly house, Christner also incorporated a theater, a multi-purpose education room, and large exhibit hall.
The Butterfly House is highly visible from the road, and has become an instantly recognizable architectural icon in St. Louis. We oriented the building due south to maximize solar collection through the laminated insulating glass panels that clad the structure.
To plan for the integration of the Butterfly House into Faust Park, Christner developed a park Master Plan. The plan allows for the creative continuation of the present park facilities, including the 1904 World’s Fair carousel.
To plan for the integration of the Butterfly House into Faust Park, Christner developed a park Master Plan. The plan allows for the creative continuation of the present park facilities, including the 1904 World’s Fair carousel.
Tropical flowering plants provide essential elements of suitable habitats for the butterflies, which are on display year-round. The building systems create the warm, high-humidity environment required by the butterflies.
The building systems create the warm, high-humidity environment required by the butterflies and tropical plants. Placed atop the center vault, a mechanically controlled ridge vent system releases hot air during the summer.
Structural elements above the display area and gift shop echo the butterfly wing shapes of the conservatory. Nearby display areas include both permanent and temporary displays for educational purposes.
An outdoor butterfly garden (added in a later phase) expands opportunities for special events.
The design concept included a lake which reflects the building and doubles its presence in the park.
Faust Park Plan
Gift Shop
Exhibit Hall Exhibits
Set up for a dinner special event in the Exhibition Hall.
Auditorium/ Orientation Room
My Site Plan for the project. Used a digitizer to trace a hand sketch on to the Cover Sheet.
East Elevation
Location Map I traced with a digitizer from a hand sketch.
Exhibition Hall Section
Cross Section
Biltmore Quarter Retrofit
Posted: May 20, 2012 in architecture, Education, Environment, honor, Leadership, Modernism, Politics, Preservation, Project Management, resume, Sustainability, Uncategorized, UrbanismTags: Arizona, Atlanta, Biltmore Quarter, Buckhead, Camelback Colonade, Cherry Creek, Colorado, Dallas, Denver, Georgia, Houston, Huntington Village, Mervyn's, Mockingbird Station, Phoenix, project rising, Retrofit, Texas, West Village
Our project is a set of responsible design principles to revive the heart of the Camelback East Village Core into retrofitting the Camelback Colonade shopping center into a thriving, creative, urban neighborhood, with diverse choices for living, working and playing. The heart of the proposal is the adaptive reuse of the abandoned Mervyn’s department store, and parking field, into an urban, co-working business incubator, where Phoenixians can regenerate our economy with new products, services and ideas. As businesses outgrow their space, new buildings would infill the parking area, with pedestrian connections to the surrounding neighborhoods and developments, creating demands for a light rail extension. The final result would create a neighborhood similar to: West Village, Uptown, Dallas, Texas, 2000; Mockingbird Station, Dallas, Texas, 1997; Cherry Creek District, Denver, Colorado; Huntington Village, Houston, Texas; Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia.
PETER NEWTON, ASSOC AIA, CSBA Biography
Posted: May 20, 2012 in architecture, art, Culture, Education, Employment, Leadership, Project Management, resume, Sustainability, UrbanismTags: Assoc AIA, Biography, CSBA, Peter Newton
Peter Newton is an experienced Project Manager with a proven track record in developing teams and projects, building long term partnerships for business and non-profit organizations. He is well-versed in the nuances of continuous team training and development, and has developed a savvy reputation for talent recognition, strategic thinking, and “fire fighting”. He is a skilled “hands-on” leader, trainer, and motivator with effective interpersonal skills at all organizational levels. He enthusiastically embraces challenges; immensely enjoys turning around troubled operations and seeing the results of his teams’ collaborative efforts.
Mr. Newton’s areas of expertise include: 1) Operations Management; 2) Strategic Planning and Analysis 3) Permitting Process Optimization; 4) Architectural design and detailing; and 5) Large Scale Project Management. Examples of his career accomplishments include:
- Consistently increased production output and reduced operating costs through staff development seminars, project management principals to rationalize project development, and evaluation of new technology for implementation.
- Led Facilities Condition Assessment teams to develop maintenance, replacement and renovation schedules for military, university, corporate and retail clients.
- Drove the campaign plan across multiple offices and team leaders, over the course of an election in efforts to register voters, candidate persuasion, and getting out the vote, recruiting 300 Precinct Committeeman and a higher voter turn out.
- Served as Company Representative at multiple networking, exposition and conferences, targeting organizations to build strategic partnerships with potential clients, consultants and employees.
- Directed activities over $100 million worth of construction project costs, across multiple states, with coordination between many consultants per project.
A creative and innovative thinker, Mr. Newton has demonstrated throughout his career the ability to meet or exceed objectives, many times with limited resources. He takes great pride in his integrity, work ethic and professionalism. A results oriented strategic manager who can provide significant value in a fast paced environment, Mr. Newton’ s leadership style is to build consensus and commitment by valuing and empowering his team. He is a graduate of the Washington University in St. Louis with a Bachelor of Arts Major in Architecture. He is a Certified Sustainable Building Adviser.
Mr. Newton is looking to continue his career with a progressive company where his skills and experience in architecture and community development can be fully utilized to increase revenue, improve the bottom line, and thereby contribute to the continued success of the organization.
Telephone: (602) 352-3517 Email: petermichaelnewton@gmail.com
Peter Newton Strategic Value Letter
Posted: May 20, 2012 in architecture, Employment, Leadership, Project ManagementTags: Peter Newton Assoc AIA CSBA, Strategic Value Letter
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Name
Title
Company Name
Address
City, State, Zip
Dear Mr. / Ms. Jones:
With many years of experience as an Architectural Project Manager, I am currently exploring opportunities within your industry, and your company is of interest to me. Please understand
that I am not contacting you to ask for a job. My objective is to simply expand my professional network by familiarizing you with how my skills, experience and expertise could represent added value to you, and your organization, at some point in the future.
As a means of introduction I have taken the liberty of enclosing a brief one-page summary of my background that, as you can see, reflects significant experience in architecture, community involvement and Project Management.
I understand your time is valuable, however, I would welcome the opportunity to introduce myself to you personally, perhaps sharing a cup of coffee or allowing me to buy you lunch. Please expect a call from me within the next several days to hopefully arrange a short meeting.
(OR)
Please expect a call from me within the next few days to hopefully chat for a few minutes and answer any questions you may have about my background.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Your name
Enclosure
Peter Newton Strategic Job Posting Letter
Posted: May 20, 2012 in Employment, LeadershipTags: Peter Newton Assoc AIA CSBA, Strategic Job Posting Letter
Date
Name
Title
Company Name
Address
City, State, Zip
Dear Mr. / Ms. Jones:
I understand your organization is currently seeking an Architectural Project Manager. With a strong background in both strategic project development and communications, I am keenly interested in pursuing this opportunity with Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Inc.
As a means of introduction I have taken the liberty of enclosing a brief one-page summary of my background which, reflects significant experience in all areas of marketing, developing and constructing projects — including expertise in the support of project revenue growth business development, staff development and customer relations; expertise which has helped increase brand awareness and enhance the bottom line.
Please note that I have in fact forwarded my resume directly to your Human Resources department as requested in your job listing. However, I would be most interested in meeting with you directly to further discuss the value I can bring to your organization with respect to this position. Please expect a call from me within the next few days to hopefully arrange a convenient time for us to get together.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Your name
Enclosure
5. Discount Tire cares for and cultivates our employees and their dreams. What is your dream?
Posted: May 18, 2012 in Employment, UncategorizedTags: Discount Tire, employment
My dream is work with talented people to develop creative communities where people can walk from their place of work, to a coffee shop or other retail establishment, while on their way home or to a meeting. Along the way, they are locations where they can have their car serviced, dry cleaning done, or other necessities. The same type of neighborhood works for clients who need to have their car serviced, but would like to go shopping or work while they wait. Developing neighborhoods of multiple uses will make everyone more pleasant and our jobs easier to accomplish.
1. Why are you interested in working for Discount Tire?
Posted: May 18, 2012 in Employment, UncategorizedTags: Discount Tire, employment, jobs, questionaire
I have experience working with retail roll-out programs while at Jacobs and an Autobody workshop while with Cawley. I would like to work with Discount Tire to help develop new and redevelop existing stores to provide the highest quality and timely service for our customers, with comfortable waiting areas that allow for them to not miss a beat of business. I would like to help Discount Tire become a leader in sustainable auto repair and maintenance by having the greenest and most efficient facilities, cornering a growing market.
project rising …
Posted: May 18, 2012 in architecture, Culture, Education, honor, Leadership, Politics, Preservation, Project Management, resume, Sustainability, UrbanismTags: Adaptive Reuse, Architectural Competitions, City of Phoenix, Ikoloji, Preservation, project rising, shark tank, Sonoran SBAP, Sonoran Sustainable Building Adviser Program, Sonoran Sustainable Building Advisor Program
project rising …
BILTMORE WERKERBUND
Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.
Yoshio Taniguchi
An effort to revive the heart of the Biltmore Area, we propose retrofitting the Mervyn’s at the Camelback Colonnade shopping center into a place where individuals and small businesses create an economy of innovation and creativity. Through collaboration, we strive to create community, revitalizing a resting neighborhood in central Phoenix, by overlapping disciplines and environments, to connect and interact. With this entrepreneurial spirit, we pioneer to reconnect the center with neighboring developments and complexes with pedestrian connections, rapid transit along the 51 and a neighborhood circulator, and fully realize the viable vitality of the Biltmore Village Core within the Camelback East Village. Such development will allow Phoenix to compete for the best talents with Dallas and Denver.
ERIC VOISE, CSBA, PROJECT COORDINATOR
Eric Voise, a native of Rochester, NY, has sixteen years of experience in the Architectural, Electrical, and Photovoltaic disciplines as a Draftsman, Designer and Job Captain. He has overseen the development of Commercial, Retail, Industrial, Institutional, Tenant Improvement, and Mining support construction, from the conceptual phase through to occupancy. Eric has completed over 100 hours of NABCEP Photovoltaic training, and is a Certified Sustainable Building Advisor. Eric has a strong passion for Sustainability and Urban Renewal.
PETER NEWTON, CSBA, TEAM LEADER
Peter Newton, a native Washingtonian, has sixteen years of experience and committed activism towards the betterment of our communities through quality facilitation, programming, planning, design, construction and activation. He has overseen the design and construction of over $100 million and 5 million square feet of projects in the Adaptive Reuse, Educational, Higher Educational, Hospitality, Industrial, Marketing, Master Planning, Medical, Military, Office, Preservation, Religious, Research, Residential, Telecommunications, and Urban Redevelopment markets. Peter volunteers his time with professional and community organizations that are dedicated to creating community through discussion and inclusion. Peter has completed IDP and PMP training, and is a Certified Sustainable Building Advisor.
