Paul Ries Architect Résumé NCARB

Paul Ries, Architect an architecture and design counseling company

The mission of ries.architecture is to give people easy access to professional design assistance, to help them through the normally complex design process, and to enable the coexistence of low construction costs with design that is extremely responsive to human needs. Typical design services include:

master plans; permit applications, appeals and zoning analysis; land divisions; site evaluations; comparative design studies; adaptive re-use of old buildings; remodeling ideas; conceptual design sketches; color consulting; interior design; scale models; construction cost estimates; feasibility analysis; existing condition surveys; pre-purchase ”design potential” inspections; property inventories; post occupancy evaluations; ADA compliance audits and lease negotiation assistance.

Residential, Commercial & Public Design

Residential design (new homes, renovations, adaptive re-use) in the U.S. since 1977. Commercial and public design in the US, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand and other Pacific rim countries since 1983. Commercial projects include Hospitality (resorts, urban hotels and retreats); Health Care (medical and dental office buildings, hospitals, elder-care); Public Safety (911, community policing centers); Community and Government (libraries, city halls); Offices, Retail, Restaurant, Music (recording studios), and Business Aviation. Local public and commercial clients have included:

Portland Development Commission Portland Police Bureau Portland Bureau of Emergency Communication Portland Public Schools Portland Parks Bureau Portland Bureau of General Services Portland Fire Bureau Community Partners for Affordable Housing Sam Galbreath Associates Garrett Development The Columbia Foundation Leigh Properties Multnomah County City of St. Helens, OR City of Echo, OR

Community Design and Enablement

Sometimes people do not need formal design services. What is often needed is community mobilization, the development of design guidelines and realistic rules of thumb. Past work includes projects in the communities of:

LaPintana; a squatter settlement relocation in Santiago, Chile. Tepito; reconstruction guidelines after the 1985 earthquake in Mexico City.

Community and Professional Service

Past Board of Directors, the Dougy Center for Grieving Children Mentor for college architecture students Design juror for the schools of architecture at the University of Oregon, University of Washington, University of Hawaii, Portland State University, and M.I.T. Past Coach, Odyssey of the Mind for children at Buckman Elementary School Past Volunteer activities on the feasibility study, fundraising, and the mentorship development program for the DaVinci Middle School, Portland, OR Founder, first chairman of the Hawaii AutoCAD Users Group (HAUG)

Registered Architect Oregon Washington California Florida NCARB (National) Education Master of Architecture Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bachelor of Design University of Florida Awards and Publications

1996 Governor’s Livability Award for the Walnut Park Community Policing and Retail Center. First Prize Open House International Design Competition ʺHousing Futures - People & Placeʺ Viva Tepito!. Published Vol. 13 No 3 1988 of ʺOpen House Internationalʺ Design Exhibition Saluzzo Square Redesign, 1989, Saluzzo Italy. Published The Emergence of Community in “Housing Without Houses”, by Nabeel Hamdi, Van Nostrand Reinhold.

Computers Integrated computer use in the design, visualization and construction documentation of all projects (BIM)

PO Box 3677 Portland, OR 97208 Tel 503.764.2330 Fax 866.936.1119

Email: ries.architecture @gmail.com