About

 
 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Registered Architect—Commonwealth of MA (#20537)
  • Registered Architect—State of Rhode Island (#3927)
  • LEED Accredited Professional—2008
  • American Institute of Architects—Member
  • United States Green Building Council (USGBC)—Member
  • NCARB Intern Development Program (IDP) 2000-2005
  • NCARB Certified—2008

 

WORK HISTORY

President/Registered Architect–Caldwell Architectural Associates, Inc. Dartmouth / New Bedford, MA - December 2008 to Present
Current client services include:

Prospect Consultations, Design Contract Development and Administration, Programming, Budgeting and Building Cost Analysis, Site Analysis, Schematic Design, DesignDevelopment, Construction Drawings, Specifications and Schedules, Interior/Exterior Detailing, Code Review and Research, Engineering Coordination, Materials Selection and Research, Document Checking and Coordination, Sustainable Design Consultation

I work with a variety of design professionals in a range of disciplines: engineers, interior designers, and other consultants to assist clients across a wide range of typologies to bring their design ideas to reality. I have experience in a wide range of areas including corporate and commercial work, renovation of fire-damaged properties, industrial, and single family residential.  

Registered Architect—R. P. Valois and Company, Inc. Dartmouth, MA - June 2005 to December 2008

Responsible for all elements of the design process for one of the area’s premier design/build firms. Lead designer for many of the firm’s residential and small commercial projects. I worked with our design and estimating staff as well as construction personnel and subcontractors to integrate our design goals into client’s needs and eventual construction solutions. 

Associate—Christopher Hall Architect, Inc. Providence, RI - June 2000 to May 2005

I worked closely with the firm principal in all aspects of high-end residential design and construction administration. Initiated CAD drawings from schematics through working drawings and wrote specifications and schedules to define scope of project. Duties also included maintaining a relationship with clients and contractors to ensure that firm’s designs met both parties’ aesthetic and technical requirements.  

Intern—Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA - June 1998 to April 2000

I assisted the museum’s Director of Restoration in publication of a Historic Structures Report for the floating museum/former USN warship U.S.S. Olympia (C-6) currently berthed at the museum. This veteran of the Spanish-American War is the oldest steel-hulled warship still afloat in the world. My duties included surveying and detailed analysis of the ship’s structural condition, mapping its current compartmental layout and comparing that to different configurations through her service life, as well as determining the historical provenance of many items found on board. I also performed research on the ship’s wartime history. That information was included in the eventual publication along with various pages of graphics and CAD drawings that I created for inclusion with the report. 

 

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA Master’s of Architecture Degree - 2000
Thesis: “Shuffled Familiarity and Hybridization to Achieve Historical Resonance”

Awards: 1998 Runner-Up—Architecture 502 Design Competition

1999 Honorable Mention—Woodman Design Competition

Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY Bachelor of Arts Degree - 1988
Major: Political Science
Minor: American Studies