VISA STATUSBritish Citizen with full US working immigration visa, permanent resident status and green card holder (official documentation is due to be received during February 2010)

PROFILEI am an all round architect with extensive experience in creative design, project execution and commercial practice and have the abilities to add value to my employer, their clients and projects. For the past 13 years I have worked for Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands in London where I was made Associate Director in 2003.

I believe that architecture should focus on the creation of joy and life within the built environment through the act of making buildings and landscapes. Each project must respond to its site, its social, historical and cultural context as well as using appropriate materials and technology to transcend style, and prepare the built environment for sustainable, long term use and future change.

I have been involved in and responsible for a very wide range of projects including; urban and rural master plans, sports and leisure buildings, extensive refurbishment projects, interior fit outs, commercial offices, higher education, health care and residential schemes at varying scales up to major mixed use, town centre regeneration.

On a daily basis I have taken active responsibility for the design, running and delivery of project work, including:

• client and stakeholder liaison • competitions• design team management • fee bids and resourcing• project and practice cost management • project design and development - from concept to detailed design• project sustainability, especially Code for Sustainable Homes (CfSH) • project team management (circa 20 technical staff)• site appraisals• site monitoring • staff focus and reviews• technical development and coordination (including MMC)

I have recently relocated to New York City where I am seeking to expand and vary my experience, seek new and challenging opportunities and reconnect with the architecture I admired during my studies and travels in the United States.

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS• invited lecturer in Professional Practice at The Bartlett School of Architecture 2007, 2008• RIBA awards judging panel 2007• London Southbank University learning outreach program with local schools 2006• office sustainability, ISO 14001• lead in house Professional practice seminars

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CHARLES L. OLSENBA (Hons) Dip (Arch) Oxford RIBA

UK registered architect

resumé 02.11.10

EXPERIENCE1996 - 2009 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, LIFSCHUTZ DAVIDSON SANDILANDS, LONDON, UK key projects include:

2012 London Olympics, Athletes Village for Lend Lease:residential and athletes accommodation including 301 mixed tenure units, landscaping and associated usesrole: project leader; lead designer; technical and detailed development; client and stakeholder liaison; environmental and sustainability coordination and compliance; code for sustainable homes level 5RIBA Stages B Strategic Briefing - H Tender Action. Area: 31,600 sqm / 340,148 sqft. Budget £confidential

Goodman’s Fields, Aldgate, London for Exemplar Properties:residential led masterplan including 790 units, hotel, student accommodation, retail/offices and healthcare. role: project leader; lead designer; technical coordination; client and stakeholder liaison; cost control and evaluation; environmental and sustainability coordination; code for sustainable homes level 5; BREEAM very goodRIBA Stage C+ Outline Design & Planning Submission. Area: 154,625 sqm / 1,644,411 sqft. Budget £400million

London Southbank University, London SE1 for LSBU:New Primary Health Care Centre and Student Union building with Grade II listed façade retention and reuse.role: project leader; lead designer; technical and detail coordination; subcontractor liaison and design development client and stakeholder liaison; cost control and evaluation; BREEAM very goodRIBA Stages B Strategic Briefing - G Tender Documentation. Area: 3,200 sqm / 34,445 sqft. Budget £7.2m

Doon Street, London SE1 for Coin Street Community Builders: 45 storey residential tower, sports centre, office, arts and public realm development in Waterloo. role: project leader; lead designer; technical and detail coordination; client and stakeholder liaison; environmental and sustainability coordination; code for sustainable homes level 5; BREEAM excellentRIBA Stage D Detailed Proposals. Area: 52,323 sqm / 563,215 sqft. Budget £140m

Davidson Building, London WC2 for Derwent Valley:70,000sqft office and retail development, one of the first speculative offices to employ low energy cooling systemsrole: project and site architect; technical and detailed coordination; consultant and contractor coordination; on site site inspections and reporting; BREEAM very goodRIBA Stages C Outline Proposals - K Practical Completion. Area: 3,875 sqm / 41,710 sqft. Budget £10m

CAE Electronics, Burgess Hill, Mid Sussex for CAE Electronics:Low energy HQ office building for flight simulator manufacturer and software programmers.role: project and site architect; detailed design and coordination of interiors; project & site coordinationRIBA stages C Outline Proposals to K Practical Completion . Budget - £8m - Construction Management.

further details of these and other projects are available `on request.

1996ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT, HAMILTON ASSOCIATES, LONDON , UK 1996out of town offices, industrial warehouses and new build office role: presentations, detailed design and layouts, including:

1993 - 1996ARCHITECTS ASSISTANT, IKA PROJECT DESIGN & MANAGEMENT, LONDON, UK luxury residential, student accommodation and private houses role: feasibility studies, planning applications, interiors, detailed design and site activities

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EDUCATION1998 -1999PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE (RIBA PART III)University College London, Bartlett School of Architecture 1999

1994 - 1996POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ARCHITECTURE (RIBA PART II)Washington Alexandria Architecture Centre, Virginia Tech, USA 1995Oxford School of Architecture

1991 - 1993BA HONS ARCHITECTURE (RIBA PART I)Oxford School of Architecture

KEY SKILLS & INTERESTS• CAD package - Microstation (XM) & 3D - 13 years• Adobe Suite: In-Design, Photoshop, Professional• Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project• Standard specifications writing (NBS system)• Code for Sustainable Homes (CfSH) / Green Guide to Specification• BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method)• architecture and interiors, cinema, theatre, music, live sport (soccer), literature, travel, photography, golf....

AWARDS:Davidson Building - RIBA award for Architecture 2004Davidson Building - IAS/OAS Best Central London Office Building 2004Davidson Building - RIBA conservations commendation 2004Davidson Building- BCO commercial workspace award 2005RIBA SIlver Medal nominee - 1995Gradus Detail Award for detail in architecture nominee - 1995

REFERENCESreferences are available on request although recommendations from clients and consultants are included on my linked-in page at http://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesolsen17

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