Agrictecture
A group project, working from the details of food production systems, then designed full scale buildings capable of feeding the entire city. These futuristic food towers were placed along a major roads and metro lines to facilitate distribution.
Programs Used: Rhino, Autocad, Adobe CC
Agrictecture
A group project, working from the details of food production systems, then designed full scale buildings capable of feeding the entire city. These futuristic food towers were placed along a major roads and metro lines to facilitate distribution.
Programs Used: Rhino, Autocad, Adobe CC
Agrictecture
A group project, working from the details of food production systems, then designed full scale buildings capable of feeding the entire city. These futuristic food towers were placed along a major roads and metro lines to facilitate distribution.
Programs Used: Rhino, Autocad, Adobe CC
Colby S Gallagher
RESUME
Grew up living around the world, graduating high school with honors in London, England. Born in California and graduated college from The University of Miami with a Bachelors of Architecture degree. Currently working for a residential architecture firm in Southern California, while studying to become a licensed architect in the state of California.

WORK EXPERIENCE
Architectural Designer
October 2019 - Present
ADC | Architectural Design Collaborative - Laguna Hills, CA
Working under a project manager on the residential team at the firm, putting together construction documents, design submittals, and responding to RFIs and submittals. I am usually working on two projects at a time; drawing details, coordinating with consultants, submitting drawings to city departments, etc. Our firm specializes in multi-family affordable projects, however I have also worked on higher-end multi-family projects, homeless housing, and single-family homes.
Architectural Job Capitan
July 2018 - October 2019
WHA | William Hezmalhalch Architects - Santa Ana, CA
Working for a single-family residential architecture firm, helping with construction documents and design submittals. Received a promotion from Junior Job Capitan to Job Capitan only 9 months in.
Architectural Intern
June 2017 - August 2017
Torti Gallas + Partners Inc. - Los Angeles, CA
Urban design and residential architecture firm. I helped on many different projects located around the world. I worked on preliminary drawings and studies for a project in Australia, put presentations together for award submitting, and assisted the architecture team with plan and elevation drawings located in Hawaii, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and many more.
Design-Build and Estimating Intern
June 2016 - August 2016
Hensel Phelps Construction - Irvine, CA
For three months, I worked on a construction project to design and build a research laboratory located on the University of California, Riverside campus. The project is projected to be completed in May 2017. My responsibilities included participating in all team meetings with the head architects of The Smith Group, the many engineers, the UCR campus staff, and in-house construction meetings. Following monthly site visits I was relied on to analyze architectural drawings of the project in order to estimate the costs of the entire landscaped area and interior aspects of the building.
For more information on the project I worked on,
Architectural Intern
May 2015 - July 2015
Gruen Associates - Beverly Hills, CA
A three month long internship. I worked on the construction documents for various retail projects including; Harry Winston in San Francisco and New York City, Stella McCartney in Los Angeles, Louis Vuitton in Houston, and many others. I helped wherever I could, fixing red-line drawings, drawing details in AutoCad, making material boards etc.
Student Design Shadow Team Member
for New Braman Miller Center for Jewish Student Life
September 2014 - May 2015
Studio X - Miami, FL
The internship objective, with local architecture firm, is to assist with the design of the new Hillel Jewish Center on campus, completed in Fall 2015.
Construction Intern
April 2010 - April 2010
Hensel Phelps Construction - Irvine, CA
A week long internship to learn the basics for the construction industry.
EDUCATION
University of Miami
BArch. Bachelors of Architecture
Coral Gables, FL
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5 year program resulting a pre-professional degree
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Awarded 5 year Presidential Scholarship
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Minor in Entreprenuership
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Honour Society
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Member of Delta Delta Delta Fraternity
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Member of Tennis Club
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Member of Women in Archiecture Club
University of Miami
Architecture Study Abroad Program
Rome, Italy
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4 month-long program
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Courses: IV Design, Advanced Drawing, NAAB course: The Other Rome,
Digital Tools in Rome, and The Architecture of the City Seminar
High School Diploma
ACS Cobham International School
Cobham, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Graduated with honors
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National Scholar Society
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Excellence in Photography Award, 2012
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Varsity Tennis, 2012-2013
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Cancer Relief Foundation Member
2018
2013
2016
SKILLS
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Photographer
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Proficient in AutoCad
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Skilled in Revit
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Expert in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
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Trained user of SketchUp
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Rhino
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Understanding of Unity
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ArcGIS mapping software
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Microsoft Office
- Revu Bluebeam
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Adept in community planning
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Creative and artistic
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Team player
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Strong conceptual and schematic design skills
LANGUAGES
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Native English Speaker
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Intermediate Level of Spanish
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Beginner in Italian
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Studied Portuges