Curriculum Vitae - Architect # C34810
Professional Experience Architecture
September 1998 – November 2022 (24 years 2 Months): Senior Associate at Frank O. Gehry and Associates / Gehry Partners LLP, 12541 Beatrice Street, Los Angeles, California 90066
November 2022 – Present - Owner Brian Zamora Architect, 1119 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90015
June 2017 – Present - Owner/Partner Better Tomorrow LLC, 1121 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90015
Education
1993 –1998 Bachelors of Architecture (B. Arch), University of Arizona, Tucson Arizona
Academic Experience
2015-2021 - SCI-Arc Faculty - M-Arch 2 Design Development Class Instructor
2014 - 4th Year Final Project Reviews - USC
2013 - Winter Semester - 4th Year Final Project Reviews and Graduate Student Final Project – University of Arizona
2011 - “Capstone” 5th Year Final Project Reviews – University of Arizona
2011 - 3rd year Undergraduate Mid Term Reviews - SCI-ARC
Lectures – Invited Guest Speaker
2019 November - American Latino Architects Conference - Houston Texas hosted by Quadro Architecture
2019 - AIA Conference – Las Vegas, NV - The Lou Ruvo Brain Health Center: Design and Construction insights to The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (CCLRCBH)
2012 - AIA, Western Mountain Region Conference – Las Vegas, NV - The Lou Ruvo Brain Health Center: Concept thru Construction. The Gehry Process
2011 - AIA, Mississippi Conference – Destin, FL - BIM usage as a Contract Document – SD thru CA
2009 - AIA, Mississippi Conference – Destin, FL - The Lou Ruvo Brain Health Center: Concept thru Construction. The Gehry Process
Academic Experience
2015-2021 - SCI-Arc Faculty - M-Arch 2 Design Development Class Instructor
2014 - 4th Year Final Project Reviews - USC
2013 - Winter Semester - 4th Year Final Project Reviews and Graduate Student Final Project – University of Arizona
2011 - “Capstone” 5th Year Final Project Reviews – University of Arizona
2011 - 3rd year Undergraduate Mid Term Reviews - SCI-ARC
Personal Summary
After 24 years at Gehry Partners, Brian Zamora’s practice builds upon a multitude of skills and management experience in all phases of the architectural process. His skills bridge design and technical allowing new, unique, and complex solution to come to reality. Brian was a Senior Associate at Gerhy acting in both Lead Designer and Project Architect/Manger roles.
One of his grandest achievements the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (Las Vegas, Nevada), provided immense design and technical experience for very complex geometry, coordinated through all trades.
I generally have positive and strong client and staff relationships emphasizing and positive team building approach as a team leader and manager. This experience and approach has lent itself to some educational opportunities outside of practice which I have found extremely rewarding and enlightening.
Professional Experience - Selected Projects
2005 – 2010 Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health - Las Vegas, Nevada
Senior Project Designer and Project Architect: Project Designer role working directly with Frank Gehry on the design, concepts and design development. Management roles and oversight carried through building completion in 2010. Project was executed by Gehry Partners in the Architect of Record role.
Project Brief: “The Mouse that Roared” - A truly unique out-patient medical facility focusing on the detection, treatment, and patient care for Alzheimer’s, ALS, and other brain related diseases. At 65,000 SF the center houses outpatient facilities, administrative functions, and the Keep Memory Alive Foundation who spearheaded the project before partnering with the facility operator, the Cleveland Clinic. In an effort to create a positive and active facility outside typical outpatient care facilities, the CCLRCBH includes a dramatic 9000 SF Activities Center with undulating walls and 198 skylight/windows. This multipurpose space banquette hall, with supporting catering kitchen, is used to supporting conferences, lectures dinners and fund raising events. All proceeds go to the Keep Memory Alive Foundation.
2011-2013 Facebook London - London, United Kingdom
Project Designer and Project Architect: Project Designer and Project Architect role. Project coordinated through a local New Orleans Architect of Record.
Project Brief: An extensive 96,000 SF Tenant Improvement project across three levels for Facebook London involving new circulation stair elements through the floors, and a large cafeteria and catering kitchen.
2011-2013 Make It Right – Lower Ninth Ward Duplex - New Orleans, Louisiana
Project Designer: Project Designer and Project Architect role working directly with Frank Gehry. Project coordinated through a local New Orleans Architect of Record.
Project Brief: A 1900 SF duplex in the Lower Ninth Ward with two equal units providing traditional covered porches, roof decks and equal exterior yards. A “shoo-fly” roof deck is shaded by a glass embedded PV canopy. The duplex was selected and built by a local Lower ninth resident and completed in 2013.
2012-2014 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Renovations - Bilbao , Spain
Project Architect/Manager: Project Architect/Manager role with design participation. Project coordinated through a local Bilbao Architect.
Project Brief: Interior modifications and reprogramming of Gift Shop, Restaurant and new Pinxo’s Bar. The existing 3 story gift shop was re-programmed as expanded restaurant, new Pinxo’s Bar, and Education Center. A new single level Gift Shop was construction taking a portion of a gallery space near the museum exit.
2001 - 2014 Ohr O’Keefe Museum of Art - Biloxi, Mississippi
Project Architect: Design Architect role from Concept Design through building completion in 2014. Project coordinated through a local Mississippi Architect of Record.
Project Brief: The 25,000 SF OOMA campus is 5 separate buildings among and ancient grove along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Museum houses and promotes the work of George E. Ohr, dubbed the “Mad Potter of Biloxi” with three galleries, museum support functions, and ceramics studios amongst an oak shaded campus in the scale of the local neighborhood.
Project Participation List at Gehry Partners LLP
1998 - 2000 Disney Concert Hall - Project Team (Model) - Through Design Development
1999 - 2001 MIT Stata Center - Project Team - Through Design Development
1999 – 2001 Bard College Theater 2 - Model Team Leader - Through Design Development
1999 Modena Italy Sculpture - Model Team - Through Concept Design
2001 - 2014 Ohr O’Keefe Museum of Art - Biloxi, Mississippi
2002 NY Guggenheim Proposal - Team Member - Through Concept Design
2002 - 2004 Princeton Science Library - Technical Team Member – DD - CD’s
2003 NY Times Competition - Team Member - Through Concept Design
2005 – 2010 Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health - Las Vegas, Nevada
2008 Moscow Hotel - Project Designer - Through Concept Design
2010 Adelson Sculpture “dog house” – Project Manager - through fabrication
2011 Greenspun Sculpture “doghouse”
2011-2013 Make It Right – Lower Ninth Ward Duplex - New Orleans, Louisiana
2009 – 2010 NBC Studio’s - Designer - Through Schematic Design
2009 – 2010 Santa Monica Mixed Use Hotel - Designer - Through Schematic Design
2013 – 2014 Guggenheim Museum Renovations - Designer/Manager - Through CA
2001 – 2014 Ohr O’Keefe Museum - Designer/Manager - Through CA
2011 – 2013 Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial - Designer, Manager - Through CD’s
2012-2014 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Renovations - Bilbao , Spain
2014 – 2015 Facebook Dublin 2 - Designer/Manager - Through CA
2014 – 2015 Facebook Bus Canopy - Designer/Manager - Through CA
2013 – 2014 Facebook London 1 - Designer/Manager - Through CA
2014 – 2015 Facebook London 2 - Designer/Manager - Through CA
2015 – 2017 Facebook London 3 - Designer/Manager - Through CA
2014 – 2015 Facebook Bus Canopy - Designer/Manager - Through CA
2015 – 2018 Facebook Seattle Phase 1 and 2 - Project Manager - Through CA
2018 – 2019 Grand Ave - Project Manager - Team Coordinator - Interiors and SE quadrant structural re-coordination at CD’s
2020 - 2022 8150 Sunset Blvd Residential Towers – Project Architect