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I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand.LEONARDO DA VINCI

I n d e x o f w o r k

• Gresham Smith & Partners• MagneTek Inc.• Erlanger Medical Center• McMinnville Community Medical Center• Bohan Carden & Cherry• SunTrust Music Row Financial Center• Landscape Design• Exhibit Design• 2008 Cincinnati Home & Garden Show Booth• 2007 Cincinnati Home & Garden Show Booth• 2006 Cincinnati Home & Garden Show Booth• Reds Opening Day Parade – Float• Renderings• Graphic Design• Other


GRESHAM SMITH AND PARTNERSCorporate Headquarters

Designed and built in 6 months, this project provided many opportunities to develop a creative, flexible space for the 350 person architecture engineering firm.

The project architect and myself reported to the GS&P executive committee while working closely with all departments to co-ordinate effective layouts and a successful move.

The new office occupies 5 floors of a downtown Nashville office building. As part of the project, we cut through the post-tension slab to link 3 consecutive floors with a custom ornamental stair.

The final plan incorporates a universal design that enables individuals or entire studios to move with relative ease from bay to bay and floor to floor. The bay design offers many opportunities to display artwork, project photos and current in process work along the tour path around the office.










MAGNETEK INC.Corporate Headquarters 80,000 sq. ft.

The MagneTek building, slated to be built in downtown Nashville, was designed to be the first “Energy Star” label building in the nation.

The executive floors of MagneTek, occupying the top 4 floors of the 11 story building, are designed to impart a sense of MagneTek’s corporate philosophy: Efficiency and Innovation.

The building systems were designed to operate at peak efficiency. All materials used will be environmentally friendly. The organization of workgroups will allow maximum growth and flexibility.


MAGNETEK INC.Corporate Headquarters 80,000 sq. ft.


ERLANGER MEDICAL CENTERProfessional Office Building Addition

This 30,000 square foot addition / renovation project encompasses the addition of a 12 story office tower to an existing hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Starting from the turn of the century, the existing hospital is a series of many additions, each dating from a different decade.

The goal of this project was to use the interior space to blend the new and old spaces in a seamless design. Our team developed a concept around a small section of the existing hospital preserved and coveted since 1912.. We studied the materials, the details and the overall character of the small space.

The finished space accomplishes the goals by incorporating many details echoing the sentiments expressed in the existing “jewel space”. The varying volumes of the new atrium are coherent to the visitor through the use of consistent design cues present in the architectural detailing, patterns and colors throughout the space.

EXISTING ATRIUM SPACE



FIRST FLOOR PLAN







PRESENTATION








MCMINNVILLE COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER170,000 sq. ft. Replacement Hospital

Located in McMinnville, Oregon the design of this replacement hospital was influenced by craftsman style buildings at a local college campus.

The main waiting area and dining room were central to the design of the interior spaces. As was a state of the art women’s center.

The main waiting area was originally planned with a 3 story atrium.


MCMINNVILLE COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER






BOHAN CARDEN AND CHERRYAdvertising / Public Relations Firm 11,000 sq. ft.

The offices of Bohan Carden and Cherry were the result of acquiring several adjacent tenant suites over the period of 10 years. Lack of modification and integration of the acquired spaces left the office with no sense of continuity or harmony.

One approach was a complete demolition of the first floor. This plan would allow us to re-build with a fresh, light, open, industrial feeling that would allow the agency room to grow.

A second approach was preserve as much of the existing walls as possible and focus our design on the front door, the entry sequence and several specific problem areas.


SunTrust Music Row Financial CenterBranch Bank 12,000 sq. ft.

Located on music row in Nashville, Tennessee, this branch bank is an established provider of financial services to individuals and corporations in the music industry. As such, this branch required a focused aesthetic approach which was sometimes at odds with the banks traditional design background.

As a design team, we worked with the client to understand their specific requirements and acceptable limits of traditional bank variation. The final design is one that merges materials and space planning mechanisms familiar to the bank, with detailing, furniture & finishes that appeal to a hip, contemporary client.



Checking Stand Design




RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPE DESIGNLandscape and Pool


2008 CINCINNATI HOME & GARDEN SHOW BOOTH22 x 30 BOOTH FOR MID WEST GROUNDS








2008 REDS OPENING DAY PARADE FLOAT


2008 REDS OPENING DAY PARADE FLOAT




D E B O R A H L N O R M A NMarker rendering




SHOP AT HOME NETWORKHand drawn technical perspective

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Second Floor



Call Center


1997 IIDA – Trade Show InvitationGraphics using Adobe Illustrator


OtherBusiness Card Holders

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