1617 Grafton Street Los Angeles California 90026 ph: 213.440.4455 California lic. no.: C 32847
DEREK RYDER dryder.architect@gmail.com
13+ years experience Fields of Experience: • Single-family & multi-family residential • Mixed-use & commercial revitalization • Religious architecture
• Urban design & community redevelopment • Historic preservation
Key Skills: • Integration of multiple disciplines into the design process • Design research & conceptualization • Construction detail development • Material systems research & selection • Construction document coordination & management
• Building code analysis & permit processing • Construction administration • Sustainable building analysis • Office standards development • Excellent written & verbal communication
Primary Computer Skills: • AutoCAD • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator & Indesign
• SketchUp • MS Word & Excel
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE studioneleven architects & urbanists Long Beach, California Job Captain: 2010 - 2013
USC Catholic Center – chapel & student services building – Los Angeles, California 1044 Maine Avenue – historic senior housing rehabilitation – Long Beach, California Foods Co. Groceries – two new construction retail spaces – Oakland & San Francisco, CA
Pasadena, California Project Manger: 2005 - 2008
Silver Spur Court – 18-unit courtyard condominium – Rolling Hills Estate, California Los Poblanos Inn Addition – master plan & 7-guest units on historic farm – Albuquerque, NM Ventura Meta – 41-unit courtyard condominium (unbuilt) – Ventura, California Infill housing court – 17-units w/ SFD & rowhouses (unbuilt) – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ralph Mechur Architects Santa Monica, California Project Manager: 2003 - 2005
Custom residence – major remodel & addition to single-family home – Los Angeles, California Custom residence – new construction of single-family home – Santa Monica, California Custom residence – major remodel & addition to single-family home – Santa Monica, CA
Derek Ryder Architect Los Angeles, California Sole-proprietor: 2001 – present
Custom residence – new construction vacation house (built 2011) – La Bufadora, Baja, Mexico Custom residence – major remodel & addition to single-family home (built 2009) – Los Angeles, CA
Bob Vint & Asssociates Architects
Episcopal Church Narthex & Bell Tower Addition – Green Valley, Arizona St. Michael's Parish Center & School – addition to historic church – Tucson, Arizona Stone Avenue Corridor Study – public art & open space analysis & opportunities – Tucson, AZ San Xavier Mission Plaza – pedestrian plaza adjacent to historic mission – Tohono O'Odham Nation, Arizona
Moule & Polyzoides Architects & Urbanists
Tucson, Arizona Project Manager: 1998 - 2001
QUALIFICATIONS • EDUCATION • ASSOCIATIONS 2011 - present
California licensed architect
2007 - present
LEED AP BD+C accredited professional
awarded in 1998
Master of Architecture – Yale University School of Architecture
awarded in 1993
Bachelor of Arts in English – Wesleyan University
2007 & 2012
USGBC Los Angeles Chapter member & GreenBuild conference attendee
2011 - present
AIA Los Angeles Urban Design Committee member
2008 - 2009
AIA Los Angeles Committee on the Environment member
2006 & 2009
Congress for the New Urbanism conference attendee
summer of 2007
Moule & Polyzoides Traveling Scholarship – studied informal housing in Rio, Brazil
2002 - 2003
Silver Lake Neighborhood Council Urban Design & Preservation Comm. member
Derek Ryder 2013