Architecture is the practice of making places. An awesome yet integral body of knowledge, it is no less complex than human life. For a practice to be a meaningful life-long commitment, it must be in constant flux and dynamism; it is first and foremost a learning process; a search. As architects, our roots must delve indefinitely into history and our branches decisively into the future. Ours is a tradition of innovation.

Alejandro Ortiz

PROJECTS

House in Santa Monica
Vacation house in Lake Tahoe
Addition to house in Malibu
Restoration, Colonial Villa, Cartagena, Colombia
Other residential design contracts


EDUCATION

UCLA University of California, Los Angeles. Master of Architecture, 1993
UC Berkeley. Bachelor of Architecture, 1985
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana School of Architecture, Bogota, Colombia, 1980-1982



PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Frank O. Gehry and Associates, Los Angeles, CA 1992
Design Assistant, Office Building in Prague
Franklin D. Israel Design Associates, Los Angeles, CA 1991
Design Assistant
Walker Group CNI, Los Angeles, CA 1990
Drawings Production, Neiman Marcus Renovation, Beverly Hills, CA
Lerner Associates, Providence, RI, 1986-1989
Project Designer, Brown University Stuart Theater, Post Office and Student Pub

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