FELIX Etienne-edouard PFEIFLE www.officeofculturaldesign.com [email protected]mobile: 001.310.663.9538 ACADEMIC PREPARATION M.S., Interior Architecture, School of Art and Design, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, 1998; significant course work in the School of Architecture Fulbright Scholarship, Faculty of History, University of Vienna, 1992-93 (Concentration: Austrian Architect and Interior Designer, Adolf Loos) B.A., Humanities, School of Letters and Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, 1992, cum laude (Honors Thesis: “The Habsburg Myth in Austrian Literature”); minor in German with an emphasis on Austrian Literature PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Director/Founder, Office of Cultural Design, 2005-2011, Los Angeles, California; A studio weaving between architectural, interior, and landscape design. Completed projects include commercial tenant improvement, residential renovations/additions, decorating, and garden design/installations. Project Manager / Senior Designer, 2004-2005, Los Angeles, California; David McCauley Interior Design Senior Designer and Project Manager on high-end residential projects, loft tenant improvement projects and hospitality design. Intern III, 2001-2004, Los Angeles, California; Dean Larkin Design, AIA Senior Designer and Project Manager on high-end residential (architecture) projects and commercial tenant improvement, including hospitality. Intern II, 2000-2001, San Francisco, California; Mark Topetcher Architects Designer/Draftsman
ACADEMIC PREPARATION M.S., Interior Architecture, School of Art and Design, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, 1998; significant course work in the School of Architecture Fulbright Scholarship, Faculty of History, University of Vienna, 1992-93 (Concentration: Austrian Architect and Interior Designer, Adolf Loos) B.A., Humanities, School of Letters and Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, 1992, cum laude (Honors Thesis: “The Habsburg Myth in Austrian Literature”); minor in German with an emphasis on Austrian Literature PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Director/Founder, Office of Cultural Design, 2005-2011, Los Angeles, California;
A studio weaving between architectural, interior, and landscape design. Completed projects include commercial tenant improvement, residential renovations/additions, decorating, and garden design/installations.
Project Manager / Senior Designer, 2004-2005, Los Angeles, California;
David McCauley Interior Design Senior Designer and Project Manager on high-end residential projects, loft tenant improvement projects and hospitality design.
Intern III, 2001-2004, Los Angeles, California; Dean Larkin Design, AIA Senior Designer and Project Manager on high-end residential (architecture) projects and commercial tenant improvement, including hospitality.
Intern II, 2000-2001, San Francisco, California; Mark Topetcher Architects
Designer/Draftsman
Intern I, 1998-1999, Brooklyn, New York; Joe Vance Architects Designer/Draftsman TEACHING EXPERIENCE New School for Social Research, New York, New York, Autumn, 2011 Part-time Faculty Instructor, Humanities Department Distance learning course (on-line)
Subject: Building the Modern City, a study of major urban planning movements from Hausmann in Paris to 21st Century Global Capitalism.
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, Spring, 1997
Coordinator and Facilitator Creator of a salon-style theory class for the School of Architecture and the School of Arts and Design. Topic: The Architecture of Interior Design—Theory and Precedent
LANGUAGES Fluent in written and spoken French Fluent in written and spoken German Functional Spanish TECHNICAL
AutoCadd, In Design, Adobe Suite, hand-perspective rendering, Sketch-Up
REFERENCES
John Southern, AIA, Principal UrbanOps, Associate Professor of Architecture, Woodbury University, Los Angeles, CA [email protected] 001.310.666.5985 Steven H. Lee, AIA, Associate Architect, Woods Bagot Architects, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China [email protected] 001.415.400.9174 / 00852.9640.9115
Joseph Vance, AIA, Principal, Joseph Vance Architects, Brooklyn, New York [email protected]
001.718.383.1278
Emily Bills, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, History of Architecture and Urban Studies, New School for Social Research, New York, New York [email protected] 001.213.448.4430
Proposed library powder room, private residence, Beverly hills, 2007
PRIVATE residence, HOLLYWOOD HILLS, 2010, exterior view (L), View to library (r)
PRIVATE residence, HOLLYWOOD HILLS, library
PRIVATE residence, HOLLYWOOD HILLS, dining room
PRIVATE residence, HOLLYWOOD HILLS, marble dining table w/ lucite cruciform base
PRIVATE residence, HOLLYWOOD HILLS, living room
living room w/ design For lucite television vitrine
