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5951 Canterbury Dr., #15 Tel. #(310) 568 8256, Web: www.dinkoffarchitects.com

Los Angeles, California- 90230 E-mail: tinoadinkoff@yahoo.com

Tino A. Dinkoff, NCARB, LEED AP

Summary of Abilities-Fluent in schematic design, design development, and construction documents

-Use effectively his engineering knowledge to communicate with engineers and establish efficient

structures as architectural expression

-Work closely with project managers to establish parameters given by the city (planning, building, and

fire departments)

-Do entire research on Internet and contact with potential subcontractors and clients

-Study contractor bits and budgets and coordinate with them the requested information (RFI’s)

-Ability to complete tasks with accuracy and strong attention to detail, building materials, and

construction techniques which determines the quality of the project

-Coordinate full drawing sets & documents with project consultants

-Highly proficient in 3D-computer BIM

-Work effectively both: individually or in collaborative, mentoring, and problem-solving environments

-Effective communicator able to establish a report and elicit idea

-Evaluate the possible sustainable design solutions to guarantee LEED certification

-NCARB registered

-Able to “inflame” the team working with him with avant-garde and critical ideas on international

competitive level

Education

1995-97 Master of Architecture;University of California at Los Angeles, School of the Arts & Architecture; Los Angeles, California

Emphasis Architectural Design, Urban Structure, and Efficient Development

1993-94 Master’s Program of Architecture;Clemson University, College of Architecture; Clemson, South Carolina

1988-90 Bachelor of Architecture;University of Architecture Civil Engineering & Geodesy; Sofia, Bulgaria

1980-86 Master of Science in Structural Engineering;University of Architecture Civil Engineering & Geodesy; Sofia, Bulgaria

Professional Experience

1. Architecture & Planning Services-Design Consortium; Century City, CA 2007- recent www.designconsortium.us

Senior Designer / Project Architect Master Planning, IT Buildings, Veterinarian Hospitals, Churches, Parish Halls, Schools, Sports Facilities, Residential &Mix-Used, Single High-End Housing

-Langdon Wilson Architects; Los Angeles, CA 2004-07 www.langdonwilson.com

Senior Associate, Project Designer/Planner Educational & Master Planning, Entertainment, Hotels &Resorts. Retail & Residential, Medical; Schematic Design, DesignDevelopment, & Construction Documents. Presentation and Negotiation

-JY-Design; Shanghai, China 2002-04 www.jy-design.com

Associate, Senior Project Designer Master Planning, High-rises, Residential & Hotels, Office & Shopping Malls; Schematic & Design Development.Negotiation and Presentation

-HOK, Inc.; San Francisco, CA 1999-2002 www.hok.com

Senior Designer/Job Captain Medical Labs, Commercial, Residential, Hotels & Entertainment, Sports Facilities; Schematic, Design Development, &Construction Documents

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-Barton Myers Ass. Inc.; Beverly Hills, CA 1997-1999 www.bartonmyers.com

Designer/Job CaptainCommercial, Institutional, Residential and Retail- Schematic Design, Design Development & Construction Documents

2. Structural Engineering Services-"Asarel- Medet" JSC; Panagyurishte, Bulgaria 1986-88 www.asarel.com

Structural EngineerCalculating main structures (reinforce concrete and three dimensional space truss systems) for a heavy industry factoryin a process of building. Made several innovations changing inefficient structures with efficient ones as well

3. Honors & Awards-Award of Excellence

“New Blood One Hundred One”, an exhibition for the new millennium, March 19th- April 30 , 1999, Pacific Design Center,th

Beverly Hills, California

-First Price Master plan competition “The Layout of Xiamen Xiang Shan Wutong Sea Shore”, Shanghai Jun Shun Real EstateCompany, China May 2004

-Second PriceSofitel Hotel Competition, downtown San Francisco, HOK, June 2002

4. Computer Skills-Systems Windows 7 and Vista, Macintosh

-Software REVIT, ACAD, Form Z, 3D Studio Max, 3D Studio VIZ, Photoshop, PageMaker, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Word

5. Samples of Work5.1. Hotel and Condominiums, Salinas, California- located on the Main Street of city of Salinas across

the Nobel writer John Steinbeck’s museum. It is used as a reconciliation between the city’s vernacular style and the modernexpression of the museum- both styles intertwine on the main facade of the hotel and make a smooth transition between each

other. The city requested several new activities to be implemented, which was lacking up to this moment. The budget is 150 MIL.

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5.2. Terminal Building, Shanghai, China- an office tower with a base of four floors- convention center,

bars, and two-floors restaurant. Located across the river from Pudong, the new financial center of Shanghai, it is situated in theold financial center built in French colonial style. It creates the signature of the city together with Gin Mao Tower, and TV-TowerStation. The restaurant, all the way at the top, is facing the other two towers making a gesture to both of them.

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5.3. Wenyu River Master Plan, Beijing, China (competition)- the site is 9 kilometers long. It

consists of recreational park all across the river with a golf course at the end and amusement park. The center of it is spread outon three blocks; high-end boutiques with European style, a conventional center connected with a hotel, a club house, and business park with chain of shopping malls. It was presented to the mayor of Beijing.

5.4. Sofitel Hotel, San Francisco, California (competition)- a signature project located between

Market Str. and Mission Str., close to Embarcadero bart-station. There were two options- first, the tower to be with biggerfootprint but shorter and second, with smaller footprint but toller with high-tech expressive architecture.

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5.5. Shenyang International Development, Shenyang, China- two office towers interconnected

with suspended bridges, four residential towers, and four floors shopping mall with mixed-use, food court, and movie theaters.There is a big atrium in which the existing office tower is flooding. The project is going to be built in two faces- the first is goingto generate the revenue for the second.

5.6. Summer Aquatics Center, Penn State University, Pennsylvania- designed to serve

Philadelphia to get the Summer Olympics in 2012. There are two swimming pools (one for training purposes and another withbleachers for competitions), a diving tower, and an amphitheater with a big TV screen at the front which is going to be used foropened lectures by the university after the Games are over

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5.7. Shopping Mall, Shenzhen, China- “Green” architecture with a garden on the roof connected with

another shopping mall across the street

5.8. East Los Angeles High School #2, Los Angeles, California- a facility for 5000 students at the

east part of downtown Los Angeles now in construction with a budget of $140 MIL. The campus consists five academies and alibrary connected by a bridge on three levels. There is a sports facility with two gyms and aerobic section on one site andauditorium on the other. A food court is between the two interconnected with a recreational plaza which surrounds the academies

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5.9. Pioneer’s Club House, Kunshan, China- after school daycare facility. The purpose of it is to help

kids with deficiency in mathematics, physics, literature, science and other disciplines to improve their skills they missed from theregular school. They can learn new things also as piano, dancing, computer science, modeling and many others. It is a systemestablished by the Chinese communist government to help every kid to learn as much as possible. The site is a perfect circle. Theclient wanted a modern building with some kind of reference to Chinese culture; the roof is a reflection of it as it makes aconnection with the adjacent building- an exhibition pavilion with shape of its roof as ocean wave.

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5.10. St. Finbar Catholic School, Burbank, California- an addition to a youth center with a sports

facility. The project is very environmentally sensitive- all materials used are going to be recyclable and the facility is oriented inthe way to be naturally heated, cooled, and ventilated. The architectural style chosen is a narrative- it starts with vernacular and

changes to a contemporary modern, LEED certified

5.11. St. Demetrios Church, Camarillo, California (competition)- I used the Greek agora, as the

first democratic space, to justify the Greek immigration to the USA. There is a church for 300 seats with a possibility for futureexpansion, parish hall with kitchen, preschool for children, exhibition pavilion, and Greek amphitheater. It is going to serve the

Greek community in Camarillo, LEED certified

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5.12. ”Therasence”- Medical Lab, Alameda, California- a laboratory for research and manufacturing

of a mechanism measuring the insulin of people suffering from diabetics. The project was going to be built in two phases whichincluded: the first, a research with a lab center, and the second, headquarters of the company. The research center is connectedwith the administrative building through a symbolic gate with the logo of the company on it. The gate is the braking point of anelegantly meandering curve translated, offseted, and rotated from its original position. The project was built three years ago onebuilding from Oakland “Raiders” Headquarters.

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5.13. Guerin Residence, Westwood, California- a loft in the Californian tower on Wilshire Boulevard for

a movie producer, Mr. Guerin. The entire interior would be customized according to client wife’s wishes.

5.14. Luxurious apartments, Downtown San Diego, California- the entire block is filled up with

the project of two buildings with a courtyard between them- one with “C” and the other with “I” shape. The first floor on one ofthem is retail and on the other, the first two floors are townhouses. In the middle of both buildings there are apartments and on top penthouses.

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5.15. The Beach House, Oxnard, California- the client wants "a foot-mark house" which is on the shore

line of the ocean. There are some advanced techniques used- a NANA wall opens the double space of the living room facing thebeach as a free standing terrace cantilevers on top supported by a spiral staircase. There is a pool on the third level from whichthe water drops to the second level creating an incredible light effects evening time connecting the house with the ocean. The

roof is copper built representing the shape of a wave which wraps up the volume of the living-dining area. LEED certified

5.16. High-end duplexes, Shinbai, China- there are two rows of two types of duplexes in the suburban

outskirts of Shanghai, a little city named Shinbai- a brand new city build for the new yuppy Chinese generation . The wish of theclient was to juxtapose a low sloped Japanese roofs with well defined volumetric expression of the walls.

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5.17. 9350 Civic Center Drive (Hilton Hotels Headquarters), Beverly Hills, California- itwas an existing building which was renovated, improved, and retrofitted. The existing one used to have two bays of trusses asone of them was removed to leave space for the ramp to the garage on the roof and to put a mezzanine next to it. A new metalstructure was added to the existing brick wall which was bolted to it. A very light high-tech structural approach was taken whichreflected on the night lightening which was studied very carefully.

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COVER LETTER Dear Sir/ Madam,

I would like to apply for an architectural position in your office. My experience in all three phases of the

project- schematic design, design development, and construction documents would be an asset to the high quality of

work your office provides. There are several ways, working as a Senior Designer/Project Architect, to make

you benefit from my experience:

-my work is diversified from very large and complex to medium scale projects on

national and international level. It consists several national and international competitions as well. There is

wide range of various types of buildings including from high-rises to huge master plans, allowing me to adjust myself

very quickly to any kind of requirements the client has at the moment.

-I was highly trained by four world renowned architects- Thom Mayne (Morphosis), Daniel Libeskind, Barton

Myers, and Eric Owen Moss. Two of them were my professors at UCLA, and I worked for the last two. I learned from

them how with couple of bold moves as scaling and re-scaling, repetition and increment, translation and rotation, and

some other metamorphoses can get the vocabulary of the building which generates a clear statement- the

architectural office benefits from it, but also being affordable and built by the client.

- I have 15 years experience as an architect- after graduating with Master of Architecture from UCLA; and 2

years as a structural engineer- after graduating with Master of Science in Structural Engineering back in Europe

-I have high verbal skills with all technical responsibility for planning, design, and coordination with the client

to understand, fill comfortable, and sell the project to him. Using the appropriate media to convey a project proposal,

I can develop the set in a format of hand-color- perspective drawings artistically expressed, or using a computer as a

2D ACAD layout, or 3D rendering techniques.

-I am very quick to shift from hand drawing (old school) to high power 3D computer visualization (the new one).

One generation designers have the first, another the second. I developed both.

-I can refine the project totally independently or supervise a large group of people involved in the execution of

it maintaining the deadline requirements.

-my experience allows me with the co-operation of the project manager to wrap up the project with all zoning

codes and design it after all technical issues are throughly questioned. I can develop all details, going through the

entire sections, coordinating it with the project manager.

-my knowledge with numerous computer programs allows me in a short and highly efficient way to move from

one computer program to another- it brings together the ACAD drafters with people working on the 3D environment

to minimize substantially the process between schematic and design development to construction documents.

-I use the 3D computer model to the end of the project to develop construction documents with all details

from it either on ACAD or REVIT which makes the process much more cost-effective.

There are highly efficient processes allowing not only to cell the idea to the client but

in a very tight budget to fit well designed buildings as well, which elevates the image of

architectural services the office provides.

I hope you will review in detail the enclosed resume with projects addendum. I would appreciate an

opportunity to get together with you to discuss how my experience can best meet your needs.

Sincerely,

Tino A. Dinkoff