1 Richard Epstein Architects was founded to work with clients to create exceptional projects. REA is led by Rick Epstein who brings a unique complement of more than 20 years of urban design, master planning, and architec- HISTORY ture experience providing a well rounded and integrated perspective to all Richard Epstein Architects Boulder, Colorado of his projects. He has a particular interest in sustainability based on more 2011-present than 25 years of focus on ecological design in projects at all scales. Rick Founder/Prinicipal was a recipient of the Thomas Watson Foundation Fellowship allowing him to travel around the world studying traditional architecture and climate. University of Colorado He draws upon this experience in his work both domestically and internationally weaving together the local and global to forge new approaches to Boulder + Denver 1994-present Studio Instructor sustainable place-making. Working with collaborative and interdisciplinary (currently teaching a Master in teams, Rick brings togehter diverse persectives to achieve innovative design Urban Design Studio at UCD) approaches. He has worked in a broad range of professional settings, both small and large to provide a diverse perspective on project approach and RNL delivery that is both practical and visionary, client-based and broad reaching. Denver, Colorado 2008-2011 Urban Design Master Planning Senior Associate AR7 Architects Denver, Colorado 2004-2008 Design Principal EDGE/REA Boulder Colorado 1992-2004 Founder & Principal OZ Architecture Boulder Colorado 1991-1992 Michael Singer Studio Wilmington, Vermont 1989-1991 Kuala Lumpur City Center, Malaysia Civic/Infrastructure Forest of Seih Sdeirah, UAE Higher Education EDUCATION Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Masters of Architecture, 1990 Boulder Recycling Center, Boulder, CO Housing/Mixed Use/Commercial UC Denver Master Plan, Denver, CO Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Coursework in Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, 1988-1990 Thomas Watson Foundation, Post-Graduate Fellowship, 1984-85 College of the Atlantic, Bachelor of Arts in Human Ecology, Major, Art & Design, 1983 Campus Apts, Denver, CO Rincon Building, Boulder, CO Prospect Mixed Use
2 URBAN DESIGN AND MASTER PLANNING Sir Bani Yas Island Master Plan - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Lead Urban Designer/Project Manager(RNL), 2011 Al Gharbia II Master Plan - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Lead Urban Designer, (RNL) 2011 Kuala Lumpur City Center, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur City Center Master Plan - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Lead Urban Designer (RNL) 2010 UPC Ruwais Master Plan - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Lead Urban Designer, Downtown(RNL), 2010 Landmark Master Plan - Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Lead Urban Designer /Project Manager(RNL), 2009 Landmark Project, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia Forest of Seih Sdeirah - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Lead Urban Designer (RNL), 2008 Rock Ridge Mixed Use Community - Morrison, Colorado, Project Manager/Lead Urban Designer, (RNL) 2008 Winter Park Master Plan - Winter Park, Colorado Lead Urban Designer, (RNL) 2008 Ruwais Downtown, Central Plaza, UAE University of Colorado, Denver, Micro - Master Plan, Denver, Colorado Project Manager/Urban Designer, (RNL) 2008 Auraria West District Urban Design Plan, Denver, Colorado Design Principal, (AR7) 2007 Windsor North Mixed Use Community, Plan - Windsor, Colorado Lead Urban Designer, 2002 Beavers Village, Winter Park, Colorado McKinley Park Community Plan - Louisville, Colorado Urban Designer, 1998
3 CIVIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE City of Denver Post Office and Parking Garage - Denver, Colorado Design and Sustainability/LEED, (AR7) 2006-2007 Boulder County Household Hazardous Waste Facility - Boulder, Colorado Deisgn Principal, 2007-2008 Boulder County Recycling Center- Boulder, Colorado Design Principal/Principal in Charge, 1999-2001 Boulder Recycling Center, Boulder, Colorado Boulder Reservoir Water Treatment Plant - Boulder, Colorado Design Principal/Principal in Charge (Addition/Renovation), 1996-1997 College/Broadway Underpass- Boulder, Colorado Project Designer, (OZ) 1992 Colorado Insectary - Palisades, Colorado Project Architect, (OZ) 1991 Phoenix Recycling Center, Phoenix, Arizona 27th Avenue Solid Waste Management Facility - Phoenix, Arizona Design Team Leader, 1989-1991 (with Michael Singer) HIGHER EDUCATION Auraria Higher Education Center - Denver, Colorado Classroom Building & Program Plan, Lead Designer, (RNL)2009 University of Colorado, Denver Campus Master Plan - Denver, CO Lead Designer, (RNL) 2008 CU Master Plan, Auraria Campus, Denver, CO University of Colorado at Boulder - Boulder, Colorado Aerospace and Energy Engineering Building Program/Concept Plan Design Principal, (AR7) 2007 Red Rocks Community College - Lakewood, Colorado Construction Technology Prgoram Plan and Campus Master Plan Design Principal, (AR7) 2007 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs - Colorado Springs, Colorado Engineering and Science Building Sustainable Design/LEED, (AR7) 2005-2006
4 COMMERCIAL/MIXED-USE/HOUSING Campus Village Apartments - Denver Colorado Design Principal, (AR7) 2005-2006 Prospect Mixed-Use - Longmont, Colorado Design Principal, 2002-2004 Erie Mixed-Use - Erie, Colorado Project Principal, 2003 Rincon Building (The Screen House ) - Boulder, Colorado Design Principal, 2002-2003 GASWORKS Industrial Lofts, -Boulder, Colorado Design Principal, 2003 Campus Village Apartments, Denver, Colorado Sunnyside Family Housing - Louisville, Colorado Louisville Housing Authority, Project Principal, 1999-2001 1124-30 Pearl Street - Boulder, Colorado Design Principal, 1998 Boulder Rock Club - Boulder, Colorado Design Principal, 1997 Buena Vista Community Housing - Boulder, Colorado Thistle Community Housing, Urban Design/Schematic Design, 1997 Nomad Co-Housing - Boulder, Colorado Project Principal, 1996-1997 Rincon Building, Boulder, Colorado RELIGIOUS/CULTURAL Congregation Beth Evergreen - Evergreen, Colorado Design Architect 2000 Boulder Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends - Boulder, Colorado Design Principal, 1998 Evergreen Synagogue, Evergreen, Colorado The Nomad Playhouse - Boulder, Colorado Project Principal, 1996 Denver International Airport Public Art Program - Denver, Colorado Art Collaborations with (3) artists for major installations at DIA, 1993-1995
5 LECTURES AND EXHIBITIONS REGISTRATIONS Registered Architect in Colorado Since 1992 LEED Accredited Professional Since 2004 2010 City Design Conference, Denver, CO, Speaker on Sustainable Design 2009 Cost Effective Design and Construction, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Workshop Leader on Sustainability and Design 2009 Hoyt Real Estate Conference, West Palm Beach, FL, Keynote Speaker on Sustainable Design PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Urban Land Institute, Boulder Co-Chair, 2011-present Colorado Tomorrow Alliance, Founder and Co-Chair, 2006 present Urban Land Institute of Colorado, Executive Board Member, 2005 present Fellow, Institute of Green Professionals 2009 Belmar Architectural Control Committee, City of Lakewood, Design Review, 2002-present American Institute of Architects, Member, 1991 present Boulder Urban Renewal Authority (BURA), Commissioner, Vice Chair, 1999 2002 Downtown Design Advisory Board (DDAB) Board Member, 1998 1999 2008 Greenbuild Conference, Boston, MA, International Sustainability 2007 Colorado Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architecture, Panelist representing the Colorado Tomorrow Alliance 2006 New Partners for Smart Growth, Denver, CO Panelist on Smart Growth Coalitions, 1996 Panelist/Presentation, Pedestrian Conference, Boulder, CO, Presented the Nomad Co-Housing Project International Conference 1995 Panelist, Colorado Solar Energy Society, Recent Works at National Renewable Energy Labs, Golden, CO 1990 Panelist, Big Design: Built Structures for Public Works; Symposium at the Municipal Art Society of New York presented the Phoenix Recycling Center 1990 Panelist, Endangered Earth Symposium, Williams College presented the Phoenix Recycling Center with artist Michael Singer 1988 Stillness and Force, The Presence of Water in Japanese Culture- Exhibition of Fellowship Photographs, MIT Gallery City of Boulder, Planning Board, 1994-1997
6 RECOGNITION AND PUBLICATIONS AWARDS 2005 AIA, Colorado, Citation Award Prospect Lofts, Longmont, CO 2005 AIA, Denver Chapter, Citation Award Prospect Lofts, Longmont, CO 2005 AIA, Denver Chapter, Merit Award Rincon Building), Boulder, CO 2003 AIA, North Chapter, Award for Unbuilt Work The Screen House (Rincon Building), Boulder, CO 2003 AIA, Colorado, Citation Award Boulder County Recycling Center 2001 AIA, Northern Exposures Exhibition North Chapter Merit Award, Boulder County Recycling Center, 2001 AIA, North Chapter Honor Award Boulder County Recycling Center 2001 AIA, North Chapter Honor Award Sunnyside Family Housing, Louisville, CO 2001 Colorado Renewable Energy Society, Design Award Boulder County Recycling Center 2000 AIA, Colorado North Chapter Merit Award, 1224-1226 Pearl Street Renovation and Addition, Boulder, CO 1997 AIA, Colorado North Chapter, Citation Award, Boulder Quakers Meeting House 1997 Denver Metro Homebuilders Association, Colorado Awards for remodeling Excellence, First Place for Elkind-Hibbard Residence Remodel Boulder Daily Camera, 2010, Guest Editorial, OP-ED page on Sustainability and Planning Colorado Architect, 2007 Feature Article on Screen House (Rincon Building) Rocky Mountain News, February 2007 Feature article on the Colorado Tomorrow Alliance Architectural Record, 2004, Article on Digital Practice in Design Colorado Architect, 1998, Feature Article on Quaker Meeting House Home Energy, Cover Story, May/June 1997, Remodeling with the Sun by Steven Bodzin Boulder Planet, Feb. 5-11, 1997, Young Rebels Architects Design Buildings to Bond with the Boulder Scenery by Halle Schilling, article featuring 4 local Boulder Daily Camera, January 21, 1996, Co-Housing: A Community Blueprint, Article on Nomad Co-Housing Project in North Boulder Architectural Record, June 1994, Feature Article on Phoenix Recycling Center Boulder Daily Camera, Sunday, June 19, 1994, Feature Article on Eco-Home design Channel 8, City of Boulder, June-August 1994, 1/2 Hour Documentary on Ecohomes featuring Green-Epstein Residence and Newton- Lewis Addition Channel 9, KUSA, Denver, Environmental Minute featuring Green- Epstein Residence and Newton-Lewis Addition, 1994 New York Times, Sunday, August 29, 1993, When Art is a Public Spectacle by Herbert Muschamp, article on Phoenix Recycling Center Boulder Daily Camera, Sunday, August 8, 1993, Guest Editorial, OP-ED page on Environmental Perspectives on Planning