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Home My WebLink AboutResume of ExperienceArthur J. Marcus 1450 Lincoln Road #806 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 305 467.6141 RESUME of EXPERIENCE Id • MEM lam 6 Registered Architect/Member of American Institute of Architects For over 25 years; practicing in Miami & Miami Beach for the past ten years, and previously in Seattle, New York City, Minneapolis and Philadelphia, working with a diverse national clientele directing management and design efforts, in the development and successful completion of urban design, architectural, interior design, renovation and restoration projects, for a varied clientele. ,REPRESENTATIVE ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS & CLIEM WORKII i WITH SWANK' HA}DEN1.OHNELL ARCXITEC7S 1983 1988 aim YorkC1,vJ et 1reNnatdialnii • Bridgeport Landing, Bridgeport, CT, Urban Design Directing all urban planning, management and design efforts to win RFP competition from the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut for this 50 acre waterfront site, with over 3,000 linear feet of shoreline directly on Long Island Sound; designed as a mixed use four million square foot communityof retail, restaurant and entertainment, hotels, conference center, offices, residential, museum, retirement community, lighthouse, yacht club and marina. Estimated as one billion dollars of construction over a ten to fifteen year period, the development is designed to be broken down into individual parcels which can respond to fluctuating market demands. • Collins Park Historic Hotel Village, Historic Restoration &Urban Design, Miami Beach, FL Directing all management and design efforts to renovate seven of the eight properties located within a city block with a new interior -block oasis, within the Museum Historic District. • Merrill Lynch /Private Banking Offices: Interior Architecture Sarasota, Winter Park, Naples, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Coral Gables & Miami. • American Media Inc., Boca Raton, FL Directed all architectural, interior design and master planning efforts for total building renovation of 60,000 sf office building for national headquarters of largest American publisher of periodicals • Ferrell Schultz Carter Zumpano & Fersel, P.A., New Legal Offices, Miami, Aventine Six separate new interior architecture projects for international legal firm. • Cartier Jewelers, 52°c Street & Fifth Avenue, Restoration Planning, New York City • Four Columbus Circle Office Building, New Architecture, New York City • Johnson & Higgins World Headquaners, Interior Architecture for 424,000 sf, New York City • Johnson & Higgins Bermuda, New Office Building, Hamilton, Bermuda • NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Interior Architecture, New York City • Metropolitan Opera, Renovations, New York City WORKING W",'11 SWANU HAYDEN CONNELL ARCHITECTS 1983 —1988 }or! C M el L999 — bre:rnt tAligrigi • Dresdner Bank. 200.000 sf. New York City • Rudin McCloskey et el, Renovated Legal offices. Ft. Lauderdale • UBS Warburg / Miami Agency: Interior Architecture w • David A. Klein Orchidarium @ Vizcaya. Coconut Grove, FL • Palm Court Office Building, Miami Beach, FL • Lincoln Road Design Competition, Miami Beach, FL • Romanoff, Bal Harbour Shops, Bal Harbour, FL • Helmsley Residence, Star Island, Miami Beach, FL • 1219 Pennsylvania Avenue, New & Renovated Architecture, Private Residence, Miami Beach. FL • 4765 Pine Tree Drive, New & Renovated Architecture, Private Residence, Miami Beach, FL • 5369 Pine Tree Drive, New & Renovated Architecture, Private Residence, Miami Beach, FL • 5625 Pine Tree Drive, New & Renovated Architecture, Private Residence, Miami Beach, FL • 2012 North Bay Road, New & Renovated Architecture, Private Residence, Miami Beach, FL • 6570 Allison Road, New & Renovated Architecture, Private Residence, Miami Beach, FL • 1830 241° Street, Private Residence, Sunset Island #3, Miami Beach, FL • 6390 S. W.113o' Street, Private Residence, Pinecrest, FL PROJECTS PREVIOUSLY CQMPLETEL) WORKING WTTILOTHER ARCHITES • Guarantee Bank Building, Renovation, Atlantic City, NJ • Downtown Seattle Association Offices, Seattle, WA • Pacific Northwest Ballet, new studios, Seattle, WA • Balch Ethnic History Museum, Philadelphia, PA • Defender Association, Interior Architecture, Philadelphia, PA COMMUNITY ACTIVITIf • Chairman of City of Miami Beach Joint Design Review Board and Historic Preservation Board Member, 1995 - 1996, 1998 (served as Vice -Chairman during both terms) Chairman, 1999 • Member / C#y of Miami Beach Architect Selection Cornneitee for new Collins Park Library, 1998 Member of nine person committee appointed by CMB Commissioners to interview and rank an invited roster of prominent architectural firms competing for this project. • Board Member / South Point Citizens Coallrion /SPCC) /Save Miami Beach, 1994 - 1998 The SPCC spearheaded civic activism in the early 1990's in Miami Beach, working with CMB Commissioners and CMB land use boards to establish rational zoning guidelines; including lower height restrictions, down -zoning building mass; more contextual architecture & planning better responding to the existing historic city fabric; and increased citizen input into Design Review process. In 1998 the SPCC Board was incorporated into the 'Save Miami Beach P.A.C'., whose victory in 1999 mandated voter approval for any proposed up -zoning on all waterfront properties in Miami Beach. • President /Board of Directors /Shelbourne Housing, Miami Beady 1995 — present As President of the Board since 1997, Mr. Marcus has worked closely with the Miami Beach Community Development Corp. (MBCDC) directing the development, funding, renovations and operations of the non-profit corporation which owns both Shelbourne House which opened in, 1997, and Fernwood House which opened in 2002. Both buildings are historic renovations located in the Art Deco District and provide affordable housing for qualifying people living with HIV or AIDS. Both houses provide the physical design features and social services support to allow their residents to live independently by providing a secure and healthy environment. Both buildings are subsidized by the U.S. Department of H.U.D., City of Miami H.O.P.W.A. funds and City of Miami Beach C.D.B.G. funding, and are administered in coordination with MBCDC. • Member/Ad Hoc Conuninee/City of Miami Beach Design Guiddimes Working Group Invited by the mayor in 1995 to sit on this committee charted with the task of exploring alternative building, zoning and master plan guidelines to help better grow the City. Working directly with the CMB Department of Planning & Zoning & Historic Preservation, recommendations from these group discussions were made to the Mayor and Commissioners over a period of two years. • Ocean Beach Historic District / City of Miami Beach Historic Properties Database Expansion Commliee Cited as a 'Special Contributor' working with the committee and the CMB for approximately two years culminating with the designation of the Ocean Beach Historic District in 1995. Worked directly with staff members of the CMB Department of Planning & Zoning & Historic Preservation • Collins Waterfront Historic District Committee / City of Miami Beach Cited as a 'Contributing Surveyor' working with the committee and the CMS for approximately one year culminating with the designation of the Collins Waterfront Historic District in 2000. Worked directly with staff members of the CMB Department of Planning & Zoning & Historic Preservation • GMCVB Cultural Tourism Committee 2001 - present Invited by the GMCVB in 2002 to explore means of stimulating cultural tourism throughout Miami. • Urban Arts Committee of Miami Beads / "MiMo"2001 - present Besides working with the volunteer citizen Urban Arts Committee to educate public awareness of Miami Modern (MiMo) Architecture for the past two years, Mr. Marcus was also one of the three photographers selected by the committee to photograph selected MIMo buildings around Miami & Miami Beach, which were exhibited in two MiMo photography shows; firm in 2001 in Miami Beach at the MBCDC Seymour Gallery and in March, 2002 at the Municipal Art Society in New York City. EDUCATION • Carnegie Mellon University • Temple University • Central High School of Philadelphia POST GRgDUATE EDUCATIQJt' • Harvard Graduate School of Design • New York Institute of Photography • Temple University Real Estate Institute ARCHITECTURAL REGISTRATION • Florida • New York • Pennsylvania • California • Washington state • Member of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards for registration in all 50 states. Pittsburgh, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Cambridge, MA New York, NY Philadelphia, PA • American Institute of Architects • National Council of Architectural Registration Boards • Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce References available upon request. Master of Architecture Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Arts 1973 1970 1966