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EDUCATION:
 
University of Oregon
  Honors College, 1971-73
   
Rhode Island School of Design
  Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1977
Bachelor of Architecture, 1978
   
Andover Newton Theological School
  M.A., Master of Theology, 2002
 
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS:
 

Registered Architect, State of New Hampshire
Registered Architect, State of Vermont
Registered Architect, State of Connecticut
Registered Architect, State of New York
Registered Architect, State of New Jersey
Registered Architect, State of Massachusetts
Registered Architect, State of Pennsylvania
Registered Architect, State of Rhode Island

Certified Construction Specifier (CCS),
CSI, Construction Specifications Institute

National Council Architectural Registration Boards
(NCARB), Certificate

 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
 

Principal, Reno Design Group, Architecture & Planning
Hopkinton, NH: 1990 – [present]

Yankee Barn Homes, Grantham, NH:
Consulting Architect, 1992 – [present]

Principal, McGowan Brook Reno, Architects & Planners, Inc.;
Concord, NH: 1987-1990

Principal, Robert S. Reno Architect/AIA;
Hopkinton, NH: 1984-87

Principal, Shope Reno Wharton Associates;
Greenwich, Connecticut: 1981-84

Project Architect, Daniel L. Colbert Architects;
New York, New York: 1980-81

Staff designer, Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates;
New York, New York: 1979-80

Staff designer, Machinist Associates, Architects;
New York, New York: 1978-79

Staff Designer, Louis Mackall & Partner,
Architects; Guilford Connecticut: 1977

 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
 

American Institute of Architects (AIA),
Member (Former Director & President, NH Chapter)

PlanNH; Foundation for the Built Environment,
Member and Founding Director

Member, CORA, the Congress of Residential Architecture

Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), Former Member

Home Builders Association of NH, Former Associate Member

 
CIVIC CONTRIBUTIONS (Partial Listing):
 

President; Board of Directors, New Hampshire
Chapter, American Institute of Architects (AIA): 1991-2

Member, Board of Directors, NH Chapter, American Institute of Architects (AIA): 1986-93

Professional participant; Contoocook Village Community Planning Forum;
NH Office of State Planning; February, 2000

Member, Board of Directors; Heritage Concord, Historic
Preservation Foundation; 1992 - 1995

Member, Town of Canterbury, NH, Historic District Commission,
1998 -2003

Member, Advisory Board: NH Office of State Planning Task Force:
'Community Stewardship Program'; 1991-93

Member of Executive Committee, Board of Directors, PlanNH:
Built Environment Foundation; 1989 - 1993

Member, Resource Development Advisory Committee;
Concord Area Trust for Community Housing ('CATCH'); 1993

Account Executive, Professional Division - Architects;
United Way of Merrimack County: 1989

Board of Directors Liaison,
NH AIA Affordable Housing Task Force; 1988-1990

Competition Juror, Unbuilt Projects Awards Program,
Connecticut Society of Architects: 1988

Instructor, New Hampshire Technical Institute, Division of Community Education; Building Design and Construction Course; Concord, NH: 1987

Design Studio Critic; Norwich University, Montpelier, VT; 1993

Design Studio Critic, Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, Rhode Island: 1982-85

Instructor, University of Bridgeport, CT;
Building Design and Construction Course: 1983-84

Lecturer and Career Counselor, Rhode Island School of Design;
Providence, RI: 1982

 
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (Partial Listing):
 

Residential Design 2006, Colloquium; AIA Boston; 2006

Canadian Wood Council, Wood Solutions Conference; 2005

Participant; Conference on Integrated Design, Integrated Development; NH-AIA, Durham, NH, March, 2004

Participant; Conference on Sustainable Architecture & Conservation; SPNHF, Concord, NH, October, 2003

Participant; Community Stewardship Leadership Conference, NH Office of State Planning & Lincoln Land Institute; NH; 1992

Three time participant, AIA Grassroots; Chapter Leadership Conference, Washington, DC: 1988, 1990, 1991

New Hampshire Technical Institute; "Building Code Enforcement, Interpretion & Administration"; Concord, NH: 1989

Harvard University, Graduate School of Design; "Real Estate Development Principles", "Site Design & Engineering"; Boston, MA: 1986, 1987

Quality Building Council, NESEA Conference;

"Building Today's Building"; Hyannis, MA: 1986

Quality Building Council, NESEA Conference; "Advanced Residential Construction"; Hartford, 1985

NH Bar Association, CLE Seminar; "Legal Aspects of Zoning, Planning Land Use Regulation": 1984

 
AWARDS & HONORS:
 

Heritage Concord, Inc.; Design Commendation for Historic
Preservation; Fellowship Apartments, Adaptive Reuse; 1993

NH Homebuilders Association; Sales and Marketing Council Design Excellence Award; Custom Home, with Yankee Barn Homes; 1998

NH Homebuilders Association; Sales and Marketing Council Design Excellence Award; Custom Private Home, with R.H. Irving Co., 1993

NH Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute; Recognition Award
for Interdisciplinary Collaboration, 1991.

NH Chapter, American Institute of Architects; 'President's Award', 1991.

NH Homebuilders Association; Sales and Marketing Council Design Award; Smithfield Housing, with Dunning Home Group; 1991.

Heritage Concord; Design Award for Historic Preservation, McGowan Brook Reno; for Cooper Stevens Estate historic rehabilitation, 1989

Greenwich Connecticut Arts Council; Design Excellence
Award, Shope Reno Wharton Associates: 1984

The Architectural League, New York, New York;
Award Citation, Shope Reno Wharton Associates, 1984

Rhode Island School of Design Alumni Achievement Award,
Shope Reno Wharton Associates, 1982

Progressive Architecture Magazine, Juried Design
Competition Award, Shope Reno Wharton Associates, 1982

 
PUBLICATIONS:
 

Life Magazine, Dream House ÐMay, 1996

New York Times, Home Section, Private Residence,
Hopkinton, NH; July, 1998

House Beautiful Home Remodeling, Private Residence;
Weston, CT: September, 1985 (Shope Reno Wharton Associates)

Architectural Digest, Private Residence; Greenwich, CT:
April, 1985 (Shope Reno Wharton Associates)

Architectural Record, Hult Performing Arts Center;
Eugene, OR: May 1983 (With Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer
Architects)

Architectural Record, Currier Gallery of Art: Manchester, NH:
May, 1982 (With Hardy Holzman Pfeifer)

The Nutmegger Magazine, Firm Profile: Shope Reno
Wharton Associates; Greenwich, CT: November 1982

New York Times, Private Residential Projects, "Home
Section": August 1982 (Shope Reno Wharton Associates)

Progressive Architecture, Architect's Office, Greenwich, CT:
September 1981 (Shope Reno Wharton Associates)




PARTIAL LIST OF CLIENTS & PROJECTS
   
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS:
 

Since 1980, a large number of private residential projects throughout New England and elsewhere.  Completed projects have been featured in the following publications, among others: Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Home Magazine, Progressive Architecture, Architectural Digest, New York Times, Life Magazine.

Residential projects have ranged from modest additions, rehab and historic restorations, to new homes varying in size from modest to large, as well as multi-family housing and condominium projects.  Work has included site work and landscaping, architectural, structural and interior design, indoor and outdoor amenities, barns and carriage houses, lighting design, specialty millwork and cabinetry. 

   
NEW HAMPSHIRE TELEPHONE MUSEUM, Warner, NH
  Historic Preservation, site planning and new construction; 6,000 square foot historic museum, including office, museum and gallery, assembly spaces and public facilities.
   
SOCIETY FOR PROTECTION OF NH FORESTS, Concord, NH
  Planning and design of demonstration project; sustainable-fuel based central heating plant with interactive educational display.
   
SURGICAL NEUROLOGY, INC., Manchester, NH
  Interior design, project management; 3,000 square foot medical office facility, Elliot Hospital, Manchester, NH
   
NORTHEAST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP; Concord, NH
  Rehabilitation and remodeling of nine thousand square foot downtown masonry building for mixed use, office and restaurant tenants.
   
HITCHCOCK CLINIC; Concord, NH
  Occupancy masterplan and feasibility assessment for adaptive reuse of 22,000 square foot office building. Design and construction documents for U.S. General Services Administration as primary tenant.
   
FOXFIRE MANAGEMENT COMPANY; Concord, NH
  Consulting Architect on feasibility studies, remediation assessments and other research reports regarding real property management and maintenance.
   
AUDUBON SOCIETY; Concord, NH
  Kennard Education Center; data summary, zoning ordinance review, feasibility plan for adaptive reuse of an existing home into an educational center and a residential apartment.
   
CURRIER GALLERY OF ART; Manchester, NH
  Restoration and renovation design for adaptive reuse of the Alpheus Gay house for museum office occupancy: development, membership and public relations departments.
   
MARGARITAS RESTAURANT; Portsmouth, NH
  Remodeling, interior design and furnishing planning, 5,000 square foot Mexican restaurant, bar and kitchen.
   
FELLOWSHIP APARTMENTS, INC.; Concord, NH
  Affordable housing: Feasibility analysis and design for adaptive reuse of residential structure and site as transitional housing under HUD 202 program for the elderly and handicapped.
   
SAINT PAULS SCHOOL; Concord, NH
 

Warren House, adaptive reuse, dormitory and faculty apartments; total renovation and addition, linking two historic masonry structures. With McGowan Brook Reno, Inc.

Alumni Building; survey, feasibility assessment and space planning for adaptive reuse of dormitory and faculty apartments as administrative office space.

Memorial Hall and Tuck; Additions and alterations, planning and design for new student activities center, cafeteria, school bookstore and drama department support facilities.

Consulting services: Design architect for a number of faculty housing remodeling projects, school boathouse, Childrens' Learning Center.

   
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND CARPENTERS' UNION; Lewiston, Maine
  Design of 21,000 square foot carpenters' training and educational facility, with administrative offices and dormitory housing, in Dover, NH. With McGowan Brook Reno, Inc.
   
SISTERS OF MERCY; Manchester, NH
  Laurel Street School Affordable Housing, Adaptive reuse; total renovation of historic school building as 18 units of affordable housing under NH Housing Finance Authority Trust Fund grant. With McGowan Brook Reno.
   
HORIZON BANK; Concord, NH
  Fast track architectural design of charter bank interior, including public spaces, offices and operations center. With McGowan Brook Reno, Inc.
   
COLBY SAWYER COLLEGE; New London, NH
  Colgate Hall; Feasibility analysis and design for renovation of 80,000 square foot historic structure, principal academic facility on campus. With McGowan Brook Reno, Inc.
   
THOMPSON APPRAISAL COMPANY, INC.; Concord, NH
  Phased design of new owner-occupied professional office building, involving architectural and interior design, landscaping and site work. With McGowan Brook Reno, Inc.
   
DUNNING HOME GROUP; Hopkinton, NH
  Smithfield; Architectural, interior and site design for 16 dwelling residential condominium subdivision. R.S. Reno/AIA.
   
LIBERTY TRUST AND DUNNING HOME GROUP; Hopkinton, NH
  River Grant; Architectural, interior and site design for Phase I, 32 dwelling attached residential condominium development. R.S. Reno/AIA.
   
FUTIE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY; Greenwich, CT
  New private office building, with parking below, in historical residential character on tight infill site in downtown area. With Shope Reno Wharton Associates.
   
CT BANK AND TRUST & W.DEMARKEY; Greenwich, CT
  Adaptive reuse of existing 10,000 square foot warehouse as professional offices, including site design and interior tenant fit up. With SRW.
   
DIGAETANO & Co., CPA's; Florham Park, NJ
  New 10,000 square foot office building and site improvements, including interior design , furnishing and complete tenant fit up. With SRW.
   
ROGERS CASEY & BARKSDALE; Stamford, CT
  Total rehab of 12,500 square foot historic Masonic Hall interior as corporate offices, including computer network and systems, custom millwork and furnishings. With SRW.
   
GREENWICH COMMUNITY HOUSING, INC.; Greenwich, CT
  Conversion of landmark sanitarium on municipal hospital grounds to non-care elderly housing, HUD 202 in private-public partnership. With SRW.
   
PORTO FINO RESTAURANT; Greenwich, CT
  Remodeling, interior design, furnishing and graphic ID, Italian restaurant. With SRW.
   
PYRAMID REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT; Greenwich, CT
  Multiple tenant fit up projects: interior office and commercial space planning in a variety of urban buildings and developments. With SRW.
   
SAINT JOHN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH; Darien, CT
  New building and site development for Parrish Facility adjacent to existing church, including administrative offices, classrooms and day care, and multiple use assembly spaces. With SRW.
   
UNITED WAY OF GREENWICH; Greenwich, CT
  Byram Elementary School Affordable Housing; Feasibility analysis and design for adaptive reuse of elementary school as mixed use day care and elderly housing complex. With SRW.
   
 
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