Benjamin Richardson Email & Phone Number

Hakuba, Nagano, Japan

Banff, Alberta, Canada

Banff, Alberta, Canada

Banff, Alberta, Canada

Perth, Australia

The firm's portfolio consisted of community design in multiple lifestyle villages, small to large scale residential projects and a number of commercial projects. All at varying stages from feasibility studies to construction. Construction costs ranged from $1million to +$100million.Contributed across a full portfolio from feasibility to construction documentation. Specialised in planning and layout of lifestyle village projects. Created a new workflow for legislation compliance analysis for lifestyle village master plans, villages consisting of +100 homes. Streamlined the file sharing method, consolidating the firm's file archive to one cloud service granting each team member remote access at no additional cost to the firm. Took over the firm's conceptual rendering tasks. Transitioning to Enscape and improving the efficiency of the workflow, I eliminated unnecessary program subscriptions, reducing the firm's overheads.

Perth, Australia

Provided weekly maintenance for Barracks Street Property Holdings, focusing on a popular, high-functioning hospitality venue. I advised on and personally attended to all maintenance issues related to the venue and the surrounding land owned by the company.Served as a consultant for future operational design and planning for the property and hospitality venue. This involved advising on projected costs, contractor selection, space utilization, and ensuring compliance with relevant NCC and AS standards.Designed and fabricated updates to the surrounding property and hospitality venue. Projects included the redesign of the upstairs lounge bar, the creation of a COVID response takeaway window, and the conversion of a decommissioned public toilet into a storeroom.

Perth, Australia

Perth, Australia

Portfolio included projects across residential, hospitality, commercial, and government sectors. These projects featured in-house bespoke designs or collaborations with affiliate architects, with build costs ranging from $30,000 to $200,000.Sole author and lead on multiple projects within the company portfolio. Lead for design and fabrication of intricate bespoke projects for both residential and commercial sectors. Acted as supervisor and responsible for the education and training of a number of apprentices and work experience employees. Improved logistics and efficiency of operations while responsible for factory, machinery and tool upkeep, including the maintaining of appropriate stock levels of consumables.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Spearheaded the creation of renders, collages, and visual compositions to enhance stakeholder, community and volunteer engagement.Composed and narrated construction process feature video, aimed at engaging stakeholder involvement and funding. Provided advisory support to the marketing team regarding construction processes and detailing.Received commendation from the director of Habitat for Humanity Vietnam upon the successful completion of my role.

Master Of Architecture - March, Architecture

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Architecture

Trade Certificate, Cabinetmaking