Brandon Colaprete Email & Phone Number

Architectural project designer with continual experience since 2001 developing a broad range of creative, award-winning design and planning solutions within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry through the highly collaborative processes of architectural document generation and coordination, client relations and business development, sustainable environmental and business practices, presentations, technical coordination with engineers, and administration of construction managers and builders.University educator with nine years of experience teaching students to utilize digital technology to enhance their design process, ideation, communication, and craft through a combination of lectures, individual instruction, and collaborative group exercises.• Led a team of city officials and local small businesses in 2015 to develop and instate new public policy within the City of Rochester, NY, regarding Parklets, small-scale urban green spaces constructed within the public right-of-way to benefit pedestrians and nearby businesses. The pilot project exceeded its fundraising goals, elevated public-private community awareness and participation, and created new interest and opportunities, including sustainable energy initiatives. (Staach)• Designed state-of-the-art educational and performing arts facility for the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music, the Eastman Theatre East Wing, advancing the university’s 21st century needs for highly specialized acoustical space and technology, that also won several awards, including AIA New York State Design Merit 2012, AIA Rochester Design Excellence 2011, AIA Rochester Mayor’s Award 2011, and the RRCDC Robert Macon Award for Innovation 2011. (CJS Architects)• Designed a contemporary minimalist townhouse interior within the historic Grove Place neighborhood in Rochester, NY, that won the AIA Rochester Interior Design Award 2012. (CJS Architects)

Listed skills include Architectural Design, Drawing, Sustainable Design, Design Research, and 17 others.

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  Pratt Institute

  Architecture