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MANSOUR MABOUDIAN

Registered Architect

LEED NC

Professional Summary

• Design-focused professional, former design director and director of sustainability practice of the nationally recognized commercial interior architecture firm of Group Goetz Architects,

• Recipient of multiple National AIA Honor Awards, with over 18 years of experience in the design of workplace interiors, public spaces, building repositioning, and rehabilitation, resolving complex programmatic and technical challenges through thoughtful design.

Core Competencies

• Design: Developed nationally recognized designs that supported architecture firms’ marketing objectives, expanded their client base, and qualified them for the GSA Design Excellence Program.

• A holistic approach to design that stems from experience in commercial and residential base buildings and interiors, integrating state-of-the-art acoustic, lighting, and audiovisual technologies with base infrastructure

  Leadership: Provided comprehensive design, technical, and managerial leadership to teams of designers and consultants in critical phases of projects.

Experience

Praxiae Independent Design Consultancy, 2013-Present, Maryland

• Founder

Project Types

• Workplace Interiors

• Public Space Interiors

• Building Modernization

• Building Repositioning

• Experiential Graphics

• One-Offs

Project Roles

• Programming

• Planning & Design

• Project Management

• Design Development

• Construction Documentation

• Construction Administration

  Design Collaboration with SK+I Architects, Maryland

Produced award-winning designs that supported the firm’s

business objective of establishing an interiors department.

• Design of SK+I Architects Offices

• Building Modernization

• Public Space Interiors of Mixed-Use Complexes

  Technical Consultant to OTJ Architects, District of Columbia

  Design Collaboration with Manion Architects, Maryland

• Large Scale Single-Family Residential Projects

• Hospitality Projects

  Design Consultant to GL Architects, Seoul

• Samsung Housing Gallery

  Technical and CA Consultant to Montage Construction, Maryland

• US Embassies and Consulates

  International Design Competitions

• Beijing Technology & Business University Library

• Leeum Art Center in Seoul

• Nam Jun Paik Center in Kyongi

• Miyaki Showroom in Tokyo

Group Goetz Architects Architecture, Interior Architecture, 2007-2012, District of Columbia

 Produced nationally recognized designs that supported the firm’s

 marketing objectives, expanded their client base and qualified the

 firm for GSA Design Excellence Program

• Design Director

• Principal

• Sustainability Practice Director

Project Types

• Workplace Interiors

• Public Space Interiors

• Building Modernization

• Building Repositioning

• Experiential Graphics

• One-Offs

Client Types

• Law / Financial

• Government

• Associations

• Technology

• Hospitality

• Institutional / Educational

Project Roles

• Programming

• Design Development

• Project Management

• Planning and Design

• Construction Documentation

• Construction Administration

SOM Architects Interior Architecture, 2006, San Francisco

• Senior Interiors Architect

Project Types

• Workplace Interiors

• Public Space Interiors

• International R+D

Seoul National University Department of Industrial Design, 2002-2005, Seoul, Korea

• Invited Professor of Design

Gensler Interior Architecture, 2002, District of Columbia

• Senior Interiors Architect

Project Types

• Workplace Interiors

• Public Space Interiors

Group Goetz Architects Architecture, Interior Architecture, 1989-2002, District of Columbia

• Principal, Sr. Project Architect o Senior Project Architect

• Workplace Interiors

• Public Space Interiors

Manion Architects Residential Architecture, Junior Architect, 1986-1989, Maryland

• Single-Family Residential

• Light Commercial

Barianos Historic Preservation Intern, Draftsman

• Documentation of the historic Washington DC Union Station

• Documentation of the historic Willard Hotel

Education

• Master of Architecture, the Catholic University of America

• Bachelor of Science in Architecture, the Catholic University of America

• Rome & Barcelona Studies Scholarship

Certification & Licensure

• Licensed Architect

• LEED – Accredited Professional NC

Software Utilization

• AutoCad

• Revit Architecture

• Photoshop

• SketchUp

• Bluebeam

Notable Projects

Public Auditorium

• NASA

• The African Union Mission

Historic Buildings Rehabilitation

• GSA PBS

• Savannah College of Art & Design

Workplace Interiors

• SEC

• The World Bank

• The Smithsonian Inst o National Park Service

International

• Samsung Housing Gallery

Notable Recognition

AIA National Honor Awards

• Lucent Technologies Government Solutions HQ

• Group Goetz Architects Studio

IIDA-National Best Institutional Design Award

• Partners in Education

• The World Bank InfoShop

IBD-National Outstanding Achievement Award

• The NASA Auditorium

PA Progressive Architecture ‘Young Architects’ Award

• The NASA Auditorium

• Steelcase Desk