During my time at PMA, I was part of the team involved in different aspects of the design phase and construction administration process, specifically:

• Spiral stairs

• Performance Hall and sound room

• Site visits

• Bookshelf stacks design and layout

Weber County Library

Pleasant Valley Branch

LEED Gold certified

Prescott Muir Architects (PMA)

“Washington Terrace is a typical suburban area only distinguished by its proximity to Hill Air Force Base and the path for F16 jets that fly over the site in rather radical trajectories. A library is a building that implies a centripetal configuration, with the tranquility of a main reading room that welcomes contemplation offering the hope for escape in a book or computer screen. As the initial orientation point for new immigrants and visitors to the community, the library needs to provide implicit way-finding and a welcoming presence. The building provides discrete windows placed around the reading room and art gallery so that the passage of time is clearly recognized and marked by the change in direct sunlight that traces the room’s perimeter. The landscape is cropped by discrete views as though they were pictures on the wall, thus allowing the central space a certain presence as a room with clearly defined limits.

Character is derived from exaggerating the simple facts like the roofs need to slope to drain. There is no need to look elsewhere to find meaning. Given the dynamics of the site, with vapor trails marking the sky, sonic booms and imposing mountain peaks, a library seems incongruous. The building construction manifests this tension between internal and external orientations with a brick bond that is offset one third and includes periodic reveals that become visible as armatures for defining the building's boundary.“ - PMA

During my time at PMA, I was involved in the final finishing details and documentation, specifically:

• Wine door details

• Documentation

East Canyon Residence

AIA Award

Prescott Muir Architects (PMA)

“When exposed to nature, building materials decay at different rates, which provide opportunities for design. Just like the human body, that absent surgical intervention over time provides an imprint of experience and behavior reflected in the contours of skin. The Canyon Residence location in the steep canyons overlooking the Salt Lake Valley, affords a direct engagement with nature not always found in the city. The severe desert sun on the western horizon in the summer has always been a challenge and conundrum for the development of the city with primary views that face this direction. Also, during the winter months for houses located in the canyons, the sun barely rises over the canyon rim, thus impeding access to direct sunlight for months at a time.

The house was built for a couple and their teenage children and needed to anticipate the transformation of the family dynamic in a very short period to entertain alternative uses while defining integral relationships with the site and vistas beyond that are static and predictable. The design is a series of cantilever living spaces anchored to the hillside with deep recesses oriented to the west. The building is suspended over earth-bound stone walls that incorporate cor-ten steel plates within the coursing which provide a different rate of erosion from the stone itself, one informing the other as an acceptance of time. This graceful engagement with entropy is a skill that architects have forgotten.“ - PMA

During my time at PMA, I took lead role on the Everest Builders Markea Court Townhomes project, specifically:

• Design Development

• Construction Documents

• Bidding Process

Markea Court Townhomes

Everest Builders 

Prescott Muir Architects (PMA)

“Historically, this particular property has always been a residential location. Prior to the new Markea homes project, the property contained a couple of older single-family houses that were converted to duplexes. There was also a free-standing garage on the lot.

During the past few years, the construction industry has been putting a lot of emphasis on green building—particularly in the area of energy efficiency and low material waste. While the Markea Court Townhomes will not be LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) ranked, Everest is incorporating many green features in the construction. The builders are using energy efficient wood, glass, and other building materials. Several of the units will be plumbed for solar energy and contain solar panels. Buyers will be able to request the solar energy units as long as they’re available.“ - Salt Lake Digs