Brett Zamore Design llc
822 Peddie St
Houston, TX 77008
p: 713 623 1926
f: 832 519 1277
PHILOSOPHY
My Design Philosophy reinforces the creative synergy that emerges between site, client, program and architecture. The primary role as a designer is to arrive at the optimum solution with outmost clarity, intelligence and sensitivity. I thrive in the collaboration with the client through resolving the demands of program and addressing the challenges of site and its surroundings. A designer should be mindful of the surrounding conditions; mindful of past and present and understanding to the shifting and ever-changing surrounding world. Successful architecture is symbiotic with its environent. My conviction is strengthened by a belief that design makes a difference.
EDUCATION
Rice University School of Architecture, M.A., 1999.
Yale University, B.A. 1994.
WORK
Established Brett Zamore Design LLC, 2003.
Carlos Jimenez Studio, Houston, TX, 1999-2007.
Michael Maltzan Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, 1997.
TEACHING & LECTURES
Visiting Lecturer: From Shotgun to Shottrot and Beyond, Univ. of Kansas, February, 2007.
Visiting Lecturer: Process Innovation in Construction and Design, Rice MBA, April, 2006.
Visiting Lecturer: Univ. of Houston Architecture's High School Program, July, 2005.
Visiting Lecturer: Process Innovation in Construction and Design, Rice MBA, April, 2005.
Visiting Critic: Rice Architecture Thesis Reviews, December, 2002.
Visiting Critic: Rice Architecture Thesis Reviews, December, 2001.
Co-taught: Rice Building Workshop, Building the Lounge, Spring 1999.
AWARDS
2006 Architecture for Humanity's Biloxi Home Competition, The Blox House.
2006 Houston Heights Best Renovation and Restoration Award
2005 Decorative Center and Paper City Magazine Design Excellence Awards, Single Residential Space winner.
2003 AIA Houston On The Boards, Best Of Show, First Place, The Shot-trot
2000 Houston AIA Honor Award, Restoration & Renovation. Poe School.
1999 Keep Houston Beautiful, Mayor's Proud Partners Award.
1998 ACSA Design/Build Collaborative Practice Award, First Place.
1999 Greater Houston Preservation Alliance Steward Title Good Brick Award.
1998 Rice University Dean of Graduate Studies Award.
1998 San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation Scholarship.
1998 Rice University Senior Class Good Works Award
1998 Rice School of Architecture Design Competition First Place.
1997 Kodak Scholarship for photography, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, Colorado.
1995-1999 Full Scholarship and Stipend, Rice Graduate School of Architecture.
1993 History of Art Marshall/Alison Fellowship, Yale University.