PHILOSOPHY
A designer should be sensitive to our surrounding conditions: mindful of the past, the present and to the shifting, ever-changing world. The primary role of the office is to design efficient, affordable and practical structures. This requires a need to create architecture with clarity and simplicity that transcends the traditional understanding of our built environment. By creating projects that adapt and readapt to different situations and needs, it is our belief that successful architecture makes a difference.
EDUCATION
Rice University School of Architecture, M.A., 1999.
Yale University, B.A. 1994.
WORK
Established Zamore Homes, 2007
Established Brett Zamore Design, 2003.
Carlos Jimenez Studio, Houston, TX, 1999-2007.
Michael Maltzan Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, 1997.
TEACHING & LECTURES
Visiting Lecturer: From Shotgun to KIT Home, Auburn University, October 2008.
Visiting Lecturer: Design Sensitivity, SFASU, March 2008
Visiting Lecturer: From Shotgun to Shottrot and Beyond, Univ. of Kansas, February, 2007.
Visiting Lecturer: Process Innovation in Construction and Design, Rice MBA, 2005, 06, 08
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 2001, 2002.
Co-taught: Rice Building Workshop, Building the Lounge, Spring 1999.
AWARDS
2008 Good Brick Award, GHPA, Historic bungalow 'Green' renovation
2008 Best Architect, Houston Press, Best of Houston Awards Issue
2006 Architecture for Humanity's Biloxi Home Competition, The Blox House.
2006 Houston Heights Best Renovation and Restoration Award
2005 Paper City 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.