steveHERRONArchitectural Design

Selected Professional Work
Fairmont SF Lobby Bar Addition
Hotel Triton Deck
Joule Hotel Lobby Bar

Academic Work
AISC Student Design Competition
Courtyard Marriot Aquatic Center Addition
Sun Valley Urban Development

Resume
Experience
ForrestPerkins LLC
Dallas, Texas:
03/11 - 06/11 | 01/12 - 04/12 | 06/13 - 09/13
Washington, D.C.:
05/14 - 08/14
San Francisco, CA:
05/15 - Present
-Junior Architect
-Worked in all stages of contract on multiple projects
-High-end hospitality, Senior and Student Living and
Multi-family
Domokur Architects
Akron, Ohio:
09/10 - 01/11
-Construction management intern
-CD set revisions, redlines and coordination with contractors
and subcontractors
-Corporate headquarters and office design
Education
University of Colorado Denver | Denver, CO | 08/2012 - 05/2015
Masters of Architecture | GPA: 3.81
University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | 09/2008 - 06/2012
Bachelor of Science in Architecture | GPA: 3.25
Skills
AutoCad | Revit | SketchUp | Photoshop | Illustrator | InDesign
Sketching and Drafting | Photography | Planning | Writing | Construction Management
Space Planning | Physical Modeling | Microsoft Office
Contents
Resume
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Contact Info / References 19 - 20
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10’ 25’ 50’ 100’
AISC Student Design Competition Entry
MY DESIGN for the American
Institute of Steel Contractors’
Annual Student Design Competition
was all about exploring how a building and
its program can evolve together through time.
This was brought on by the given program of the
building: a Library. Through research and observation
I decided to approach this design as a response to the
conflicted identity of what learning is to become in a future
dominated by technological advancements. The building was
therefore designed to change, both ideologically and physically, over
the course of its lifetime.
Spring 2015 - Instructor: Osman Attman, PhD
University of Colorado at Denver
Studio Design Award
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10’ 25’ 50’ 100’

10’ 25’ 50’ 100’
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IN
MANY
ways this
project was, for me, all
about having fun with design
on a number of levels of constraint.
First and foremost was the ‘client’: The American
Institute of Steel Contractors. As a result, the use of steel
as a dynamic component of both structural and aesthetic design
element is heavily stressed throughout. Additionally, within
the broader idea of a library becoming a more generalized
‘educational center’, I explored the limits of what a future
program for such a space might be. This resulted in a series
of connected but distinct ‘modules’ of space within the larger
envelope of the structural system, arrayed along a continuous
ramp . These spaces would then be free to accomodate any
potential programmatic shifts that the future might hold in
store for it. The exterior weathered-steel skin was likewise
designed to allow for continuous, day-today environmental
adjustments and accomodate for the ever-changing physical
environment as well as the cultural one.

THE COURTYARD Merriott Hotel and Aquatic Center addition
was approached as a "comprehensive studio", meaning it
required students to work in teams of two to develop a relatively
complete design in terms of structural systems and environmental
control systems. My teammate and I immediately focused on
the structural and associative aspect of designing a place for
interraction with water. Structurally, water adds massively to the
building loads, and due to the small lot size, extensive aquatic
program and downtown Denver location, we knew we'd need
to elevate elements of the pool function above the ground floor.
The emotional aspect of the pool function we approached with
the acknowledgment that such a program is not very common in
an urban environment, and therefore should be emphasized in
relation to the street by way of design. We developped a scheme
based on both concerns, utilizing a space frame approach to
the structural design of what we took to be a primary "bar" of
the pools. This frame reacted not only in a linear fashion to the
aquatic function's formal location but also sectionally in response
to the depths of the two pools in the bar. Other structural glass
elements along Curtis Street served to activate the sidewalk and
street environment and call out the uniqueness of the activities
housed within the structure. These include a large window meant
to show divers hitting the water (but not actually diving)right
next to the sidewalk to introduce
an element of surprise. There is
also a huge "picture window"
where swimmers in the fourth-
level pool can swim and occupy
a space directly above the
sidewalk, creating a dialogue
between the roles of public and
private space in an aquatic center
design.
Courtyard Marriott Aquatic Center
Instructor: Ronko Ruzic - Teammate: Ryan Nickolas
University of Colorado at Denver - Spring 2014
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PLAY POOL
HOTTUB
DIVING WELL
SERVICE SHOWER
CHANGING ROOM/BATHROOM
LAP POOL
CONCESSIONS/LOUNGE
POOL PATIO
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LOBBY
RECEPTION DESK
RETAIL
HOTEL BAR/RESTAURANT
SERVICE KITCHEN
LIFTTO GARAGE
RESTROOMS
SERVICE ENTRY
BOH/MECHANICAL
LIFT UP FROM GARAGE
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ANOTHER way we created emphasis of the pool function was by
setting an orthographic structural grid that held the geometry
of the street, and breaking that geometry with the placement
of the aquatic functions. This necessitated another structural
intervention: the angled columns served as mediators between
the structural cores of the parking structure below to the space
frame holding the pool bar on its shifted axis on the fourth level
above. The latitudinal section below demonstrates both the
pool bar space frame and the large lobby below, bisected by the
angled columns.
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PLAY POOL
LAP POOL
DIVING WELL
HOT TUB/SAUNA/SLIDE
CHANGE ROOM/BATHROOM
ROOFTOP GARDEN
MECHANICAL/HVAC/BOH
RENTABLE EVENT SPACE
LOBBY/PUBLIC SPACE
RETAIL
PLAY POOL
LAP POOL
DIVING WELL
HOT TUB/SAUNA/SLIDE
CHANGE ROOM/BATHROOM
ROOFTOP GARDEN
MECHANICAL/HVAC/BOH
RENTABLE EVENT SPACE
LOBBY/PUBLIC SPACE
RETAIL
WATER MEMBRANE
WEATHERING STEEL COVERED
STRUCTURALLY INSULATED
PANEL
3” FURRING CHANEL
STRUCTURAL GLASS PANE
CLEAR ACRYLIC SEALANT
CONCRETE-FILLED STEEL
STRUCTURE
GLASS CLERESTORY WINDOW
STONE CAP
PANEL
3” FURRING CHANEL
CONCRETE POOL BOTTOM
STEEL STUD WALL WITH INSULATION
ROUGH FACED STONEVENEER
INVISIBLE GLASS WITH BLOCK
SETTING
COMPOSITE FLOORING
EXISTING SIDEWALK PAVERS
PROPERTY LINE
SECTION COLUMN
STEEL COVER PLATE ON 3”
CHANNELS BOLTEDTO
CONCRETE
WATER MEMBRANE
COLUMN BEARING PLATE
REBAR
WATER MEMBRANE
PANEL
3” FURRING CHANEL
STRUCTURAL GLASS PANE
CLEAR ACRYLIC SEALANT
METAL PROFILE MULLION
STEEL STUD BLOCKING
SPACE FRAME MEMBER
WATER MEMBRANE
BLOCKING WITH FLASHING
CLIP
WEATHERING STEEL PANEL
PANEL
3” BACKING CHANEL - HUNG
FROM STRUCTURE
CLADDING HANGERS
RAIN GUTTER
PANEL
SILICONE SEALED JOINT
STRUCTURAL MEMBER
STEEL CHANNEL FRAMING
WEATHERED STEEL PANEL
BOLTEDTO CHANEL FRAMING
1” METAL DECKING
4”THEMAL INSULATION
WATER MEMBRANE
WEATHERED STEEL PANEL ON
BLOCKING
STRUCTURAL GLAZING WITH
CLEAR WATER MEMBRANE
LED DOWN LIGHTING
STRUCTURE
CONCRETE SLAB FLOORING
STAINLESS STEEL COVER
PLATE ON CHANNELS
3” CHANNELS BOLTEDTO
CONCRETE
TRANSFER PLATE WELDEDTO
BASE PLATE
REINFORCED CONCRETE
COLUMN FROM GARAGE
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A PART of the project
entailed putting together
some detail sections most
closely related to those in a DD or
early CD set. These were assembled
to give more detailed stuctural
and cladding information, and were
particularly challenging to convey due to
the very kinetic geometires and 3-dimensional
movement of the angled column and space
frame systems. The drawings on this and the
opposite page show how we proposed to approach
those challenges in a few key locations. On the
following two pages are a few images of models made
by my teammate and myself for the final presentation.
I am solely responsible for creating all of the graphics and
images shown on these and the previous two pages, my
teammate Ryan made the two colored models shown on the
next pages, and I made the context model in white board
and plexi.

Sun Valley Industrial Redevelopment
Instructor: Christopher Koziol
University of Colorado at Denver - Fall 2014
Team Leader | Studio Design Award
Major Circulation
Minor Circulation
THE SUN VALLEY project was a group project focused on
redevelopping an existing industrial park site in Denver.
My portion of the site was the final phase out of six,
and involved the creation of both a residential complex
as well as a park that created a visual and pedestrian
pathway into the site. There were three prominent
influences on the design of both: a redevelopment plan
issued by the city of Denver concerning the area, a desire
to employ and start a dialogue about sustainable urban
water management, and finally spolia, or the utilization
of the 'ruins' of the old industrial site as tangible
elements in the design process. The lofts themselves
were designed to achieve flexibility, and were left
somewhat open-ended in acknowledgement of the fact
that they're phased to be built 20 years in the future.
The weathered steel screen element is designed to catch
rainwater and divert it down to detention ponds below.
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Selected Professional Work:
The Fairmont S.F. Laurel Court Bar Addition
ForrestPerkins, LLC
San Francisco, CA
Completion Date: Fall 2016
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SCALE: 1-1/2" = 1'-0"
ADA BAR ADDITION - SECTION01
RANCISCO,CALIFORNIA
HEFAIRMONT
TM
FO R R E S T P E R K I N S
URELCOURTRENOVATION
SCALE: 1-1/2" = 1'-0"
NOTE - NEW ADA BAR ADDITION:
-MINIMUM OF 19" KNEE CLEARANCE FROM FACE OF
BASEBOARD/TRIM TO THE EDGE OF BAR TOP
REQUIRED.
-OVERALL COUNTER HEIGHT NOT TO EXCEED 34"
A.F.F.
-MINIMUM COUNTER WIDTH OF 60" REQUIRED.
-IF NEW BAR PARTITION CONSTRUCTION EXCEEDS
5" IN WIDTH, ADDITIONAL THICKNESS IS TO BE
ADDED TO THE COUNTERTOP DEPTH, NOT
SUBTRACTED FROM THE KNEE CLEARANCE SPACE.
THE FRONT FACE OF THE NEW MARBLE BAR TOP IS
TO BE INSTALLED FLUSH WITH THE EXISTING WOOD
BAR PANEL, ANY ADDITIONAL COUNTER DEPTH IS TO
BE ADDED ONTO THE SERVICE SIDE OF THE NEW
BAR.
-
-
ELEVATIONS
LAUREL COURT
1/2" = 1'-0"
ID-700
-
-
-
-
PLOT DATE:
SHEET NUMBER:
SHEET TITLE:
SCALE:
PROJECT NO:
ISSUED FOR PERMIT
SEAL:
Delta # Date
REVISION LOG:
ISSUED FOR CONSTRUCTION
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rights reserved. The arrangements depicted
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COPYRIGHT:
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285.006
SANFRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA
THEFAIRMONT
XX/XX/20XX
XX/XX/20XX
415-923-5887 FACSIMILE 415-923-5887
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. 94102
450 GEARY STREET, SUITE 500
TM
LOBBY&LAURELCOURTRENOVATION
11-13-2015
SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"
LAUREL COURT BAR ADDITION - FRONT01
SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"
LAUREL COURT BAR ADDITION - SIDE02
SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"
LAUREL COURT BAR ADDITION - BACK03
REQUIRED.
A.F.F.
BAR.
-
-
ENLARGED FLOOR PLANS
LAUREL COURT BAR
1/2" = 1'-0"
ID-610
-
-
-
-
SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"
LAUREL COURT BAR - ENLARGED FLOOR PLAN01
PLOT DATE:
SHEET NUMBER:
SHEET TITLE:
SCALE:
PROJECT NO:
ISSUED FOR PERMIT
SEAL:
Delta # Date
REVISION LOG:
COPYRIGHT:
FORRESTPERKINS LLC
285.006
THEFAIRMONT
XX/XX/20XX
XX/XX/20XX
415-923-5887 FACSIMILE 415-923-5887
TM
11-13-2015
SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"
LAUREL COURT BAR - ENLARGED FINISH FLOOR PLAN02
General Notes:
1. EXISTING GENERAL WALLCOVERING TO BE
REMOVED. WALL TO BE PREPARED FOR NEW
WALLCOVERING (WC-01).
2. EXISTING WOOD BASE, DOOR JAMBS AND
PANELING TO REMAIN, REPLACE TO MATCH
EXISTING PROFILE WHERE DAMAGED. TO BE
REPAINTED (PT-01).
3. EXISTING STONE BASE TO REMAIN, TO BE
REPLACED TO MATCH EXISTING WHERE DAMAGED.
4. EXISTING CORRIDOR CARPET TO BE REMOVED.
FLOOR TO BE PREPARED FOR NEW AXMINSTER
WALL-TO-WALL CARPET (CPT-01) - ADD/ALT.
5. EXISTING CEILING TO BE REPAINTED (PT-03) -
ADD/ALT.
6. EXISTING GILDED CROWN MOULDING AND
PICTURE RAILS TO REMAIN AS IS, TOUCH UP AS
NECESSARY.
7. EXISTING WOOD STAINED DISPLAY CASES AND
WOOD PANELING AT RETAIL TO REMAIN, TOUCH UP
AS NECESSARY.
8. EXISTING DOORS AND DOOR HARDWARE TO BE
RETAINED UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. REPLACE
TO MATCH EXISTING DOOR WHERE DAMAGED. TO
BE REPAINTED (PT-01).
9. WALLCOVERING OCCURRING ON DOORS TO BE
REMOVED, DOOR TO BE REPAINTED (PT-01).
10. ACCESS PANELS IN WALLS TO REMAIN, TO BE
REPLACED WHERE DAMAGED. ALL PANELS TO BE
REPAINTED (PT-01)
11. ACCESS PANELS IN CEILING TO REMAIN, TO BE
REPLACED WHERE DAMAGED. COLOR MATCH TO
NEW CEILING PAINT (PT-03).
12. EXISTING ELECTRICAL AND DATA OUTLET
COVERPLATES TO BE REPLACED TO BE COLORED
WHITE.
13. EXISTING GILDED/GOLD TRIM TO REMAIN - TOUCH
UP AS NECESSARY TO MATCH EXISTING.
14. EXISTING SIGNAGE TO REMAIN.
15. EXISTING CEILING-MOUNTED AND RECESSED
LIGHTING AND CEILING GRILLES TO REMAIN
UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
12'-0"
V.I.F.
6'-3"
5'-8"
3'-9"
V.I.F.
4'-9"
2'-0"
LINE OF EXISTING CARPET WHEN CARPET IS REMOVED - ASSESS CONDITION OF
EXISTING MOSAIC TILE & REUSE IF POSSIBLE
EXISTING MOSAIC STONE TILE
TO REMAIN
5"
NEW PENDANT LIGHTS OVER BAR -
J-BOXES TO BE RELOCATED/PROVIDED
AS NECESSARY.
REQUIRED.
A.F.F.
BAR.
EXISTING DOWN-LIGHTS OVER BAR TO BE REMOVED -
CEILING TO BE PATCHED AND PAINTED PT-03. ALL
OTHER DOWN-LIGHTS IN CEILING TO REMAIN.
LINE OF EXISTING
CARPET - TO
REMAIN
EQ. 4'-6 3/4"
EQ.EQ.
EQ. EQ. EQ. EQ. EQ. EQ. EQ. EQ.
SCALE: 1-1/2" = 1'-0"
RANCISCO,CALIFORNIA
HEFAIRMONT
TM
URELCOURTRENOVATION
SCALE: 1-1/2" = 1'-0"
REQUIRED.
A.F.F.
BAR.
-
-
ELEVATIONS
LAUREL COURT
1/2" = 1'-0"
ID-700
-
-
-
-
PLOT DATE:
SHEET NUMBER:
SHEET TITLE:
SCALE:
PROJECT NO:
ISSUED FOR PERMIT
SEAL:
Delta # Date
REVISION LOG:
COPYRIGHT:
FORRESTPERKINS LLC
285.006
THEFAIRMONT
XX/XX/20XX
XX/XX/20XX
415-923-5887 FACSIMILE 415-923-5887
TM
11-13-2015
SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"
LAUREL COURT BAR ADDITION - FRONT01
SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"
LAUREL COURT BAR ADDITION - SIDE02
SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"
LAUREL COURT BAR ADDITION - BACK03
REQUIRED.
A.F.F.
BAR.
THE FAIRMONT bar addition,
included within a contract
to renovate the historic
hotel’s lobby level corridors,
represented an opportunity
to conceieve, design and
detail a cohesive and yet
distinctively modern and ADA
compliant piece of integral
casework in the hotel’s Laurel
Court. Through several design
developments the final scheme
pictured here was selected
and approved. In addition to
this full-cycle design exercise,
the Fairmont Lobby Level
Renovation drawing set was
also the second issue for
construction executed entirely
under my supervision. A copy
of the full drawing set can be
provided upon request.
The Hotel Triton Creative Zone Deck
ForrestPerkins, LLC
San Francisco, CA
Completion Date: Spring 2016
FACSIMILE: 415-923-9270
VOICE: 415-923-5887
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102
FORRESTPERKINS
EXISTING 8" x 8" BEAM
BLOCKING FOR POWER
AS NECESSARY
METAL BRACKET
SECURED TO BRICK WALL
- BY OTHERS
LIGHT CORDS TO BE
COILED ABOUT METAL
POST - BY OTHERS
620-LT-0500
BLOCKING AS
NECESSARY -
SECURED TO EXISTING
PARTIAL HEIGHT WALL
LIGHT CORD TO
CONTINUE ALONG
BOTTOM METAL
BRACKET AND RETURN
UP AT ADJACENT
METAL POST
5'-5"
1 1/2"
C
EQ.EQ. EQ.EQ.
COUCH AND DECORATIVE
LIGHT SCREEN
C COUCH AND DECORATIVE
LIGHT SCREEN
5'-7" 5'-4 3/8"
FACSIMILE: 415-923-9270
VOICE: 415-923-5887
FORRESTPERKINS
1x6 WOOD TOP
CAP
CLEAT TO BE SECURED TO
POST
3/4" x 1-1/2" HORIZONTAL SYNTHETIC
WOOD SLATS W/ 1" GAP
2x2 PT FRAME @ 23" O.C.
7'-0"
4'-0"
1x6 WOOD TOP
CAP
3/4" x 1-1/2"
HORIZONTAL SLATS
WITH 1" GAP
2x2 PT FRAME @
24" O.C.
3 PT CLEAT
SECURED TO
WOOD FRAME
DECORATIVE PANEL
TO BE LIFTED ONTO
CLEAT AND SECURED
- AT REMOVABLE
PANELS ONLY
4x4 PT POST
@ 4'-0" O.C. -
REF. 01/ID-01
PT POST BOLTED
TO DECK FRAMING
STRUCTURE
4'-0"
4x4 PT POST @ 4'-0" O.C.
EXISTING METAL
THRESHOLD
SYNTHETIC
WOOD DECKING
2x10 PT FRAMING
EXISTING ROOF
STRUCTURE
1'-11"
FACSIMILE: 415-923-9270
VOICE: 415-923-5887
FORRESTPERKINS
6'-0"
2'-0"
6'-0"
2'-0"
2x10 PT DECK JOIST
@ 12" O.C.
1x4 SYNTHETIC WOOD
DECKING - QUARTER TURN
PATTERN
6'-0"
6'-0"
2'-0"
2'-0"
2x8 PT JOIST FRAME
@ 12" O.C.
4'-0"4'-0"
1'-101/4"
TYPICAL FRAMING PALATE
REF. 02 & 03/ID-926
4'-0"4'-0"
7'-6"
NEW FLUE
LOCATION - V.I.F.
1'-10"
4'-11"
2'-2"
ALIGN PANEL
TERMINATION WITH
EDGE OF WINDOW - V.I.F.
FACSIMILE: 415-923-9270
VOICE: 415-923-5887
FORRESTPERKINS
The Joule Hotel Lobby Bar
ForrestPerkins, LLC
Dallas, TX
Completion Date: Fall 2013
BOTH the Hotel Triton and Joule projects marked
some of the first opportunites to see my designs
actually become built in the real world according to
drawings that I had been responsible for. Although
the Triton deck is still currently under construction,
both were exciting, challenging and ultimately
rewarding experiences using Revit, SketchUp and
AutoCAD to craft cohesive contract documents,
to perform some level of on-site observation, and
finally to see my own ideas brought to life. A full
drawing set of both projects highlighting my own
role can be provided on request.

References
Laurie Hodges
Senior Architect, ForrestPerkins, LLC
email: lhodges@forrestperkins.com
phone: (202) 478-8810 x. 2101
Jerry Flemons, AIA
Principal, ForrestPerkins, LLC
email: jerryflemons@gmail.com
phone: (214) 649-9468

Tanh Nguyen, AIA
Senior Architect, ForrestPerkins, LLC
email: Tnguyen@forrestperkins.com
phone: (214) 697-2212
Ryan Nickolas
Leese & Associates LLC
email: rtnickolas@gmail.com
phone: (920) 285-8230
Mahdi Alavi
KTGY Architects
email: malavi@ktgy.com
phone: (610) 739-7200
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