selected work and resume

1. Dwight Eitzen
resume/selected work
I help firms bring creative and innovative solutions to building
and design challenges, providing perspective and big picture
focus to the team and making complex information
manageable.

2. Dwight Eitzen - resume
de243@dwighteitzen.com
720.381.8995
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dwighteitzen
COMPETENCIES
BIM/CAD Competency ET design Group
• Autodesk Revit Certified Professional, have also Designer, Consultant
worked with AutoCad, ArchiCad, AllPlan and 1999 – 2009 / Monument, CO/Müllheim, Germany
SketchUp. Consolidated design teams over considerable
Mike Lin Graphic Workshop, Manhattan, KS distances overcoming numerous communication
• Learned techniques and practiced traditional challenges. Worked in cross-cultural settings, on
graphic presentation. centuries old buildings and new construction in more
• Used various media including pen, colored than eight countries. Responsible for IT support
pencil and marker. working with the Colorado office.
Lindemer Gottschalk Architekten Internship, Lörrach,
Germany • The challenge was a deficiency of project
• Participated in schematic design, design standards and consistent design consultants. I
development and estimating for several helped with the implementation of consistent
residents. department standards and participated in
software decisions as well as recruiting project
WORK EXPERIENCE consultants. The result was consistency in
project standards and increased partnership
Architect Project Team
with other design professionals.
2009 - present / Denver, CO
Serving as team and production support, meeting
• Although we had a talented staff, there was a
with clients and coordinating with project teams as a
lack of projects. I helped develop a marketing
contract employee for several architects.
strategy that included networking, newsletters
• The lack of production staff to develop working
and a web presence. As a result of increased
drawings has afforded me the opportunity to
web traffic and networking efforts, our actions
work with other architects as a contractor. This
increased our project and client base
has allowed them to market other projects and
significantly.
meet with clients. I have assembled drawing
sets with little supervision, providing customer
• Communicating with clients sufficiently was a
satisfaction and satisfying local building
significant challenge. I improved the delivery
authorities.
methods of our project process, insuring ample

3. communication and a steady stream of building c. 1970’s) and Müllheim, Germany
progress drawings were provided. The result (adaptive re-use, original building c. 1880’s)
was consistent, high quality project delivery • Imation World Headquarters, Oakdale, MN
and our clients recommended us to others in (new construction “Architecture Minnesota”
need of design services. Nov/Dec 1998)
• Westridge Market, Minneapolis, MN (new
EDUCATION construction)
• Minneapolis Drafting School • Smith Barney office renovations, various
Received certificate in Architectural/Structural locations throughout the United States (tenant
Drafting. improvement)
Educational:
• Point Loma University, San Diego • Augsburg College library remodel and student
B.A. in Applied Communications. housing, Minneapolis, MN
• Hale Elementary School gymnasium and
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis community center addition, Minneapolis, MN
Architecture coursework at the University of Miscellaneous:
Minnesota. • Adapted a 19th century stone barn into
apartments and office space, working in
SELECTED PROJECTS conjunction with a German architect,
Kandern, Germany (adaptive re-use, original
Corporate & Administration:
building c.1835)
• Gentle Touch Animal Hospital, Denver, CO
• Drewstown House, County Meath, Ireland.
(new construction)
Served as consultant and drew as-built
• Various in-house projects for Greater Europe
drawings of an 18th century manor house,
Mission’s Home Office, Monument, CO
making design recommendations to satisfy
(remodel of original building c. 1980’s)
both historical society and meet current fire
• Greater Europe Mission office renovations,
code regulations.
Kandern, Germany (adaptive re-use of original

4. Dwight Eitzen – selected projects
Schematic Master Plan, Golden, Colorado
The site is roughly five acres
and has a few existing
structures. An additional
“barn” to serve as an event
center as well as other
buildings for pet grooming and
boarding are also desired. The
project, for this non-profit
business, is currently in the fund
raising stages but they
continue to develop the site
with volunteer labor.

5. Dwight Eitzen – selected projects
Adaptive Re-use, Kandern, Germany
The attic space of this
building (parts of it dating
back to the 1700’s) was slated
for storage space. One look at
the arc of the beams inspired
the imaginations of all who
saw the space. It was
adapted to be used as a
library for a small school in rural
Germany. The trick to this
project was arranging the
spaces so the stacks were over
a part of the building that
could handle the loads
required by numerous books.

6. Dwight Eitzen – selected projects
Imation World Headquarters, Oakdale, Minnesota
This was a great project
and it was great to be a
part of the project
team. The building was
eventually published in
Architecture Minnesota.
The schedule was tight
and the drawing sets
massive, but the end
result was very pleasing
for everyone involved in
the project.