1. Sebastian Opffer
3117 Colorado Ave., Apt F, Santa Monica, CA 90404
home:310-828-5032;cell:424-744-1029 :opffer@msn.com
Professional Profile
Accomplished architectural designer and draftsperson with construction superintendent
experience.
Expertise
Architectural Drafting Acoustics Construction Management
Architectural Design Electrical Design Building Codes
Architectural Details Plumbing Design Green Building
Architectural Drawings Site Planning Construction Estimating
Architectural Rendering Building Surveying Construction Safety
Architectural Modeling Construction Law Architectural Software
Accomplishments
•Won an international design competition for a one square mile middle-income housing
development in Abuja, Nigeria. The design included four thousand residences, a community
center, a medical center, a department store, a supermarket, a fast food restaurant, a sports bar,
and an indoor and outdoor recreation center.
•Designed and successfully built 31 buildings in the Los Angeles Area over a 40-year period.
•Won the Barry Wills Award for design at Boston Architectural Center (now College).
•Won the best library award from the state of Massachusetts for design of the Brookline High
School
Library.
•Won an award for the design of the Telephone Exchange Building.
•Designed the first Jack in the Box fast food restaurant with the unique square shape.
Experience
•Worked with clients and team members to develop architectural design ideas.
•Prepared drawings successfully approved by municipalities.
•Prepared working/shop drawings.
•Completed presentation drawings using Chief Architect, which can be printed out as AutoCAD.
•Completed models, and renderings.
•Prepared Detail Drawings.
•Prepared as Built Drawings.
•Coordination of Structural Drawings with Structural and Service Drawings.
•Prepared landscape drawings.
Hobbies
Woodworking, Greek dancing, and Auto Repair.
Positions/Organizations
Designer
1985 to present
Dannebrog Design – Santa Monica, CA
General Contractor
1972 to present

2. Dannebrog Construction – Santa Monica, CA
Architectural Designer and Construction Supervision
1969-1974
Smith, Sellew, and Doherty – Boston, MA
Construction Superintendent
1965 to 1969
Palanjian Construction – Watertown, MA
Construction Superintendent
1963-1965
Foster Lipkin, NYC, NY
Education
Completed 3 out of 4 years toward BA in Architecture
Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA (renamed Boston Architectural College)
Completed Construction Estimating and Construction Science Courses
Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, NY
A.A. in Architectural Drafting
Mondel Institute, Jamaica, NY
Completed 1 year towards a BA in Fine Arts
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Military Experience
Veteran of MacArthur’s Honor Guard stationed in Tokyo, Japan.
October 1948-October 1950
Hospitalized for Tuberculosis. Honorable disability discharge with complete cure.
Fitzsimmon’s VA Hospital in Denver, CO and VA Hospital, Castle Point, NY. 1950-1953
Community Service
Member of the BOD of St. Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Church, LA, CA, 2002 – 2012
Member of St. Sophia Build an Orphanage Project. Projects included:
Helping build San Innocente Orphanage in Rosarita, Mexico.
Helping build houses in the Tijuana area for people who lost their homes in the flood.
Pro-bono Concrete Construction Supervision. Supervised the placing of 20,000 square feet of
concrete around St. Sophia’s Church.