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DAVID MONTALBA, AIA
BIO CV 04.14
FOUNDING PRINCIPAL, MONTALBA ARCHITECTS, INC.
2004-present 2000-2004 1999-20001997-1998 1996-199719961991-1995
199919961991-1995
Montalba Architects, Inc. / Founding Principal Design Bureau / Partner Pugh + Scarpa Daly Genik Architects Rios Associates (now Rios Clementi Hale Studios) Frank Gehry Partners Fehlman Labarre Architecture + Planning
Master of Architecture, UCLA Bachelor of Architecture, SCI-Arc Newschool of Architecture - San Diego
Licensed Architect / CA, FL, WY, NV, HI, IL, NJ, NY, BC NCARB / Registered Architect Member since 2002AIA / Member since 2001, prior as an Associate 1996-2001 Swiss Society of Engineers & Architects (SIA) / Member since 2003USGBC / LEED Accreditation 2009
Born in Florence, Italy and raised in both Switzerland and California, David earned his Bachelor of Architecture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and completed his Master of Architecture at UCLA. His diverse background as an architect includes over 23 years of professional practice with architectural firms in the United States and Europe. Believing that architecture can improve quality of life, his is a humanistic approach, which leads to solutions that are contextual, yet conceptual and visionary in their intent, affect, and appeal. This work has been recognized in various publications and with numerous awards, including the AIA’s National Young Architect Award in 2008, a 2011 AIA Institute Honor Award, and over 25 other design awards in the past 15 years.
As Founding Principal of Montalba Architects, Inc., David Montalba leads a diverse staff of over 30 creative professionals, working in close collaboration as design principal on each project. He takes immense pride in mentoring the office’s intern architects, from whose optimism and energy
he draws constant inspiration. His commitment to remain close to both the design process and his staff, in spite of the pressures that accompany growth, reflects David’s passion for the human foundations of architecture. Academic activities and community involvement are integral to David’s practice, as reflected in his participation in several architecture programs, including as an adjunct professor at UCLA’s Graduate School of Architecture, where he teaches. He has served as a Board Member and Treasurer of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects and an advisor to the AIA’s Academic Outreach and 2x8 Exhibition Committees. David has also served as a Board Member of the A+D Museum in Los Angeles. He is a registered member of NCARB and a licensed architect in the states of California, Florida, Wyoming, Nevada, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York, and in British Columbia, Canada.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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JURY EXPERIENCE
REGISTRATION & CREDENTIALS
EDUCATION
ACADEMIC INVOLVEMENT
United States of America (USA) Switzerland (CH)
CITIZENSHIP
AIA Institute Honor Awards in Interior Architecture, Jury Chair AIA Colorado Design Awards, Juror AIA Midwest Design Awards, Juror AIA Los Angeles Restaurant Design Awards, Juror AIA Los Angeles, 2x8: Vert Student Design Awards, Jury Chair AIA Los Angeles, 2x8: Swell Student Design Awards, Jury Chair
DAVID MONTALBA, AIA
2009-20112007-20092007-20092005-20072008-20092005-20072003-20082006-20072004-2007
AIA Los Angeles / Co-Chair Design Conference AIA Los Angeles / Excom Board Member & Treasurer AIA California Council / Board Member AIA Los Angeles / Board Member AIA Los Angeles / Co-Chair Mobius Committee AIA Los Angeles / Co-Chair Academic Outreach Committee AIA Academic Outreach Committee AIA Los Angeles Academic Summit / Moderator A+D Museum Los Angeles / Board Member
BOARDS & AFFILIATIONS
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WestEdge Design Fair, Panelist “Renovating a Modern Masterpiece: Ridgeline Residence Case Study”AIA National Convention - Young Architect’s Award Presentation “Making a Difference in Our Firms, Our Communities, & Our Profession”AIA Florida Emerging Professionals Conference, Keynote Speaker “Merging Ideas + Practice”A+D Museum Young Architect’s Forum, Panelist AIA Los Angeles Academic Summit, Moderator John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, Symposium Speaker Architectural Digest Architecture Days, Keynote Speaker “Defining Architecture: Integrating Volume & Natural Light into Landscape & People Spaces”A+D Museum Young Architect’s Forum, Panelist AIA Los Angeles Academic Summit, Moderator YAF New Beginnings / Panel Participant
PANELS & PRESENTATIONS
Adjunct Professor
Guest Juror
University of California - Los Angeles Graduate School of Arch. (UCLA A.UD)2008 - present
University of California - Los Angeles Graduate School of Arch. (UCLA A.UD)California College of the ArtsSouthern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)University of Michigan - Taubman College of Architecture + Urban PlanningCalifornia State Polytechnic University of Pomona
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The Los Angeles Times, “Opening up to L.A. Light”The Architect’s Newspaper, “Tooth Patrol”Hospitality Design, “Nobu Takes Malibu”The Architect’s Newspaper, “Jet Setting”Ocean Home Magazine, “The Ins & Outs of It”VMSD, “LAX Glamour Makeover”The Wall Street Journal, “High Water Marks”WWD, “Marant Finds a Home on Melrose” Design for the New Decade, “Washington Square Park Dental,” Design Media Pub. Ltd.Building Design+Construction, “Forty Under 40”ENR California, “Top 20 Under 40”Inc., “World’s Coolest Offices - Best Small Office” Very Small Cafes & Restaurants, “Kara’s Cupcakes,” Laurence KingRemodeling, “Center of Attention”GreenSource Magazine, “Open Up and Say Ah” ARCHITECT Magazine, “Honor Awards,” Washington Square Park DentalarcCA, “What I Learned…”GUSTO: A Journey through Culinary Design, “Kara’s Cupcakes,” Gingko PressGreen Building and Design, “Architect to Watch”Powershop 2: New Retail Design, “Kara’s Cupcakes” & “Arcade,” Frame / GestaltenFORM, “Soaring Talent - 5 To Watch”1000x Architecture of the Americas, “Montalba Architects, Inc.,” Deutsche Bibliothek The New York Times, “Boutique Beat: Five Top New Stores”California Home + Design, “Architect of Indulgence”Martha Stewart Living, “California Cool”The Robb Report Collection, “Take Two”ELLE DECOR, “Rhapsody in Gray”WWD, “Neil Lane Opens New Store”Venice CA: Art + Architecture in a Maverick Community, AbramsSPACE, “Detailed Constructions”Harper’s Bazaar, “A Fashionable Life”Architectural Record, “ArchRecord2”LA Architect, “Ten to Watch”Competitions Magazine, “Octavia Housing Winners”San Francisco Chronicle, “Octavia Blvd Rolls Along”Interior Design, “Imagination Takes Flight” 1000 Architects, “Montalba Architects, Inc.,” Images Publishing, AUThe Venice Paper, “Something Old, Something Modern”Interior Design, “Ready for Primetime”
FOUNDING PRINCIPAL, MONTALBA ARCHITECTS, INC.
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40/40 SCI-Arc Anniversary Exhibition,“Fractal Projection,” Los Angeles, CASmall Firms Great Projects Exhibition, AIA San Francisco, San Francisco, CAAIA Emerging Professionals Exhibition, AIA National HQ, Washington, DCAIA Los Angeles Design Awards Exhibition, traveling exhibitionDwell on Design + AIA Los Angeles Exhibition, Los Angeles, CACenter for Architecture and Design, San Francisco, CAAIA National Convention Design Expo, New Orleans, LASmall Firms Great Projects Exhibition, AIA San Francisco, San Francisco, CAAIA Los Angeles Design Awards Exhibition, A+D Museum, Los Angeles, CAUCLA A.UD Select Alumni Exhibition, “Past, Present, Future,” Los Angeles, CASmall Firms Great Projects Exhibition, AIA San Francisco, San Francisco, CAUCLA A.UD Select Alumni Exhibition, “Uncontested,” Los Angeles, CANew Blood : Next Gen Exhibition, A+D Museum, Los Angeles, CA
ARN Award for Best Concession Design - Large Airport Division, LAX TBITLABJ Commercial Real Estate Silver Award - Hospitality, NikitaAIA|LA Presidential Honor Award - Building Team, LAX TBITAIA|LA Restaurant Design Award, Nobu MalibuBuilding Design+Construction 40 Under 40 AwardRemodeling Design Award - Merit Award, Westridge ResidenceENR California Top 20 Under 40AIA Institute Honor Award for Interior Architecture, WS Park DentalGreen Good Design Award, WS Park DentalBuilder’s Choice Design & Planning Award - Grand Award, Ridgeline HouseRemodeling Design Award - Grand Award, Ridgeline HouseAIA California Council Merit Award for Interior Architecture, WS Park DentalAIA San Francisco Merit Award, Excellence in Interior Architecture, WS Park DentalCustom Home Design Award - Custom Kitchen & Bath, Ridgeline HouseResidential Architect Merit Award - Custom Kitchen, Ridgeline HouseSouthern California Development Forum Design Award, Ridgeline HouseAIA Pasadena & Foothill Design Honor Award - Renovation, Ridgeline HouseSouthern California Development Forum Design Award, WS Park DentalAIA|LA Restaurant Design Award, Kara’s Cupcakes MarinaAIA Young Architects AwardAIA California Council John S. Bolles, FAIA, FellowshipAIA San Francisco, Excellence in Interior Architecture - Citation Award, IDCAIA San Francisco, Excellence in Interior Architecture - Citation Award, Kara’s GSWatermark Awards, Rising GlenAIA|LA Restaurant Design Award, IDCAIA|LA - NEXT LA Citation Award, Octavia Parcspace LoftsOctavia International Housing Competition - Citation AwardSTARR Award, Retail Architecture, Monique Lhuillier- EdinaAIA/TC Design of Excellence Award, Waldin ResidenceAIA/TC Design of Excellence Award, Gomez Road ResidenceAIA|LA Interior Architecture Award, Monique Lhuillier - Beverly Hills
DAVID MONTALBA, AIA
NOBU RESTAURANT
RIDGELINE RESIDENCELAX INT’L TERMINAL INTERIORS
ECOLE DU CENSUY
LAX INT’L TERMINAL CONCESSIONS
WESTRIDGE RESIDENCE
WASHINGTON SQ. PARK DENTAL
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Washington Square Park Dental San Francisco, CABethusy Sports Center Complex Competition Lausanne, SwitzerlandSweet Rose Creamery Los Angeles, CAHead Start Resource Library Santa Fe Springs, CANikita Malibu, CARidgeline Residence Pasadena, CANobu Malibu Malibu, CA Huckleberry Cafe Santa Monica, CANeil Lane Jewelry Los Angeles, CADavid Yurman Madison Concepts New York, NYArcade Boutique Los Angeles, CACarouge Geneva, SwitzerlandLatigo Canyon Residence Malibu, CASony Music Corporate HQ Beverly Hills, CACoastline Residence Malibu, CAMonique Lhuillier Edina, MNBottega Veneta Costa Mesa, CABrooktree Residence Pacific Palisades, CATuna Canyon Residence Los Angeles, CARising Glen House Los Angeles, CAPorts 1961 Los Angeles, CAKara’s Cupcakes - Ghirardelli San Francisco, CABriarbluff Residence Malibu, CAMonique Lhuillier Melrose Place Los Angeles, CAFreeman Polo Residence Palm Springs, CARichwood Residence Brentwood, CAMUSE Redevelopment Culver City, CAKara’s Cupcakes - Marina San Francisco, CACentury Hill Loft Century City, CAIMG World Executive Offices Century City, CASwiss Pavillion Zaragoza, SpainIDC San Francisco, CAOctavia Parcspace Lofts San Francisco, CAMonique Lhuillier Beverly Hills, CACold Open Studio Venice, CAVenice Properties Venice, CATroxell Addition Pacific Palisades, CAOceanfront Walk Santa Monica, CAGonen Residence Los Angeles, CATeashi San Francisco, CA
Equinox Huntington Beach, CAThe Row Melrose Los Angeles, CAPark Water Corporate HQ Downey, CADuty Free Shops (DFS) LAX Terminal 2 Los Angeles, CASan Lorenzo Residence Santa Monica, CACasa Malibu Inn Malibu, CABottega Veneta, South Coast Plaza Costa Mesa, CACarbon Beach Shopping Center Malibu, CAAbbot Kinney Lofts Venice, CAOxnard Beach House Oxnard, CALAX Terminal 6 Los Angeles, CANewark United Terminal C Newark, NJRidgeline Residence II Pasadena, CACafe Rockenwagner Brentwood, CAWalt Disney Imagineering R+D Glendale, CABugbee Residence Malibu, CANobu Lanai Lanai, HIPorts 1961 Chicago, IL & Toronto, CanadaNobu Indian Wells Indian Wells, CASt. Aidan’s Expansion Malibu, CAWestfield Century City Dining Terrace Century City, CAThe Rubicon Project HQ Playa Vista, CAWestfield Palm Desert Palm Desert, CADuty Free Shops (DFS) LAX TBIT Los Angeles, CAAyara Thai Los Angeles, CAChrome River Offices Los Angeles, CABarbara Bui Costa Mesa, CAMammoth MOPHIE Cutting Room Mammoth Lakes, CAStylehaus Los Angeles, CAIsabel Marant Melrose Los Angeles, CA Westfield LAX TBIT Retail & Concessions Los Angeles, CADisney Rotunda Executive Dining Room Glendale, CAAnderson Residence Jackson, WYSolair Wilshire Los Angeles, CAEcole du Censuy Renens, SwitzerlandWalt Disney Imagineering Commissary Burbank, CAJVH Pacific Venice, CA Canyon Lodge Mammoth Lakes, CAWestridge Residence Los Angeles, CALA Metro Canopy Los Angeles, CAHomewood Residence Los Angeles, CAMilo & Olive Santa Monica, CA
FOUNDING PRINCIPAL, MONTALBA ARCHITECTS, INC.
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