Dougald Fountain

the creative process drives me and I thrive on new opportunities and relish being, "a catalyst for the idea."

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ask a young kid to draw a house. you know what you get, well, this old kid thinks differently. My primary goal is delivering a cohesive, integrated, and functional design that also causes one to engage with it in some way. I'm not pushing boundaries because I don't see any. operating in the grey area of architecture is where I dwell.

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the most successful designs are not "one liners"

they are open to interpretation and experimentation give you a totally unique product with layers of meaning. this is made possible by the use of several methodologies. the first and most important step for a successful design is to understand the relationship of, people to building, building to site, site to adjacencies, adjacencies to area. these critical factors can NOT be found in a home designs book. activating you in your personal design process establishes a narrative for your project and guides the appropriate technique ranging from totally custom or maybe a"grey" idea to use modules to construct the structure

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I like to communicate with visuals and descriptions and feel it is important to watch, look and listen before I act. I consider all the options and believe it is better to try all possibilities and rule them out instead of assuming they will not work from the beginning. Exploration of new and better approaches always keeps me interested. My tastes are varied and diverse. Finding the best solution on every project, while also achieving a beautiful, fresh an innovative building is my primary objective.

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.EDUCATION

2001 Savannah College of Art & Design. Savannah GA

Masters of Architecture

2000 Savannah College of Art & Design. Savannah GA

Bachelors of Architecture

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Problem solving

Critical thinking

Architecture 2009

Sketch Up

3D Rendering

Conceptual Design

Design Development

Construction Documentation

Revit:

Photoshop (current)

inDesign

Word

Powerpoint

Graphic Design

Model building

EXPERIENCE

2016-current pod a+d carrboro nc

Associate, project manager,designer,rendering,model making

2006-2010 McClure Hopkins Architects Raleigh NC

Project Manager, Design Lead, marketing

2004-2006 The Freelon Group Durham NC

Designer, marketing

2001-2003 Duda Paine Architects Durham NC

Designer, graphic design, website design

Management for a national Mail-order Company

Sport Endeavors Inc. Hillsborough NC

OTHER EXPERIENCE

SCAD A.I.A.S. Chapter President

SCAD A.I.A.S. Secretary

Chair, Stewardship Committee, Trinity United Methodist Church

Board of Trustees, Trinity United Methodist Church

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creative and inventive, unusual, modern, original, unique, passionate, cutting edge, site responsive design, sleek, dynamic and innovation, user centric