Les Stucka, A.I.A., LEED AP BD+C
6 Richard Road, Bedford, Massachusetts, 01730
lstucka@verizon.net
(781) 275 -
8282
Details:
Senior Architect with strong diversified skills in all aspects of design and professional practice.
Active in office quality control standard development, creator of standard details and drafting
conventions, office quality control reviver for construction documents and code compliance.
Resource for building code requirements, material research, sustainable design, expertise in review
and design of exterior building envelop, as well as mentoring and training professional staff.
Successfully completed variety of large, complex mixed use projects in variety of construction types.
Employment:
Deign Partnership of Cambridge, Charlestown, MA, Consultant-Technical Project Leader.
2012 - 2013
Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical High School campus to achieve LEED silver.
2004 – 2012
SMMA Associates, Cambridge, MA, Associate, Senior Project Architect.
Projects:
22 Water Street Residencies, Cambridge, new 15 story, 400 apartment complex with wide range
of tenant amenities, roof garden, community spaces, covered parking to achieve LEED silver.
Blue Cross Blue Shield RI, Providence, RI, new 11 story headquarters to achieve LEED silver.
Lexington Tech. Park, renovation of existing Raytheon headquarters for Shire research facilities.
Springfield College, campus union center with main cafeteria and second floor meeting facilities.
One Hampshire at Kendall Square, Cambridge, new 10 story pharmaceutical research facility.
K-12 School Projects: New schools for Bridgewater-Raynham Regional HS, Lincoln Park MS,
Quincy HS, Wellesley HS and Andover ES. Bedford HS mayor renovation and additions.
Pigeon Cove, Rockport, residential project with 22 luxury townhouses, recreation and retail area.
2003 – 2004
Dario Designs, Framingham, MA, Project Architect and Quality Control Manager,
Project:
The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret Morning News newspaper facilities, Salt Lake City.
2002 - 2003
Design Partnership of Cambridge, Charlestown, MA, Associate, Project Architect.
Projects:
K-12 School Projects: Medfield HS, Pembroke HS & MS renovations and new Medway HS..
2001 – 2002
Projects:
1999 – 2001
SMMA Associates, Cambridge, MA, Associate, Senior Project Architect.
University of Southern Maine, Portland, new 7 story bio-science commercial research laboratory,
with intend to sharing facility with local industry. Renovation of existing science building complex.
The University of Maine, Orono, renovation 4 story classroom bldg. to teaching laboratory bldg.
Kendall Square/Lime Properties, Cambridge, in association with Steven Ehrlich Architects.
The bio-science facilities includes the corporate office space, bio-technical laboratories and ground
level retail. The innovative 6 story bldg. with exterior materials includes terracotta tile rain-screen
system, channel-shaped cast glass plank and glass curtain walls, with large 6 story atrium.
Sasaki Associates, Watertown, MA, Associate, Senior Project Architect.
Projects:
MIT Central Athletic Facility, Cambridge, New sport complex and renovation of existing facilities.
New building includes competitive and practice swimming pools and diving facilities, racquet-ball
courts, fitness center and multipurpose courts for basketball, volleyball and indoor soccer.
Arvin Cadet Physical Center, West Point, gutting and rebuilding existing complex sport facilities.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. New 3 story recreation and fitness center complex.
Technology Square, Cambridge, new buildings, renovation and addition to the existing buildings.
1995– 1999
Design Partnership of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, Project Architect/Project Designer.
Projects:
K-12 School Projects: New and renovation Chatham, Holliston,Hopkinton HS; Haverhill,
Reading, Chatham MS; Sutton, Holliston, Melrose and Cambridge ES.
1984 – 1995
Projects:
Institutional
Hotels
Sasaki Associates, Watertown, MA, Associate, Project Architect/Project Designer.
University of Virginia Recreation Center, Harrisonburg, include field house, swimming pool,
racquetball courts, basketball, indoor soccer and number of multipurpose activity spaces.
University of New Hampshire, Durham, new student housing, sport complex with hockey rink.
Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, a 600 bed dormitory with common and recreation facilities.
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, a 500 bed housing complex, hockey rink with sport facilities.
Holy Cross College, Worcester, new classroom building and renovation of existing dormitories.
Merrimack College, Andover, new teaching science building with observatory and greenhouse.
Plymouth Public Library, new main public library including historic archive collections spaces.
Mystic Seaport museum, CT, new entry building with exhibition spaces and reno existing bldgs.
Alyeska Ski Resort, Girdwood, new 400 room luxury hotel with recreation center, swimming
pool, number of restaurants including hill top, convention complex and tram system with stations.
Sugarloaf Ski Resort, Carrabassett Valley, new 300 room hotel complex with convention facilities.
Commercial
Bank of Boston, Framingham, new 650.000 sf. bank operation center with training facilities.
Number of large office complexes including Westford Corporation Center, Westwood Executive
Center, Southborough Technology Park, Waltham Bay Colony and One Portland Square, ME.
Glastonbury Commercial Park, CT, 700 acre mixed use commercial park, working on number of
large spec office buildings, headquarters, hotels and shopping center. Some of the buildings were
designed and produce in collaboration with prominent architects as SOM and Robert Stern.
1980 – 1984
The Architects Collaborative, Cambridge, MA, Project Architect/Project Designer.
Projects:
Copley Place, Boston, 3.5 million sf. mixed use, air rights project with two convention hotels,
two level shopping mall, office, cinemas and restaurants complex, housing and parking garage.
Housing on Common, Boston, luxury downtown housing complex with first floor shopping.
General Finance and Insurance Building, Manila, Philippines national government building.
University of Public Administration, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, new national university complex.
Baghdad housing complex, Iraq, included 10,000 apartment units, town center, schools,
Bering Tower, Houston, TX. 32 story luxury office building with 5 story parking garage.
1969 – 1979
Toronto, Canada
Prior to coming to the US, I was associated with number of well known Canadian design firms in
Toronto, Montreal and Buffalo (USA) as a Project Architect/Design Architect.
Experience with a variety of building types, mainly large residential and mixed-use projects which
including hotels, retail, office multistory parking and housing occupancy use.
Registration &
Certification:
Registered Architect, MA, NCARB, Member of AIA and Boston Society of Architects.
LEED AP BD+C. Past member of RAIC at Canada.
BSA/AIA:
Active member of the Building code, Access code and Building Envelope Committees.
Thesis adviser and design critic for a number of years at Boston Design Center.
Public Service:
Member of Bedford design and building committees for number of school projects.
Education:
Post graduation Architecture studies, 1967-1968, University of Fine Arts, Czechoslovakia.
School program based on Bauhaus education prototype with limited number of accepted students.
Master of Architecture, 1961-1967, Slovak Technical University, Architecture and Urban Planning,
Bratislava. Czechoslovakia.
Computer Skills:
Microsoft Word, Excel and Windows. Limited skills with Sketch up and Auto CAD.