Arturo E. Veve, AIA
Room 311, No. 5 Building
Lane 9 Gao ‘An Road
Shanghai, China 200031
Mobile 011 86 (138) 1749 5337
Email arturoveve@gmail.com
volae@earthlink.net
Education
University of Texas at San Antonio, Master of Business
Administration, 1990
University of Pennsylvania, Master of Architecture, 1982
Notre Dame University, Bachelor of Arts, 1977
Registrations
Registered Architect since 1996. Texas 1996-2000;
Florida, #AR-0016901, 1999-present; NCARB Certified
since 1996. Pursuing LEED certification
Responsibilities
Experienced in all phases of design - conceptual,
schematic, design development, construction documents
and construction administration. Work in a team
environment, coordinating with the design team, structural,
mechanical, electrical, plumbing, facade and building
physics engineers. Liaises with manufacturer
representatives and owner groups. Makes sustainable
design recommendations, reviews drawings for
constructability and ensures quality of projects delivered.
Assists with staff development, organizing workshops.
Fluent in English and Spanish, moderately fluent in French
and studying Mandarin.
Computer Skills
Software: AutoCad, MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Adobe
PhotoShop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Dreamweaver, Rhino,
Sketchup. Training in Revit Architecture BIM.
Architecture
Arup, Shanghai Total Design Group, Senior Architect,
2010-present
Project List
Kinmen BOT Commercial Development, Taiwan, 2010present. Master Plan and Schematic Design for a 7.45ha
development located in Kinmen Island, for Taiwan Land
Development Corporation. With a total area is 168,600m2,
the project is designed to LEED BC&C standards. Phase
1: 44,600m2 shopping mall with restaurants, anchor
stores, IMAX theatre, and multi-purpose exhibition hall.
Phase 2: 2,270m2 boutique shops, anchor stores,
restaurant and ballroom. Phase 3: 121,730m2 hotel and
convention centre.
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Philips Zero Carbon Building, Shanghai, China, 2010
26,00m2 competition entry for conceptual design of iconic
11-story corporate headquarters for Phillips Lighting.
Chongqing Building Energy Efficiency Demo Centre,
Chongqing, China, 2010. Concept design for 3,500m2
facility.
Tangshan Caofeidian Eco-Industrial Park Urban
Design Conceptual Planning, Hebei, China, 2010.
Provide conceptual planning & urban design of 34 sq km
hi-tech park for the Caofeidian Industrial Zone Committee.
Hsinchu Eco-community, Taiwan, 2010. Provide total
design of 80,000m² eco-residential community and resort
for Taiwan Land Development Corporation. Designed to
satisfy LEED ND Gold standards, project includes
11, 760m2, 90-room hotel, 29,700m2 of serviced
apartments, 21,476 m2 underground parking, 12 villas,
each 255 m2, Green House Cafe, Welcome Centre and
Temple.
Wu Zhi Qiao Pedestrian Bridge Competition, 2010,
Yunnan, China. Competition entry for pedestrian bridge
design for Arup Cause, a collaboration between Arup and
university students to rebuild bridges in China.
Ghana Children Educational Toy, Small World 2010,
design competition, Ghana. Competition entry for
educational toy for Ghana children, to be built with local
materials, a cause of Arup Structural Skills Network.
Joseph Wong Design Associates (JWDA), China
Representative Office, Shanghai, China; Project Director,
Associate, 2009-2010
Project List:
Shaoxing Tower, Zhejiang Province, mixed-use
development of 105,113 m2 containing a 200 room five
star hotel in a 9 story podium, ballrooms, retail, and a 42
story, 154.6m tall high-end residential tower. Planned for
Zhejian Jiagheng Estates and Investment Development
Company, LTD. Produced design development exterior
section details.
Lotus Office Complex, 65,032m2 corporate and
technology Campus for Zhangjiang District Development
Corporation, Shanghai, China. Reviewed office complex
and glass clad round exposition building drawings for
constructability. Provided details of curtain wall in response
to government energy requirements.
Dongjiadu Residential Towers, two 23 story high rise
luxury residential towers in the clothing manufacturing area
of the Bund, Shanghai, China. Prepared construction
document details for building exterior, including public
entrances, balconies, windows and rooftop. Reviewed
curtain wall consultant drawings.
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Tian Zhi Jiao Zi Residential Project, Zhangjiang Hi
Technology Area, Shanghai, China. Provided public bridge
cladding details in a complex of three high rise residential
towers.
Zhoujiaqiao Towers, Changning District, Shanghai, CN.
Two 18 story residential towers with three story
townhouses at base, located next to Tianshan Park.
Drew design development details for louvers, entrance
canopies, skylights, balconies, railings and typical wall
cladding.
Office Complex C-4-8 B, Zhangjiang Hi Technology Area,
Shanghai, China. Total construction area of 51614m2, total
building height 50m. Provided design development wall
section details of low rise and high rise buildings.
Reviewed local design institute drawings.
Kingdee Software Park design competition, Beijing,
China. Office campus in 206,902 m2. Associate architects,
Studios Architecture. Provided sustainable design
concepts.
Luxehills Headquarters, Chengdu, China. Offices, private
club and villas schematic design master plan of 64,343m2
for Chengdu Luxehills Property Management Co, LTD.
Associate architects, Studios Architecture. Provided design
development section details for the office buildings.
Hornberger + Worstell Architects & Planners, San
Francisco, California, Project Architect / Designer, 2005 –
2008
Project List:
The Chuang Ye Park Office Building Complex Master
Plan, Qindao, China, 2008. 1,000,000 m2 project includes
6 Class A office buildings from 6,000 m2 to 30,000 m2,
and a 4,000 m2. below grade space with fitness center,
kindergarden, retail and restaurants. MEP and Structural
Engineering by Arup. Contributed during the Schematic
Design Phase
Project Kiju, Hanazono Resort, Hokaido, Japan. Resort
Hotel in the ski country area of Niseko in Hokaido, 2008.
Researched contemporary Japanese mountain
architecture imagery for design references.
Park Hyatt Resort and Spa, Beaver Creek, Colorado.
2005-2006. Conversion of hotel rooms to timeshare
apartments, expansion of Allegria Spa to 2,900m2. Spa
contains retail area, feature custom designed stair. A water
temple pool has wall backdrop of bluestone, with three
granite water fountains.There are additional pools,
experience showers, tepidariums, and 25 treatment rooms.
Worked as project architect and designer from design
development, construction documents and construction
administration.
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Westin St Francis Hotel Rehabilitation, San Francisco,
California, 2006 – present. Renovation and planning of
new functions in a building of great local historical
significance. The hotel comprises a 14 story historical main
building, and a 32 story high rise tower, totaling
111,500m2. The scope includes renovation of entry
lobbies, restaurants, re-planning of a retail promenade,
renovation of kitchens, addition of restrooms, design of a
new bar, adding a new ballroom, replacement of floors 13
and 14 with a new meeting rooms overlooking Union
Square and the city. Collaborated for the interiors with
Rockwell Group of NY. Involved in design, project
architecture, client and consultant coordination. The Clock
Bar is the first portion of the project completed in 2008.
Terrano Napa Valley Resort, Calistoga, California, 20072008. Design of 5-star resort in a 9.3 hectare site that
includes a winery and vineyard. The resort is planned as a
“farm village” utilizing stone and wood, sloping roofs,
chimney forms and deep porches. The winery houses a
wine cave and culinary center in 2,125m2. Adjacent is a
560m2 Spa, a 2-story 2,525 m2 Clubhouse and
Restaurant. 18 individual low rise lodges contain guest
rooms, totaling 5,810 m2. The project is pursuing LEED
accreditation, using geothermal transfer of hot springs
located under the site to heat all the water in the property.
Worked on the schematic design phase of the winery
building, modeling the building in 3D and creating
renderings for the government’s design review board.
Alpensia Resort Masterplan, 2007. A $1.34 billion USD
project located in PyeongChang, 187 kilometers east of
Seoul, South Korea. The site is an applicant for the 2018
Winter Olympics. The resort is a multi-zoned village
surrounding the skiing venues. The team modified an
existing masterplan to include a large program. A spa
residence zone includes 80 condominiums covering
13,860m2. The Euro Spa-ville is a 400 unit resort inspired
by the Rogner Bad Blumau resort in Germany, with arched
buildings with sod roofs, encompassing 46,860m2. The
Oriental Spa-ville includes a Wellness Center and 260
condominiums over 48,660m2. The Festival Place contains
a Family Entertainment Center, Shops, Pet Hotel, Farmer's
Market, Arts & Crafts Center, Community Center and
Waterfront Performing Stage, in 14,200m2. There are
residential areas, including for employees, for whom a
10,000m2 Training Facility is planned. Assisted with
research of design references and creation of image
boards.
San Juan Oaks, 2006 - 2008 Master planning of a site
with an existing golf course, at the foothills of San Juan
Bautista Mountains, near San Jose in California’s Silicon
Valley. The project includes a Resort Hotel with a Spa of
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2,800m2, with 60 rooms, 40 suites and 100 2-bedroom
Bungalows, totaling 21,200m2; Hotel public areas total
830m2. Another site houses a Community Center with a
Fitness Facility, and Golf Clubhouse, comprising 4,650m2.
Amenities include golf course, pools, and tennis courts.
Along the golf course, 230 villas ranging in size from
200m2 to 260m2 are grouped in clusters of 9; area totaling
53,500m2. On another section of the property, .3 to .4
hectares lots are planned for estate homes surrounding
central green areas. Planning is done so as to take
advantage of sightlines to the surrounding mountains and
agricultural lands. Footpaths and roads connect the
housing to the Community Center and Hotel areas.
Worked on master planning and conceptual design.
Starr Pass Vacation Villas, Tucson, Arizona, 2007.
Conceptual Design for a desert hillside development on 11
hectares next to the Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa,
which the firm designed. The plan addresses the following
program: 30 to 50 Starr Pass Resort one bedroom suites
with terraces, each 83m2, totaling 4,150m2; 80 to 100 J.W.
Marriott "Gold Club" timeshares with terraces, 115 m2
each, totaling 11,500 m2; Common Facility with
Restaurant, Fitness Center, Pool, Parking and Storage;
100 units of 2 and 3-bedroom whole-ownership terraced
condominiums, ranging from 150m2 to 185m2, totaling
18,500m2. Worked on the design charrette with the client
group and on the conceptual design package.
Starr Pass Golf and Spa Resort River Pool Feature,
Tucson, Arizona, 2007. The hotel owner requested design
documents for a new outdoor water entertainment feature
that includes a water slide, fountain, snack bar, lounging
area and re-circulating river pool for guests to float on, with
desert landscaping. Assisted with design development
drawings.
Project Pinetree Master Plan Proposal, 2007 for a resort
development on a pristine site in Thai Muang, Thailand,
occupying 160 hectares along 3km of beach. On the north
side there is a 60 room 6 star Lagoon Hotel and Spa, with
60 2 and 3-bedroom Hotel Villas surrounded by a Golf and
Resident’s Club, and a Health and Well Being Center. 237
Villas are sited around an 18 hole golf course, and around
lagoons. On the south area there is a Marina with yacht
berths ranging from 40 to 150 feet, a 75 room Marina
Hotel, four Condominium Towers, each 45 meters tall, that
include 2 to 4-bedroom apartments and larger penthouse
units. The Marina offers retail venues, and a Sailing
Center, Diving School, boat docks and a Sea Plane
landing strip. Assisted with the design reference boards
and Photoshop coloring of portions of the site plan.
Sacramento State University Recreation and Wellness
Facility, Sacramento, California, 2008, 150,845 sf.
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construction documents assist during building permit
phase.
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Architecture
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc., (HOK) 2001-2005.
San Francisco, California, Intermediate Architect, 20042005, Orlando, Florida, Architect, 2001-2004.
Project list:
New Doha International Airport, Doha, Qatar. 20042005. Consultants to Bechtel Engineering for a new airport
for the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority to be built over
reclaimed land, with a three story terminal, two concourses
of 24 gate capacity, 140,000m² of floor space, of which
25,000m² is dedicated as retail space, a hotel, structured
parking, landscaped deck over parking with public mosque
on top, and a central utility plant. Primary area of
responsibility was taking the mosque package from design
development to construction documents. The mosque is a
round building with a rich palette of materials in the interior,
topped with a glass dome. Assisted with structural and
MEP coordination. Produced complex geometric detail
drawings dimensioned in metric. Also worked on
foundations package drawings, baggage sortation areas of
the terminal building, security checkpoint studies,
pedestrian bridges, mosque plaza parking planning,
central utility plant, and vertical circulation node. The
vertical circulation node is a curving skylit two level glass
building linking bridges to parking structures.
621 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, California, 2004. Client:
David Taylor. 28-story, 400,000sf class-A office building.
Assisted during construction documents phase. Produced
final construction plans for entries to garage and service
areas, building elevations and parking signage.
Tampa International Airport Outbound Baggage
Handling System. Design-build project for Hillsborough
County Aviation Authority. Consultants to Skanska USA
Building, Inc, 2003. The projects included creation of
automated baggage screening systems in a 44,636sf area
of the landside building, design and construction of a new
45,140sq ft (4,200 sq. m) outbound baggage facility at
Airside A, design and construction of new 36,430sq ft
(3,400 sq. m) outbound baggage facility at Airside F, and
new sortation systems at Airside E concourse. Worked on
schematic design, design development, construction
documents and construction administration phases.
Prepared CAD drawings, assisted with civil, structural and
MEP coordination, assisted with shop drawing review
during construction.
Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport North Terminal
Expansion, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 2003. Client: Broward
County Aviation Department. Twenty three gate terminal,
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600,000sf. Assisted with preparation of record as-built
drawings.
Boston Logan International Airport, Delta Airlines
Terminal A Redevelopment. Client: Massachusetts Port
Authority, with Beacon/Beers Skanska, 2002. A new 26
gate terminal of 317,000sf, with a satellite concourse of
308,00sf.and a connecting pedestrian tunnel of 36,000sf.
Worked on construction documents incorporating security
revisions. This is the first LEED certified airport terminal in
the United States. Primary responsibilities were in interior
architecture portion of project.
Orlando International Airport, South Terminal Complex,
Orlando, Florida, 2001-2002. Client: Greater Orlando
Aviation Authority. Phase 1 of an airport expansion
connected to the north terminal by a roadway and
intermodal transit. Airside terminal of 292,300sf, landside
concourse of 494,790sf with 12 gates. Worked on
schematic design and design development phases.
Prepared CAD drawings, verified program, coordinated
with consultants, assisted with study of parking and roads.
Architecture
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Architectural Design Consortium joint venture with
Mateu Carreño Rizo & Partners and Borrelli & Associates,
Miami, Florida, Project Architect, 2001
Project:
Miami International Airport South Terminal Expansion,
Coordinated passenger amenities including ATM locations,
baggage carts, clocks, phones, information counters,
electronic display media and interior landscaping.
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Beame Architectural Partnership, Architects & Planners,
Coral Gables, Florida, Project Architect, 1997–2001
Project list:
Paseo Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1999-2001, mixeduse center with185,000sf of retail/entertainment, casino,
cinema, condominium tower and structured parking next to
the landmark Caribe Hilton in Old San Juan. Work done in
joint venture with Puerto Rico architectural firms of
Jimenez & Rodriguez Barcelo and Sierra Cardona Ferrer.
Worked on conceptual design, design development and
construction documents, assisting with engineering
coordination and client presentations.
The Dolphin Mall, Miami, Florida, 1996-2001, a 1.65
million sf themed value/retail and entertainment megamall,
destination retail, dining, cinemaplex, bowling alley and
parking for 8,000 cars. Worked on construction documents
with particular attention to public entries with seating and
canopy elements.
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Plaza Terranova, Managua, Nicaragua, 1998-99,
shopping center with 250,000sf of retail, department store,
cinema and restaurants, creating a town center. Worked
on contract negotiation, conceptual design, design
development and construction documents in metric.
El Tejar Shopping Center, Bucaramanga, Colombia,
1998, shopping center with 323,000sf of retail with two
anchors, indoor amusement and an office tower. Worked
on conceptual design drawings in metric.
Miami Lakes Shopping Center, Miami, Florida,
2000. Worked on site planning.
Borders Bookstores, Oviedo and Orlando, Florida,
1988. Construction administration for two new
bookstores.
Addition to La Carreta Restaurant and Bar, Miami
International Airport, 7,000sf, 1998-99, worked on
construction documents and construction administration.
Host Marriott Food and Beverage Facilities, Miami
International Airport, Florida,1977-98, worked on
conceptual design and due diligence.
Architecture
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3D/International, Architects & Planners, San Antonio,
Texas, Architect, 1994-1997
Project List
La Quinta Inns, room renovations at 200 locations in the
U.S., 1995-97. Traveled throughout the US. Worked in
Monterrey, Mexico with Maiz Proyectos on production of
outsourced construction documents.
Riverwalk Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, 1992. Worked on
construction documents.
Officer’s Club, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 1995.
Worked on construction documents
Sunshine of Montrose, CO. Designed prototype single
residences adapting American Bungalow style to
contemporary living for a planned community in Colorado,
1996-97.
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Ford Powell & Carson, Architects & Planners, San
Antonio, Texas, Intern, 1992-1994.
Project List:
Pier 21 Hotel & Restaurant, Galveston, Texas, 1992.
Lone Coyote Grill & Saloon, Phoenix Airport, Arizona,
1992.
U.S. Long Distance Headquarters, San Antonio, Texas,
15,000 sf, 1992.
Law Offices of Frank Herrera, McAllen, Texas, 30,000 sf,
1993.
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Law Offices of Frank Herrera, San Antonio, Texas,
expanded lobby, 1993
NationsBank, San Antonio, Texas, 150,000 sf space
utilization analysis, 1992.
Wolf Municipal Baseball Stadium, San Antonio, Texas,
1993
Texas State Capitol Renovation, Austin, Texas, 1992-94.
Business School Building, University of Texas at San
Antonio, 200,000 sf, 1992-93.
Engineering
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K.M. Ng & Associates, Consulting Engineers, San
Antonio, Texas, CAD drafter (part time), 1994-1997, CAD
Manager (full time), 1990-1991
Project List:
Expansion of San Antonio Convention Center, San
Antonio, Texas, 1996-97. Design by Kell Munoz Architects.
University of Texas Pan American Engineering
Building, Edingburg, Texas, 200,000sf, 1994. Designed
by Kell Munoz Architects.
Downtown Campus, University of Texas at San
Antonio, 300,000sf, 1995. Design by Humberto Saldana &
Associates Architects and Kell Munoz Architects.
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Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas,
Research Analyst, 1985-1990
Project List:
Automation and Data Systems Division, Southwest
Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, 1997, survey and
drafting of 133,000sf of offices and laboratories.
Robotics and Automation Department, Southwest
Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, space planning of
30,000sf of offices and laboratories, 1985-90.
Aircraft Canopy Polisher and Paint Stripping Cell,
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas 19851990.
C5A Aircraft Hangar, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, 198889, robotic paint stripper cell study.
Languages
English- fluent, Spanish -native, French- fluent, Mandarinstudying