James Cornetet

Work: I am a Registered Architect in the state of Florida, and currently employed as a designer for HKS Architects, Inc. in Orlando, Florida.

Education: I graduated from the University of Cincinnati: School of Architecture and Interior Design in 2006 with a Master of Architecture and in 2004 I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture.

Professional Affiliations & Credentials: AIA, LEED AP, NCARB

Favorite Movie: Jaws

Architects that I have been influenced by: Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Louis Kahn, David Niland and I am sure the list will be added to.

Architecture that has strongly influenced my life: The first building that had a very strong impact on my understanding of architecture was the Milwaukee Art Museum by Santiago Calatrava. As a sophomore at the University of Cincinnati I was considering changing majors and had my doubts about architecture. Visiting the Milwaukee Art Museum was the climactic ending to a five day architectural pilgrimage, after visiting the building my perception of architecture was forever altered and my imagination was encouraged to push the envelope of what is possible in architectural design. The second building that forever impacted my life was the Yale Art Gallery by Louis Kahn. It is a building that I have studied for four years now and have unfortunately never stepped foot inside the structure, as it was under renovation upon my visit to New Haven, Connecticut in 2006.

Publications:

“Urban Assemblage,” florida/caribbean ARCHITECT (Fall 2008): 58.

“Using Animation for Form-Making,” In*FormZ, (2007): 5.

“The Interstitial House,” FormZ Joint Study Program Report, (2006): 50-52.

“Fabrication,” FormZ Joint Study Program Report, (2005): 10.

“FormZ Joint Study Program 2004 Award Winners,” In*FormZ, (2005): 6-7.

Awards & Honors:

AIA Tampa Award of Merit (2009)
Awarded the AIA Tampa Award of Excellence in Design, in the un-built category for the Channelside Drive Parking Garage in Tampa, Florida.

AIA Orlando Award of Honor (2009)
Awarded the AIA Orlando Award of Excellence in Design, in the un-built category for the Channelside Drive Parking Garage in Tampa, Florida.

HKS Design Fellowship (2008)
This honor is awarded to a young designer within the firm each year for excellence in design.  Fellows are flown to Dallas to take part in a design charrette.  The charrette in 2008 focused on designing a mixed use development in the trendy Deep Ellum arts district.

Juror at Valencia Community College in Orlando Florida (2008)
Invited juror to the first year architecture students of Professor Andrew Ray.

AIAFLA Emerging Professional Design Competition (2008)
Awarded 1^st place in the final round of a design competition hosted by the AIA Florida chapter and juried by Ply Architecture.  The competition required entrants to produce a design for a light rail station.

AIA Orlando Award of Excellence (2008)
Awarded the AIA Orlando Award of Excellence in the un-built category for the design of a pavilion completed for the Cincinnati Park Board.

AIAFLA Emerging Professional Design Competition (2007)
One of three finalists selected to move onto the final round of a design competition hosted by the AIA Florida chapter and juried by Ply Architecture.  The competition required entrants to produce a design for a light rail station.

USGBC “Emerging Green Talent” Competition (2007)
Awarded 2^nd place in the USGBC “Emerging Green Talent” design competition.  The design was judged based on the design and implementation of sustainable design strategies.

Award for Distinguished Design (2006)
This honor is awarded by the thesis faculty committee of the University of Cincinnati for best architectural design in the 2006 DAAP Works Senior Show.

Juror at Miami University of Ohio (2006)
Invited juror to the final studio review for the students of Professor Raffi Tomassian.

Award for Design Excellence (2006)
This honor is awarded by the AIA Cincinnati for excellence in architectural design in the 2006 DAAP Works Senior Show.

Student Society of the School of Architecture and Interior Design
Member from 2005-2006, Secretary 2006.  Organization is responsible for organizing after school activities and raising funds for yearly traditions such as “Bridge Break”, and to fund and sponsor lectures by Bernard Tschumi and Mark Wigley.

Graduate Assistantship (2004-2006)
Includes a full scholarship and a $2500 a quarter teaching stipend.

FormZ Award of Distinction (2004)
Winner of the FormZ Award of Distinction in the category of fabrication.  This award was presented at the ACADIA Conference by Auto-des-sys Inc., for research completed using FormZ in the design and fabrication of building components.