Cecilia Hui Work Sample 2025 by Cecilia Hui

CECILIA HUI

PROFILE

A multicultural-minded architectural designer with nine years of professional experience in five cities. I am committed to creating adaptive and resilience spaces that connect people, culture, and places to one another.

• Led and designed a broad range of project types and sizes from Competition to Construction Administration. Member of winning competition team for projects such as $200M museum in the Middle East.

• A motivated designer skilled in conceptualizing, research, documentation, Client presentations, renderings, physical model making, Revit BIM, coordination with Consultants & Contractors, design assist and Client meetings & workshops

• Management skills include; staff engagement/ motivation, project staffing, effective utilization of each team member’s skills and talents, streamlining software workflows, and managing production for deliverables.

EDUCATION

Yale University

Master of Architecture / 2017

University of Toronto

Honors Bachelor of Arts; Architecture Design & Architecture History,Theory and Criticism / 2012

Architecture Association Summer Visiting School / 2009

University of Liverpool Exchange Student / 2008 -2009

COMPUTER SKILLS

Fluent in Revit, Rhino, Navisworks, SketchUp, AutoCAD, Lumion, Enscape, V-Ray, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Internet Explorer, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, BIM360

Familiar with Grasshopper, Bluebeam, AirTable, ACE Build, ProCore

SELECTED AWARD

Takenaka Corporation Travel Fellowship and Internship, Japan / 2016 Awarded to one M.Arch student each year

LANGUAGES

English (Native), Cantonese (Native)

646-841-5435 (USA)

EXPERIENCE

Richard McElhiney Architects, New York, Designer Oct 2023 - Current Involved in Construction Administration for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) projects. Reviewed Submittals, Change Orders, RFI’s, and Pay Applications, participated in BIM Coordination, created Finish Boards, attended OAC meetings and site visits. Produced drawings for ASI’s & Bulletins.

• EPA Laboratory Consolidation, Athens, GA, CA phase, $40M

• EPA ESC, Roof Replacement, Fort Meade, MD, CA phase

WHY, New York, Designer May 2019 - Aug 2023 Involved in five museum projects from RFP, and Concept Design to Construction Administration in NYC and abroad. Team member of $200 M museum winning competition entry. Led, designed, and managed a small team of junior designers (taught Revit and AutoCAD) to produce presentations and contract drawings, staffing, and scheduling. Produced construction documents, videos, 360 views for interactive client presentations, and developed design based on sustainability and LEED guidelines. Led a number of office initiatives and workshops to enhance firm branding, firm knowledge exchange, streamline workflow and save costs such as office Revit standards and DEAI.

• Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rockefeller Wing Renovation, New York, SD - CA phase, $70M (link)

• Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts, Exhibition Design (ExD), Los Angeles, SD - DD phase, $1B (link)

• Dib Museum, Bangkok, PD - SD phase, $17M (link)

• O Ground Art Storage Facility, Bangkok, PD phase, $8M

• ILMI Science Discovery & Innovation Center, Riyadh, Winning Competition $200M (link)

• Princeton University Art Museum, ExD, Princeton, RFP

• WHY Office Renovation, New York

Nordic - Office of Architecture, Oslo, Architect Feb 2018 - April 2019

• Forde Hospital Interior & Facade, Norway, SD phase (link)

• Valerenga & Ammerud Nursing Homes, Winning Competition

• Stavanger University Hospital, DD Phase (link)

• Nanjing Waves, Nanjing, PD Phase (link)