EDUCATION
Masters of Architecture, University of California, Los Angeles, 1981
Bachelor of Architecture, Columbia University, New York, 1978
REGISTRATIONS
Registered Architect: California, No. C33908 Massachusetts, No. 9517
LEED Accredited Professional
TEACHING
Laney Community College Architecture Deptmt
Sustainable Design Applications Fall 2010 to Present
UC Berkeley Extension, Transit-Oriented Development Spring 2010
With a career spanning more than 30 years, Courtney has worked on a wide range of building types including residential single, multi-family, mixed-use retail/ office, hospitality, infrastructure, K-12 schools, and higher education. His professional passion is the design and technical finesse of nature-inspired, high performance, low-energy buildings. In addition to leading project teams which require high levels of integrated design, he has in depth design and technical skills to navigate complex entitlement and construction documentation requirements. In keeping with many of his recent roles as a senior project architect, he has extensive expertise in code analysis, specification preparation, and exterior building envelope design.
EXPERIENCE
Commercial/ Multi-Family/ Mixed-Use/ Senior Consulting Architect
Studio T-Square - Construction Documents & Detailing Specialist (6 months in 2019 & 2020)
Senior Consulting Architect providing all significant details for Santa Clara Square/ Multi-Family/ 300 unit complex, Type 3 construction type. Details - floor ceiling assemblies, seismic details, roof and and building envelope details.
Sternberg Benjamin Architects - Construction Documments (2018)
198 Valencia Street - Design Development on floor plans, elevations, building sections with refinements to individual units, adjusting baths to conform to Chapter IIB dimensional tolerances.
MWA Architects - Senior Project Architect:
San Francisco International Airport Ground Transportation Permit Processing Unit Relocation, San Francisco, CA - zero/ net energy office & maintenance facility
San Francisco Public Utility Commission Southeast Plant Biosolids
Digester Facilities, San Francisco, CA - water treatment facility.
SPGA Architects - Project Manager:
Sunnyvale Town Center: New Retail Leasing Roll-Out at ground floor of existing Sares Regis Group multi-family properties in downtown Sunnyvale.
Hornberger Worstell - Senior Project Architect:
SOMA Hotel, San Franciscio, CA - 17 story hotel in Mission Bay
Menlo Park Hotel, Menlo Park, CA – boutique hotel operated by Broughton Hotels
JRDV Architects - Senior Project Architect:
2129 Shattuck, Berkeley, CA - LEED Gold, 18 story high-rise hotel
The Ridge Shopping Center, Phase 1 Oakland, CA - mixed-occupancy, retail/office/hotel-conference center project.
DES Architects - Project Architect:
400 Main, Los Altos, CA - mixed-use office/ retail project
Caffè Macs employee cafeteria, Cupertino, CA – high-end employee cafeteria at Apple campus
Courtney Miller Architect
Sierra Point Science & Technology Park - Buildings D & E, Brisbane, CA core and shell office buildings
Perkins+Will - Project Architect:
Princess Nora University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Laboratory & health sciences complex for largest women’s university in the world - Nursing, Physical Therapy, and General Sciences Colleges
Chevron Corporation 2010 Lobby Renovation, Richmond, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
