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Michael E. Höffner, AIA

235 Edgemere Court

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118

+1 405 625 2131

michael@hoffnerdesignstudio.com

http://www.hoffnerdesignstudio.com

June 21, 2024

Dear Future Collaborator,

As an architect with over thirty years of experience, I offer refined creativity and well-developed teamwork skills cultivated throughout my career, having led numerous beautifully crafted, award-winning projects. I am eager to bring these skills to your organization, delivering results that can only be achieved with such qualifications. Additionally, my involvement in the community through service and passion projects enhances my professional efforts by fostering beneficial relationships both within and outside the profession.

I have led projects of varying uses and scale from conception through construction to peer recognition. As a studio professor and project leader, I have enjoyed mentoring students and young professionals. I have learned that the key to project leadership is to inspire your collaborators with the passion you feel for the project while valuing their contributions, whether they are design team members, consultants, or contractors. One of the most rewarding experiences in my career was a recent small project where a critical subcontractor was hesitant because the design seemed “too wild to build.” Their participation was essential, so I clarified the design and presentation. When I showed it to their team again, what initially appeared to be hundreds of unique parts could now be understood as a composition of 21 variations on a repeating unit. I even designed a simple jig to demonstrate that all 21 units came from the same “mother” unit. They agreed to proceed, the results were fantastic, and in the end, they were proud of achieving something unlike anything they had ever done before.

I am very proud of the work I have accomplished in my career. The ability to deliver excellent projects stems from a strong commitment, attention to detail, and leadership ability tempered by respect for project collaborators. I invite you to reach out for additional information and look forward to the possibility of meeting and working together in the future.

Respectfully submitted,

michael höffner, aia

Michael E. Höffner, AIA

235EdgemereCourt

OklahomaCity,Oklahoma73118

Phone:+14056252131

michael@hoffnerdesignstudio.com http://www.hoffnerdesignstudio.com

Affiliations: LicensedArchitectinStateofOklahoma

LicensedInteriorDesignerinStateofOklahoma MemberofAmericanInstituteofArchitects

ChairofAIACOCCOTE2018–present ChairofAIACOCSmallFirmRoundtable2024-present SFxStateRepresentaivefor2022–2024

UniversityofOklahomaCollegeofArchitecture Affiliatefaculty2020-present

OVAC[OklahomaVisualArtsCoalition]

IAO(IndividualArtistsofOklahoma)

BoardofDirectors2011–2017

ExecutiveCommittee2014–2017

GrantsCommitteeChair

BoardofDirectors2006–2009 DevelopmentCommitteeChair

EdgemereParkHistoricPreservationNeighborhood PastTrustee PastChairofHPCommittee

Employment: OUCollegeofArchitecture Instructor Sept2016–Dec2019 Norman,Oklahoma,US höffnerdesignstudio Owner Aug2015–Present OklahomaCity,Oklahoma,US RandElliottArchitects SeniorArchitect July1997–Aug2015 OklahomaCity,Oklahoma,US

INTEGRUSArchitecture ProjectArchitect April1991-June1997Seattle,Washington,US

Fellowship: Rt.66CorridorStudy,InstituteforQualityCommunities,UniversityofOklahomaCollegeofRegionalandCityPlanning

Education: UniversityofOklahoma-BachelorofArchitecture1990

Art: 2000–present photography;mixedmedia;woodandsteelsculpture

Skills: ProjectDesign;Managingprojectteamsandconsultants;QualityControl;SpecificationsEditing;ConstructionAdmin Software:Sketchup;Photoshop;AutoCAD;Revit;Bluebeam;MicrosoftOfficeSuite

Awardsand

Publications: Domus

RENEGADES

AIACentralOKDesignExcellenceAward MAPRoom;RENEGADES

CODAworx CoronavirusHopscotch

IIDAWilliamC.Chingawardfinalist MAPRoom

InteriorDesign OklahomaContemporary;Underground

ArchitecturalRecord North;Under|ground

ListeningtotheLand[monograph] AmericanBankofEdmond

AIANationalHonorAward North

AIACentralStatesHonorAward CarPark1

AIACentralStatesMeritAward ChoctawLibrary;AmericanBank

StateHistoricPreservationOfficeAwardofMerit WashitaTheater

OklahomaGazette,Vol.XXVNo.17,April24,2003

AuthenticArchitecture[writing]

AcmeBrickDesignAward Firehouse[studentproject]

MAP Room at the Heritage Building

Completed September 2018

1,020 SF

Once a reverberant, plain white room, the renovated space is now a shared conference room for building tenants.

Originally designed to be a Masonic Temple by State Capitol architect Solomon Layton, the building’s identity as the Journal Record Building was frozen in time when a bomb exploded at the adjacent Murrah Building on April 19, 1995.

Reconnecting with the building's original identity meshed with the owner's desire to create a “secret room.”

The Masons’ construction tool imagery describes their gatherings as Meet (level) Act (plumb bob) and Part (square). Consequently, dramatically lit vintage tools were selected to welcome visitors to the renovated room. Limestone salvaged from the building replaced sheetrock as a backdrop. Historic photos and didactics along the ramp describe the building's past.

A custom designed door with leather-wrapped hardware now leads to the room. Leather chairs and sofa compliment the custom designed tables, "sofa cart" and light shades. A new rug, fabric wall panels and operable curtain work together to calm the room acoustics and address privacy.

The dramatic lighting; the tools presented as art; the history of the Masonic Temple's financial ruin and the dark, rich, natural color palette reinforce a feeling of being in a secret place.

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Route 66/El Reno Sunset Drive

One mile corridor analysis for long-range plan

Completed May 2022

RENEGADES: Bruce Goff and the American School of Architecture

Completed January 2020

7,478 SF

The design solution captures the spirit of Goff’s unique school of architecture in a choreographed journey for visitors. Visual cues attract and imply direction as spatial compression and release signal distinct curatorial sections. Cardboard “stations” and a spiral-shaped plywood gallery parse the information into digestible packages; the material palette itself evoking an architectural model.

The design gives the unusual works a sympathetic context. The design team used "shingled" elements to mirror seminal projects from this uniquely American school of work. Meanwhile, the finishes and fixtures mediate an indifferent white box gallery with the wildly organic projects on display.

The exhibit fixtures are constructed of recyclable cardboard and honeycomb panel - made in the students’ digital fabrication lab where no one is afraid of an unusual project.

However, it was a different story for the spiral-shaped plywood element. A millwork shop initially declined the work, saying it’s "too wild" to build. The design team accepted this as a challenge, designing a jig on which each of the 21 seemingly unique panels could be built, and convinced the millwork shop that they could in fact build the plywood spiral. [see diagrams on next pages]

The gallery buildout had to happen in a three week window and museum staff questioned whether it could be done. Yet, the project designers; faculty and staff; friends and family members; and students all came together to realize this ambitious project on time. Coincidentally, seminal American School works such as Goff’s Bavinger House and Greene’s Prairie House were realized in the same manner.

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"Movement" is a functional art installation, a gate, celebrating Oklahoma City Civil Rights leader James E. Stewart. It was largely funded by the City of Oklahoma City through its 1% for art program. The site is a City-owned golf course, located in a historically redlined district of the city. The nine-hole course, popular with young people learning the game, is also the site for an at-risk youth golf program.

"Movement" illustrates the symbiotic relationship between leaders and supporters through a novel mode of operation - a hinged component can be positioned to model Mr. Stewart leading his supporters or addressing them. The use of color in the work represents that Stewart

built leadership relationships with multiple communities - certainly in the Civil Rights movement and president of the Oklahoma Chapter of NAACP; yet also as a Branch Manager at ONG [Oklahoma Natural Gas] and member of the City of Oklahoma City Golf Commission.

The work itself has a practical use - it controls direct access from a parking lot to the golf course grounds. Its far more important task though, is to help solidify James E. Stewart’s place in OKC history. We took that challenge seriously enough to raise additional money to hire a project apprentice from the community – he did the scholarly research that resulted in a Wikipedia article dedicated to Mr. Stewart.

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Oklahoma Contemporary

Role: Programming, Project Architect through 70% CDs

Rand Elliott Architects

Completed March 2020

53,916 SF

1"=60'-0"

Chesapeake Building 13

Role: Project Manager/Architect Programming through Completion

Rand Elliott Architects

Completed July 2011

129,920 SF

Role: Project Manager/Architect DD through Completion

Rand Elliott Architects

Completed May 2011

383,250 SF

HERITAGEHALLATHLETICFACILITYSITEPLAN 1"=200'-0"

HERITAGEHALLATHLETICFACILITYFLOORPLAN 1"=60'-0"

Role: Project Manager/Architect

Rand Elliott Architects

Completed July 2004

44,982 SF

Role: Project Manager/Project Architect

Rand Elliott Architects

Completed January 2007

46,075 SF

Choctaw Library

Role: Project Manager/Architect DD through Completion

Rand Elliott Architects

Completed August 2004

9,259 SF

Under|ground

Role: Project Manager/Project Architect

Rand Elliott Architects

52,543 SF