James McKissick AIA 

California architectural registration, license #32644

 

EDUCATION

Master of Architecture - University of California, Los Angeles 1988

Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art - University of California, Santa Cruz 1985


PROJECTS & EXPERIENCE

Educational and Institutional

Long Beach City College – Industrial Technology Center

36,000 sq ft: Classrooms, Welding and Metal shops, Completed 2010, Cost $8.8 million

Project Manager, Rachlin Architects, 2004-05          

 

California State University San Bernardino – Theater

300 seat theater for theatrical and music performance

Project Manager, Lee Burkhart Liu Architects, 2001-03

 

California State University San Bernardino – Academic Building

20,000 sq ft, three story building of classrooms, lecture halls and administration offices

Project Manager, Lee Burkhart Liu Architects, 2001-03                                                                                

UCLA – Central Chiller / Co-generation & Facilities Management Complex

190,000 sq ft, Central plant and facilities workshops & offices, Completed 1994, Cost $188 million 

Design team member, Holt Hinshaw Pfau Jones, San Francisco, 1991-92

 

Soka University – Student Services Building, Aliso Viejo, California

30,000 sq ft, University administration and student services office space and conference space

Project Manager, Summit Architects/Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer 1997-2001                              

US Postal Service – Northwood Station, Irvine, California

15,000 sq ft, New public post office and mail distribution station

Project Manager, Rachlin Architects, 2004


Healthcare

Valley Presbyterian Hospital – Labor Delivery Recovery Unit,             

12,000 sq ft, Expansion, remodel and seismic upgrade of existing facilities

Project Manager, Lee Burkhart Liu Architects, 2001-03, Los Angeles  

 

Los Alamitos Medical Center

Master planning and site planning for campus expansion and future construction

Project Manager, Lee Burkhart Liu Architects, 2002                         

 

New District General Hospital, Norwich, England, UK

Master planning and building design: acute care and nursing campus

Design team member, Anshen & Allen, San Francisco, 1992-93

 

Veterans Administration Nursing Home

Site planning and design for a 120 bed skilled nursing facility at VA center Martinez, California

Design team member, Anshen & Allen, San Francisco, 1992-93                                                                      

Residential and Retail 

Soka University – Guest Residence Building, Aliso Viejo, California

Housing for visiting scholars and guests of the university

Project Manager, Summit Architects/Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer, Joint venture, 2000

 

Virgin Megastore, Las Vegas, Nevada

Job Captain, Rock Architects, Santa Monica, 1996

 

Hacienda Lofts – Multi-family Residential         

8 units luxury condominiums in West Hollywood, CA

Project Manager, WorkPlays Architecture, 2007-08

 

Single Family Residential

Carson Residence

1,400 sq ft vacation house for rural site in Central California 

Architect: James McKissick Architecture, 2010-11

 

Capsule House

1,000 sq ft pre-fab housing project in Maui, Hawaii

Architect: James McKissick Architecture, 2011

 

Pro-bono Community Projects

Hollywood Youth Center – My Friends Place

Programming and Space Planning

James McKissick Architecture, 2011