PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
• 1993 - present: Principal, Vint & Associates Architects Inc., Tucson, AZ
• 1992 - 1993: Partner, Gibbs & Vint Architects, Tucson, AZ
• 1986 - 1992: Project Architect, office of James A. Gresham, FAIA, Tucson, AZ
• 1984 - 1985: Designer/draftsman, Payette Associates Inc., Boston, MA
• 1980 - 1984: Designer/draftsman, Tucson Community Development/Design Center
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
• 1986: State of Arizona, Registered Architect, Certificate #19529
• 1995: National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, Certificate #45793
EDUCATION
• 1976 - 1977: University of Chicago, Department of Urban Geography
• 1977 - 1982: University of Arizona, College of Architecture B.Arch. with High Distinction
• 1988 - 1990: Independent Study, Architectural Preservation, with Jorge Olvera, México DF
TEACHING
• 2011 - present: Adjunt Professor, University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture.
• 1994 - present: Research Associate, University of Arizona Southwest Center & College of Architecture: Guest lecturer on Preservation, Desert Architecture & Urbanism; Sonoran Architecture Study Group of the SWC.
• 1994: Taliesin West, F. L. Wright School of Architecture: Lecturer & Student Mentor.
• 1987 - 1990: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge: Teaching Assistant re. Preservation Techniques & Building Materials; The Aga Khan Program of for the Study of Islamic Architecture at Harvard & M.I.T. (Professor Ronald Lewcock, RIBA, Director; studio of visiting Professor Jody Gibbs).
• 1989 - present: University of Arizona College of Architecture, Tucson, AZ: Invited guest critic for student reviews for Professors Judith Chafee FAIA, Doug MacNeil, Dennis Doxtater, Reneé Cheng, Annie Nequette & Ralph Hammann; Reunion speaker, 1992, Class of '82; Fall Lecture Series 1999, "San Xavier del Bac, Philosophy & Technology of Restoration;" Spring Lecture series 2011, Filling In: Building a Future.
LANGUAGES
• Fluent in English and Spanish
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Board of Directors, Tucson Downtown Partnership, 2007 - present
• Board of Directors, Southwestern Mission Research Center, 2001 - present
• Citizen's Over-sight Committee to review City Manager's proposal for new Tucson City Hall, 1998-9
• Board of Directors, Patronato San Xavier: Member Ex-Officio, 1992 - present
• Board of Directors, DeGrazia Arts & Culture Foundation: Member, 1995 - present
• Historic Sites Review Committee (Arizona SHPO): Member, 1994 -1996
• National Trust for Historic Preservation (U.S.): Member, 1990 - present
• Tucson Committee for Los Tápiros, 1987 - present
AWARDS & HONORS
• 2009: Tucson Fire Central: Metropolitan Pima Alliance Common Ground Award for Architecture & Design
• 2008: Sam Hughes Elementary School Expansion: Preservation Award Tucson/Pima Historical Commission
• 2008: Glines/Racy Residence included on the Tucson Innovative Home Tour (The Solar Institute)
• 2007: Speakman Residence included on the Tucson Innovative Home Tour (The Solar Institute)
• 2006: Shapiro Residence included on the Tucson Innovative Home Tour (The Solar Institute)
• 2004: St. Michael's Student Center: Best of Tucson Award for Public Green Building, Sonoran Institute
• 2004: Cheyney House Rehabilitation: Best of Tucson Award for Historic Preservation, Sonoran Institute
• 2004: Agua Caliente Ranch Preservation: Preservation Award Tucson/Pima Historical Commission
• 2004: Court Avenue Rowhouse: Preservation Award Tucson/Pima Historical Commission
• 2003: Governor's Arts Award Nominee, Individual Artist Category Arizona Commission on the Arts:
• 2002: Cheyney House Rehabilitation: Honor Award Arizona Heritage Preservation (SHPO)
• 2001: Cheyney House Rehabilitation: Preservation Award Tucson/Pima Historical Commission
• 2001: Stone Avenue Corridor Study: Current Topic Award Arizona Planning Association
• 1997: San Xavier del Bac: Preservation Honor Award National Trust Historic, Savannah GA
• 1993: Irvington Bridge Sculptures: "Best Public Art", The Tucson Weekly arts newspaper.
• 1992: Catalina High School: Preservation Award Tucson/Pima County Historical Commission
• 1991: Bharucha Residence: Design Honor Award, International Symposium on Desert Architecture/UA
PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA
• Fall 2010: Arizona Alumnus (University of Arizona, Tucson) A Day in the Life of a Tucson Architect
• November 2010: Arizona Highways (Phoenix/ADOT) San Xavier Mission Restoration: In Rehab
• July 2007: The Desert Speaks (PBS documentary) Ageless Mud: Adobe Homes in the Desert
• September 10, 2006: Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) Forget Stick & Stucco (Speakman adobe home)
• September 2005: Southwest Housing Traditions (Washington, DC) US Department of HUD
• February 2005: The Desert Speaks (University of Arizona, Tucson) PBS documentary: Heart of a Pueblo
• October 2004: Architectural Digest (New York) Linda Ronstadt Residence, Tucson
• Fall 2004: Tucson Home (Tucson) "Architects on Architecture" (interview)
• Nov./Dec. 2003: Sources + Design (Phoenix) "Preservers of History"
• Spring 2003: Revista (Tucson) Southwestern Mission Research Center,
• Arizona State Museum/University of Arizona, "In Memoriam: Dr. Jorge Olvera H."
• Fall 2002: Revista (Tucson) Southwestern Mission Research Center, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona "To replicate, or not? (Let's not, and say we did.)" Essay in opposition to reconstruction of lost Spanish Colonial Convent, Tucson
• October 2000: Fin de Siglo (Chiapas, México) "Un Reconocimiento: Dr. Jorge Olvera H."
• August 1998: Architecture (New York) "Dirty Work: Adobe preservation, Casa Córdova
• July 26, 1998: Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) Old Becomes New Again (Hardy adobe home)
• March/April 1997: la revue de la céramique et du verre (Paris) Santa Cruz bridge Gila monsters
• March/April 1997: This Old House (New York) Hardy Residence, Barrio Historico, Tucson
• September 1996: Arredamento Dekorasyon (Istanbul) Tohono O'odham Elders' Center
• December 1995: Arredamento Dekorasyon (Istanbul) Santa Cruz River bridge Gila monsters
• Winter 1994: Tucson Guide Quarterly (Tucson) "Contemporary Kiva" Southside Presbyterian Church
• Spring 1994: Tucson Guide Quarterly (Tucson) "Tile Art Goes Public" Gila monster sculptures
• May/June 1993: Historic Preservation (Washington) The Architect: "Alternative Approach"
• May 1992: Progressive Architecture (New York) "Earthen Vessel: San Xavier del Bac Conservation
• Mar/April 1992: Preservation News (Washington, DC) Catalina High School Preservation
• January 1990: Historic Preservation (Washington, DC) San Xavier del Bac Restoration
• Spring 1990: Traditions Southwest (Santa Fe) Vol. 1, #2, Mission San Xavier del Bac Restoration
• Summer 1990: Triglyph (ASU/Tempe, AZ) Perspectives on Restoration at San Xavier
• October 1988: Progressive Architecture (New York) Acre Triangle Affordable infill housing, Lowell MA
EXHIBITIONS
• "Architecture as Urbanism" Meliora Architectural Gallery, Tucson December 2001 February 2002
• "Tucson: an architect's perspective" Meliora Architectural Gallery, Tucson January February 1995
• Paintings shown in juried exhibits, University of Arizona Student Union Gallery 1982 & 1985
CONFERENCES
• Arizona Preservation Conference 2011: Arizona State Preservation Office/Pima County, Tucson, AZ - June 2011
• Latino Urbanism Symposium: Arizona Sate University, Phoenix Urban Research Lab (PURL) - May 2011
• TICRAT 2011: Taller Internacional de Conservación y Restauración de Arquitectura de Tierra Ensenada, Baja California, México - March 2011
• Arizona Preservation Conference 2010: Arizona State Preservation Office, Flagstaff, AZ - May 2010
• TICRAT 2008: Taller Internacional de Conservación y Restauración de Arquitectura de Tierra Rio Rico, AZ & Caborca, Sonora - November, 2008
• Arizona Preservation Conference 2008: Arizona State Preservation Office, Nogales, AZ - July 2008
• Arizona Preservation Conference 2006: Arizona State Preservation Office, Glendale, AZ - July 2006
• Arizona Preservation Conference 2005: Arizona State Preservation Office, Tucson, AZ - June 2005
• Vernacular Architecture Forum: University of Arizona hosted national preservation seminar - April 2005
• Living with the Past: University of Arizona Preservation Seminar Tucson, AZ, April, 2002
• Cuba 2001: University of Arizona/Universidad de la Habana travel-study in Cuba - May/June 2001
• SICRAT: Seminario Internacional de Conservación y Restauración de Arquitectura de Tierra - October 1997
• Contemporary Design from Traditional Materials: University of Plymouth, Devon UK - May 1996
• Grán Quivira XXIIII: Misiones de la Sierra Gorda: Querétaro, México - October 1995
• Segunda Semana de la Arquitectura: Alamos, Sonora, México - October 1994
• Conferencia ITESM, Campus Sonora Norte: Hermosillo, Sonora, México - November 1991
• ADOBE '90: International Conference/ICCROM Las Cruces, New Mexico - October 1990
• Bi-National Conference on Health, Industry and the Border: Nogales, AZ - May 1990
• Primer Congreso Binacional: Arquitectura de la Frontera: Mexicali, BC - Enero 1990