About

Architecture found me early in my life, replicating house plans with a pencil, T-square and scale. As I’ve grown in both professional and academic settings, I realize that architecture is much more than the building. It’s a vessel for the many different ideas and beliefs within a culture and society. It represents place in both intentional and unintentional ways. Architectural drawing can be used as way to both understand and expose complicated systems, revealing opportunities for change during the process.

Profile
Education

2024-2026 Master of Architecture (MArch). University College Dublin, Ireland. UCD Award: Best Portfolio


2010-2014 Bachelor of Architectural Studies(design) with Distinction. Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism (Carleton University)


2008-2010 Arts Honors degree in history and Theory of Architecture at Carleton University (Left this degree once accepted into architecture)


2013 Participated in exchange program with University of Leeds (United Kingdom) January—June, 2013


February-September, 2021 Certificate in Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Graphic Illustration

June-September, 2020 Online Web Development Course at IBAT College in Dublin (Distinction)


June, 2020 Self-learning experience by building my own website from scratch. Learned some basics about software development and helped market myself. There have been a number of websites and apps that have helped me as well as the IBAT web developer course that has showed me the basics of web development.


My blog shows my experience of learning the basics of web development.

Work Experience

May 31st, 2021 — Present
Designer at Kaneco LTD - Dublin, Ireland

Architectural designer contributing to the design, technical delivery, and project management of commercial interior fit-out projects across the HORECA sector, including restaurants, corporate canteens, hospitals, food halls, and airports.



September 30th, 2019 — June 1, 2020
Architectural Assistant at John Fleming Architects - Dublin, Ireland

Architectural assistant contributing to the design and planning submission of large-scale residential and hospitality schemes across Dublin city and the surrounding counties, working primarily with Dublin City Council and Kildare County Council planning frameworks.



October 15th, 2018 — August 31, 2019
Partner Support Agent at SELLBYTEL - Barcelona, Spain (Working Holiday Visa)

Provided Business to Business support via email for Fortune 500 Companies. Main goal was to onboard companies to resell various software. Applicants are guided through a specific process while completing tasks such as Credit Checks, Due Diligence applications and Contract Signatures. Developed a well rounded understanding of products as many questions were raised by partners during the onboarding process. Gained troubleshooting experience as well as case management skills.


October 26, 2015—August 31, 2018
Architectural Draftsperson/Designer at ICON Architects - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Architectural draftsperson contributing to design development, technical documentation, and planning submissions for mixed-use and residential schemes, ranging from low-rise to high-rise developments across the Greater Toronto Area.


References

I always work to the best of my abilities; this helps me stay motivated and achieve great results. I enjoy working as a team and with other consultants in order provide a client with the best possible service or product. Making connections in a workplace is a great way to a fulfilling career.

“During his tenure he consolidated himself as one of the 'go-to' people in my team for any high responsibility/skill tasks. His attitude, knowledge and teamwork-oriented work ethic really made him a valuable asset and an esteemed colleague. It was quite sad to see him leave us.”

Jaime Toro Loffredo
Senior Team Lead
SELLBYTEL | Webhelp Group

Neil is held in the highest regards by his colleagues at the School of Architecture and his kind and generous nature make working with him is a pleasure. He is an excellent team member, respectful and incisive, and shows great autonomy for individual work.

Thomas-Bernard Kenniff
Contract Instructor
Carleton University

Tools and Skills
Includes 3D Modeling, Graphic Design and Coding
Vectorworks

Used Vectorworks for a material intensity study for light timber frame construction. Familiar with modelling and extracting volumes from models for further calculations.

Revit

Currently developing my understanding of Revit. Able to model and render in this program. Can add walls, doors, roof, windows, etc. Familiar with create form tool. Able to create section views and plan views.

AutoCAD

Three and half years working experience at ICON and JFA. Used to create schematic designs, permit drawings and presentation panels. Knowledgeable in using blocks, Xrefs and standardized CAD layers for optimizing workflow in teams.

Google Sketchup

Used at ICON office, JFA Office and Kaneco. Used for making AutoCAD designs into a 3D form. Designs are used primarily for presentation purposes (to clients or for submission to city). Familair with Vray for Sketchup

Adobe Photoshop

Very familiar with this program. All of my renderings are taken into Photoshop. I also use Photoshop for photography; I use things like cropping, colour, contrast , photo merging, etc.

Adobe Illustrator

I use Illustrator for any graphic design/panel layout. Sections and plans are imported into Illustrator in order to create diagrams. Created icons and graphics using illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Gained experience in this program at John Fleming Architects for creating Architectural design statements. Used templates to create design statements for submissions.

Adobe XD

Recently used Adobe XD to develop a base design for this website. Used artboards to develop the layout and design. Then used a variety of other programs to build the site for web.

Web Development

Becoming well developed in HTML, CSS and javascript to design and build my website. Also covered in the web development course at IBAT. This website shows my technical ability!