EDUCATION

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Master of Architecture, 1994
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, Bachelor of Architecture, 1990
University of Miami, History of Architecture, Summer in Italy Program, 1987
Intensive studies in the Italian language, Istituto Michelangelo per Stranieri, Florence Italy, 1987

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CARMEN GUERRERO DESIGN STUDIO, Inc. Coral Gables, Fl., October 1999 – present, Principal of Architecture and interior design firm.

PROJECTS INCLUDE:

Engel & Voelkers Real Estate Office, Surfside, Florida, 2008
Jonathan D. Lewis Banyan Ridge Office, Coconut Grove, 2008
Opaciuch Residence, addition & remodeling, Coral Gables, 2007
Millares & Co. Accounting Firm, Coral Gables, Fl. 2007
Dr. Michael Diaz Plastic Surgery Office, Miami, Fl. 2006
Guerrero Residence, Coral Gables, Fl. 2005
Goodman Residence, Coral Gables, Fl. 2004
Schmidt Residence, Coconut Grove, Fl, 2003
Conill Advertising, Miami, Fl.,2003
DRMddb Advertising, Coral Gables,Fl. 2002
Canton Chinese Restaurant, renovation, Miami, Fl., 2002
Faillace Residence, condo renovation, Miami, Fl., 2002
New Times Newspaper - Broward office, Fort Lauderdale, Fl. ,2001
Sushi Maki Restaurant, renovation, Coral Gables, Fl.,2001
Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising , Downtown Miami, Fl.,2001
Ng Residence, remodeling, South Miami Fl.,2000
South Beach Capital Markets, Inc. Office, Downtown Miami, Fl.,2000
Law Offices of Hanzman & Criden , Downtown Miami, Fl., 2000
Queen of Arts, retail store, South Miami, Fl.,1999
Sushi Maki Restaurant, renovation, South Miami, Fl,1998

WORKSPACE, INC. Coconut Grove, Fl: December 1994-June 1999
Project Designer/Project Manager: Primary role in interior space planning and remodeling of commercial projects. Responsible for specification of all furniture and finishes.

SAMUELS RICHTER ARCHITECTS, INC., South Miami, Fl. September 1993 - November 1994
Intern Architect involved in the design of commercial and residential projects, both remodeling and new construction. Also engaged with interior design services such as, furniture design, finish specifications, and purchasing.

HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Summer 1992.
Responsibilities included design and renovation of Calle Las Damas, a Renaissance period pedestrian street in the historic district of the city of Santo Domingo. Active involvement in the enforcement of the district’s building preservation codes.

TEACHING & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Rome Program Director, University of Miami School of Architecture, Coral Gables, Fl.,Spring 2001-present
Assistant Professor in Practice, University of Miami School of Architecture, Coral Gables, Florida, since 2008
Research Assistant Professor, University of Miami School of Architecture, Coral Gables, Florida, 2003-2008
Rome Program Coordinator, Fall 2003-Spring 2010
European Travel Programs, Faculty & Coordinator
ArtStor Digital Project Coordinator, Fall 2004-present
Explorations in Architecture Summer Program Academic Coordinator, 2000-present
Part-time Lecturer, University of Miami School of Architecture, Coral Gables, Florida, 1994-2003

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL HONORS

City Beautiful Award for Most Outstanding Interior Space, September, 2008
Faculty Award for Part-Time Faculty, 2001
Helen Fagan Tyler Award for Outstanding Woman in Master of Architecture program,
Cornell University 1992-1993
Graduate Design Teaching Assistantship Award, Cornell University 1992-93.
Full Graduate Assistantship Award, Cornell University, 1991-92.

TEACHING AREA & RECENT RESEARCH

Special courses on the architecture and urbanism of 20th century Italy. Focused research on Italian Rationalism has been exhibited and published internationally.

Current research on the Roman “palazzina” will be the topic for a special seminar and exhibit to follow in Italy.

Development and teaching of travel seminars concentrating on the role of regionalism in the design of contemporary architecture in both Italy and Switzerland.

Led a design studio course focusing on master planning proposals for the improvement of the historic fishing village of the town of Las Terrenas in the Dominican Republic.

PUBLICATIONS

Reinventing Las Terrenas:The Pueblo de Pescadores. Santo Domingo: Banco Popular, 2010.

“Costruendo la GIL di Moretti”, Lo Spazio Ritrovato: Ex-Casa Gioventu Italiana del Littorio, (September 2010).

"Modern Rome Rediscovered." .it: Italian Trade. June 2010 – Vol. 7 No. 2: 32-34.

Luigi Moretti Le Ville: disegni e modelli. Rome: Palombi Editori, 2009. (Click to View)

"Miami Open City" essay included in Archivos de Arquitectura Antillana: Arquitectura Contemporeana, 2009. Issue 032, pg. 290, edited by Gustavo More, co-editor Carmen L. Guerrero (Click to View)

"The Lessons of Mollino: The Models of the House on the Heights and of the Furggen Station" essay in included in the exhibition catalogue Carlo Mollino, Arabesques edited by Fulvio & Napoleone Ferrari, Electa 2006.

When in Rome: Rome Program Handbook. Coral Gables: University of Miami School of Architecture, 2006.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Calderon, Arismendy. “Las Terrenas: Pueblo de los Pescadores”. Hoy 16 December 2010, El Pais: 16A.

Carmen Guerrero Design Studio, Inc. featured in 100 Florida Architects and Interior Designers by Beth Dunlop and Damir Sinovcic. Miami: Design Book, 2010.

"Luigi Moretti a Miami,"Spazio Ricerca, 2009, No. 9, pg.142-143, Universitá degli Studi di Camerino, Edizioni Kappa.

"Sueño o realidad: Estudio de arquitectura sobre El Pueblo de Los Pescadores," In Samana, pgs. 44-45, Aug, 2009, recognition for master planning project in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic.

"Balancing Out The Work and Design Equation," Home Miami, pg. 32, Apr/May 2009 (Click to View)

"Materia, materiale, costruzioni – mostra e progetti su Castel Madama," La Republica, Tempo Libero, pg. 11, February, 2009

ACSA Regional News, October 2005, September 2006 and December 2008 mention for various academic projects.

Dunlop, Beth. "Designs show seven decades of UM grads' perpectives.", Miami Herald, November 11, 2001

EXHIBITIONS

Lo Spazio Ritrovato: Ex-Casa Gioventu Italiana del Littorio; student work exhibited and to remain on permanent display, September 30, 2010,Trastevere, Rome.

Luigi Moretti Architetto: From Rationalism to the Informal, Contributor of material for exhibition produced in special seminar courses. MAXXI museum, Rome, May 30 – November 28, 2010.

Materia Materiale Costruzione, directed and exhibited architectural design studio projects for the urban renovation of Castel Madama, Italy, Sapienza University of Rome, January 2009 (Click to View).

Luigi Moretti: Tutte Le Ville (1931-1973) Exhibit, Curator, School of Architecture, University of Miami, Summer 2008 (Click to View).

The Three Romes Curator, School of Architecture, University of Miami, Fall 2007 (Click to View).

Moretti visto da Moretti, the design and construction of exhibition models, Archivio Centrale dello Stato, EUR, Rome, Italy Fall 2007.

Carlo Mollino Arabeschi, Galleria Civica d'arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy, Fall 2006 (Click to View).

CONFERENCES and LECTURES

Moretti: Architetto del Novecento, presented paper "Art in the Work of Luigi Moretti," Valle Giulia, Rome, Sept. 24-26, 2009.

American Institute of Architecture Students South Quad conference, delivered lecture titled "Modernism in Italy", University of Miami Coral Gables, Fl. Spring 2008.

"Designing the Archaeological Landscape", delivered lecture titled, "Museo della Forma Urbis a Roma, Castello Orsini, Castel Madama," Italy, January 2008.

SERVICE

Coral Gables Museum, taught “Architecture and the City” for the City Trekker Summer Camp, Coral Gables, Summer 2010.

Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, taught “Architecture Week” for the Around a Very Creative Green World Summer Program, Coral Gables, Summer 2010.