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Personal Greeting Jose Alfano, AIA

Alfano Pty Ltd / Alfano Studio Architects

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Alfano Pty Ltd / Alfano Studio Architects
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Bio

Jose Alfano FRAIA has a strong background and international record of achievement in a wide range of Major Architecture Projects and Urban Interventions. Jose specialises in Tall Towers, Hybrid Buildings, Major Retail, Commercial and Urban Design & City Planning as well as Public Infrastructure Projects. In his role as Design director has been responsible for all aspects of the design process from inception through and design development fulfilling the design principal role & project creative director on major public & private (PPP)sector projects.

Jose brings over 23 years of global experience from his previous practice that enables him to make significant contributions to from Project Inception through project delivery.

Jose is Senior Fellow with the title of Assoc. Professor at the Faculty of Civil & Environmental / Infrastructure at the the University of Melbourne’s School of Engineering and is the Co- Director of the mUTOPIA urban sustainability project.

Professional Affiliations and Appointments
City Representative - Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects
Chartered Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Architect Member New Zealand Institute of Architects
Member Akademisk Arkitektforennigen – Danish Architects Association
Registered Architect – New South Wales -9025
Registered Architect - State of Victoria – A150151
Registered Architect – Western Australia - 2014
Registered Architect – New Zealand – 3143
Registered Architect – Denmark - 22451
Registered Architect - Vietnam - 01-001400
Member AIA Architecture Awards Jury – 2013
Member Institutional – Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Hon. Architect / Jirrawon Arts / WA 2002 -2009
Board Member – Architects Registration Board of Victoria 2006/2008 term
ARBV Chair of the Architecture Service Award Committee 2006/2008
Ministerial Appointee – Sydenham Transit City Advisory Committee /2006/2008
Board Member / Victorian Chapter Councilor / Royal Australian Institutes of Architects /02-2014
Member / AACA/RAIA National Visiting Architecture Program Accreditation Panels
Chair RAIA Vic Chapter reconciliation action plan working group 2006/2010
Joint -Chair RAIA Vic Chapter Urban Design Committee 08-2014
Member – Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association

Education

Columbia University - Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
New York City, New York, United States
Master of Architecture, 1989
architecture
1986 To 1989

Columbia College - (Formerly Kings College ) Columbia University
New York City, New York, United States
Bachelor of Arts - Architecture, 1986
Architecture
1982 To 1986

Job History

Indigenous architecture and design vistoria
Director
June 2014 - present

Alfano Studio Architects - Alfano Pty Ltd
Director
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
January 2004 - present

AlfanoGrasselli S. A.
Director
Vitoria, Brazil
January 2019 - present

University of Melbourne
Fellow / Assoc Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty
January 2010 - January 2018

Fender Katsilidis (Aust) Pty Ltd
Associate Director /
January 2008 - April 2013

B H A Pty Ltd
Partner / Design Director
January 2001 - January 2007

Melbourne Group Pty Ltd - Architects & Urban Designers
Founder and Principal Design Director
January 1996 - January 2001

Urban Tectonics Inc. / Architects & Urban Designers
Founder and Principal Urban Designer
January 1992 - January 1996