BLINK!LABarchitecture, inc

4228 martin luther king, jr. way
oakland, ca 94609
t 510.326.2176

 

 

 

Design Director

J A Grant

Licensed Architect - California C30888 

jgrant@blink-lab.com

 

J A Grant has a diverse background and brings a strong understanding of client needs, visitor experience and architecture to projects.

 

Through working with innovative architecture offices such as Mark Cavagnero Associates in San Francisco; Diana Balmori Associates

Landscape Architect in New Haven, Connecticut and Atelier Volker Giencke in Austria; her experience has evolved to include designs for corporate

offices, school renovations, multi-family housing and public buildings, landscape architecture and urban planning.

 

Ms. Grant is an Architect, Designer, Project Manager and Construction Administrator.  Her experience includes offices, retail, historic renovation,

seismic upgrades, interiors and one-of-a-kind projects ranging in size from 2,000 SF to over 500,000 SF.  Her architecture and interior projects have included private and corporate clients, as well as merchandizing display and store design for international

and local retailers.

 

She has a multifaceted background as an architect and investment analyst.  To date she has been Project Manager as well as Architect on

numerous projects ranging from multi-million dollar renovation projects to ten-story buildings.  June is also an active participant in urban planning and

development initiatives in the city of Oakland and was recognized in local and national publications.  Due to her diverse experiences, Ms. Grant has

the ability to visualize, coordinate, implement and synthesize all aspects of the planning, site selection, design, construction process to meet client

sensitive parameters such as budgets and schedules.  Her understanding of the numerous requirements involved on both sides of the table is

instrumental to keeping all interested parties working towards the stated project goals and objectives.

 

Beyond architectural expertise, Ms. Grant is the front runner for locating new sustainable building technologies and practices for implementation

in the projects undertaken by the San Francisco office.  In this capacity she is the liaison with the Center for the Built Environment and a representing

member of the newly formed professional practices group, BALSA Bay Area Leaders in Sustainable Architecture.

 

Civic life and participation is both an ethical and aesthetic concern for Ms. Grant.  As a result, she lectures at high schools in an effort to encourage

young minds to undertake steps towards their own involvement in the future development of their environments.  Most recently, Ms. Grant participated

in an all-day urban design charette for the City of Pittsburg, CA where she brought to the forefront  the cultural potential on the urbanscape of that city's

large hispanic population. 

 

Throughout, her prior career in Investment Analysis has been indispensable in grasping economic influences and its impact on design.  It is this ability to

incorporate social, financial and aesthetic components which makes her approach to the architectural inquiry unique.

 

Ms. Grant is a graduate of Yale University and holds a Masters degree in Architecture and a Bachelors degree in Business Administration,  graduating

magna cum laude, from Baruch College.  She is a licensed architect in the state of California and a member of the American Institute of Architects.

 

Education

Yale University, School of Architecture -  Masters in Architecture, 1999 

The Educational Alliance, New York - Metal Sculpture (Oxyacetylene welding), 1994 -1996 

The Arts Student League, New York - Clay Figurative Sculpture and Human Anatomy, 1993 -1996

National Academy of Design, New York - Clay Figurative Sculpture, 1993 -1996

Bernard Baruch, CUNY  -  Bachelors in International Finance, minor in Art, 1993; magna cum laude

 

 

BLINK!LAB Projects

 

commercial  

- AKQA Corporate office (Nilus Designs)

- Chevron San Ramon Executive offices

- Charles Schwab (TDG)

- Discover-RE, San Francisco Executive offices (TDG)

- Dolan Law

- Fritz - A UPS Co  Executive offices (TDG)

- Surfshop Corporate office (Nilus Designs)

 

educational

- CA Science Center Amgem Center for Science Learning, Los Angeles, CA (Gyroscope)

- Chicago Children's Museum 

- Santa Maria Childrens Discovery Museum - children’s education platform design (Gyroscope)

- a new university, Bozano, Italy (Giencke & Co)

 

retail   

- cafe/office - concept development, design and construction 

- wine bar - concept development, design and construction

- art gallery - concept development, space planning and interior design for an African Art dealer 

- Westfield Shopping Center (Bloomingdales) San Francisco (TDG)

- The Gap (TDG)

 

urban analysis and design 

- Oakland 2nd Avenue Urban Study

- Oakland International Blvd Urban Study and Street Furniture 

- City of Richmond Infill Development

- greenscape design development for the city of Bilbao, Spain (Diana Balmori Landscape Architecture) 

- housing estate and a glass /greenhouse for Bremen, Germany (Giencke & Co)

 

residential  

- Shattuck House

- Sakurai House

- SF condo

- 30th Street Expansion (Nilus Designs/Blink-labarchitecture)

- Kentfield House Design Package (Nilus Designs)

- Twin Peaks House Design Package (Nilus Designs)

- Rhode Island House (Nilus Designs)

- Telegraph Hill remod (Nilus Designs)

- multi-unit condo (Ralph Butterfield)

 

furniture

- ChevronTexaco conference tables and security system 

- Addressing use-objects and their reflected relationship with contemporary living resulted in an adventure into furniture design .

Two approaches; two collections - "looking back" and "spare and clear". 

 

packaging

- Continued branding for Cacao Anasa chocolates - new exhibit booth design and luxury edition box package

- ChevronTexaco environmental graphics

 

Strategy and investment analysis

Strategy is a key ingredient to the design process at BLINK!LAB.  This perspective on architecture is the enfolding of experience gained as

Sr. Investment Analysis Research Associate for Automobile, Aerospace and Defense, Waste Management and Small Businesses Industries

at Scudder Stevens + Clark, NYC.  

 

Award + Presentations 

2006, published interview by the American Institute of Architect - "Young Female African-American Architects"

2004, 'Perception as a Marketing Strategy' - The AACoC, Austin, Texas

1st Prize - 1996 Annual Student Drawing Review - The Arts Student League

1996 - received invitation to exhibit with the Sculptors Alliance group at the Lincoln Center, NY

1993 - Italian Cultural Institute Scholarship Award - Italian in Italy, June - Dec 1993

 

Committees + Associations 

Port of Oakland - Member of the Port of Oakland/Turner Construction Company Mentor/Protegee Advisory Committee

 

Project Associates 

Double D Engineers - structural engineers for projects located in San Francisco and on the Peninsula.

Mercury Engineers - structural engineers for projects located in the East Bay.

R K Woods, Inc.  - a full-service Construction and Construction Management Company with a focus on Transportation Infrastructure, and Refineries

Kevin Webb Construction - specializes in high-end residential construction 

Narrowback Construction - specializes in commercial seismic retrofit and construction 

Eden Construction - specializes in high-end residential construction 

 

 

 

 

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