EXPERIENCE
Principal, AARDVARKITECTS, LLC, architectural design and drafting rm, Park City, UT.
Architect Intern, for Gigaplex, Inc. and HKS in Utah, Scarano and Associates in Brooklyn, NY, ,
and ADL III in Northport, NY.
Also work regularly with DesignBuildBLUFF a not for prot Design/Build studio afliated with
the University of Utah College of Architecture + Planning. A program that builds an off-the-grid
sustainable home each year for a needing Navajo family on the reservation near Bluff, UT.
Skill Sets. Design (architectural, space planning, furniture, concept), drafting, presentation,
negotiation, strategy, graphic and verbal communication, construction knowledge.
Software. Revit, AutoCAD, Google Sketchup, Vectorworks, form-Z, Multiframe 4D, Photoshop,
Illustrator, word processing.
Kunga House. Design development and construction administration
for the rst straw-bale construction in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The house was a Design/Build studio project through the Graduate School of
Architecture, U of U, under the supervision of Hank Louis, AIA.
Completed April 2003.
Design & Drafting. Construction Documents, Models, Concept Presentations for Gigaplex, HKS,
Icon Remodeling, Scarano and Associates, Mountaintown Stages, ADL III and Aardvarkitects.
Stages. Design, drafting, and construction of bandstands for
outdoor music venues in and around Park City, Utah.
Student. Brigham Young University, BA Humanities.
University of Utah, Graduate School of Architecture, MArch.
Coursework involving architectural design problems with graphic solutions
including technical drawings, photographs, models, renderings, perspectives, as well as digital
models and animations.
Contributor. 1996-1998. Grid Magazine, Salt Lake City, UT.
Monthly music periodical. Photographs, interviews, reviews.
Sound Recording Engineer. 1988-1996. Spoken word and music.
Volunteer Service. 1989-1991. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Virginia Roanoke Mission.
Musician. 1986-present. Currently playing guitar with Ether Orchestra,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Construction Trades. 1985-present. Various and Sundry.
Jesse Beacom

RECENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
AARDVARKITECTS, LLC Park City, Utah. Owner and Principal designer and drafter.
February 2009 - present.
Gigaplex, Inc./DesignBuildBLUFF. Bluff/Park City/Salt Lake City, Utah.
Architect Intern, Designer, Drafter, Web Developer, Strategist, Laborer.
May 2000 - October 2001.
April 2002 - April 2003.
January 2007 - February 2009.
HKS, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah. Architect Intern. Project City Center Las Vegas, NV.
July 2006 -January 2007.
Icon Remodeling, Salt Lake City, Utah. Design and drafting for residential design/build rm. July
2005 - July 2006.
Scarano and Associates Architects, Brooklyn, NY. Architect Intern, Design, drafting, project
management in full service architectural rm. Nov 2004 - June 2005.
ADL III Architecture, Northport, NY.
Architect Intern/Draftsperson, January - April 2002.
Mountaintown Stages, Park City, Utah.
Designer/Builder, summers of 2000 and 2001.
EDUCATION
Minnechaug Regional High School; Wilbraham, Massachusetts, 1986.
Brigham Young University; Provo, Utah.
BA Humanities with Art History emphasis,
Minor in Sound Recording/Engineering 1993.
University of Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah.
BS Architectural Studies 1999;
MArch 2001.
References available upon request.
Jesse Beacom