People
Marci Riskin, formerly a principal of Mazria Riskin Odems, Inc., has eighteen years of experience in architecture with expertise in:
- Primary and university educational facilities
- Community facilities
- Fire stations
- Renovation, historic preservation, adaptive re-use
- Energy and resource conserving design and technologies
- Programming and needs assessment including public meetings, user workshops and program development
Education and Licensure
M.Arch. University of California at Los Angeles;
1994 (Energy and resource-conserving design and technologies)
B.Arch. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; 1989 (Concentration in historic preservation)
Registered Architect: New Mexico License #2977, California License #C2756,
Texas License #16914, NCARB Cert. #52426 American Institute of Architects:
Santa Fe Chapter Secretary, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006.
AiA New Mexico Secretary, 2006.
Continuing Education
Real Estate (Santa Monica City College, 1992)
Advanced Spanish (1999)
Real Estate Development (University of New Mexico, Architecture Department,
2002)
Publications and Lectures
Book – ‘The Train Stops Here- New Mexco’s Railroad Legacy‘ – published
Fall 2004 by University of New Mexico Press
Book – ‘New Mexico’s Historic Places: The Guide to National and State Register Sites‘ (General Editor)
Lecture – ‘Depot Disaster, Successes and Opportunities Second Annual Railroad
Symposium’, Las Vegas, New Mexico, April 2001
Lecture – ‘Ten Steps to Achieving Your Professional Goals’, University of New
Mexico Architecture School, Graduate-level Professional Practice, September
2002
Lecture – Railroad Depots of New Mexico, 2005
Lecture – Professional Practice lecture, University of New Mexico Architecture School, 2005
Professional Community Service
Career Days: At Santa Fe Elementary Schools (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) and
Middle Schools (2001)
Job Shadowing: Hosted students for the School-to-Careers program sponsored
by the Santa Fe Regional Partnership (1998)
Community Building Institute: Participated in a series of workshops dedicated
to the support of healthy communities at Sol y SombraÍs Center for the Study
of the Community (1996-1997)
Santa Fe High School Mentor Program: Sponsored Santa Fe High School students for in-office internships (1997, 2000)
Built Environment Education Program (BEEP): Taught elementary school children
about architecture and related fields (1989,1990, 1991)
Artist Selection Committee: Served on the artist selection committee for
the Art in Public Places Program for the New Mexico Boys and Girls Club (1998)
Design Juries:
- University of New Mexico, Architectural Design (1998, 2000)
- Stanford University, Introduction to Architecture (1997)
- University of California at Los Angeles, Environmentally Responsive Design (1994)