About

I am a South­ern Cal­i­for­nia native, grew up in Orange County and have called San Diego my home for the over ten years.  I have been work­ing in the archi­tec­ture field since 1998 and grad­u­ated from Wood­bury Uni­ver­sity with a Bach­e­lors of Archi­tec­ture in 2002.  I cur­rently hold the posi­tion of Project Manager/ Designer with a small La Jolla archi­tec­ture firm, which I have been a part of since 2001.  We spe­cial­ize in cus­tom res­i­den­tial and his­toric preser­va­tion projects through­out San Diego County, with occa­sional projects in Orange and LA Counties.

I have been, and am still work­ing towards obtain­ing my archi­tec­tural license.  Unfor­tu­nately, I am one of those unlucky souls who now have to retake all the exams, includ­ing exams already passed.  The Archi­tect Reg­is­tra­tion Exam has been changed and adjusted from nine exams down to seven exams, thus com­bin­ing sub­jects together.  I was unable to com­plete the old nine test pro­gram known as 3.1 in time; I had passed five exams.  So I have been tran­si­tioned into the new 4.0 seven exam pro­gram.  I am at square one and now have seven new tests ahead of me.  I will be shar­ing my expe­ri­ences, frus­tra­tions and hope­fully suc­cesses of tak­ing these new exams and becom­ing a licensed architect.

Archi­tec­tural pho­tog­ra­phy is a newer inter­est of mine, which has been devel­op­ing quickly.  I will share my images and expe­ri­ences  as I learn to cap­ture the story of a build­ing in a photograph.

Enjoy and thank you.

Joseph M. Reid

joseph@jmrproject.com