Alek Tomich is a registered architect (NY) and maker interested in materials, visualization, perspective, queerness, equity, and the environment. Born and raised outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he spent time in Minneapolis and now resides in New York City. He holds a Master of Architecture from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture with a Minor in Construction Management from the University of Minnesota Twin-Cities College of Design. In the past, he has worked with the offices of SO-IL, Studio Ames, MAD, and Christian Dean Architecture.

He is currently working at Peterson Rich Office in New York City.

︎ tomich.alek@gmail.com
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︎︎︎  CV

Work Experience:
Peterson Rich Office, New York, NY
Project Designer, 06.2021 - Present
Studio Ames, New York, NY
Designer, 04.2020 - 05.2021
SO-IL, New York, NY
Design Intern, 06.2019 - 08.2019
Christian Dean Architecture, Minneapolis, MN
Designer, 04.2016 - 08.2018
MAD, Minneapolis, MN
Designer, 06.2014 - 10.2016

Teaching:
Columbia University GSAPP, New York, NY
Graduate Studio Mentor to Emmett Zeifman, Spring 2021
Graduate Studio Mentor to Anna Puigjaner, Fall 2020
Graduate Studio Assistant to Erica Goetz, Spring 2020
Graduate Studio Assistant to Anna Puigjaner, Fall 2019

Voluntary:
Queer Students of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (QSAPP), New York, NY
Co-Director, 06.2019 - 06.2021
Camp Kesem Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Co-Director, 09.2012 - 06.2014

Education:
Columbia University GSAPP, New York, NY
Master of Architecture, 2021
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Bachelor of Science in Architecture, 2014
Minor in Construction Management, 2014

Recognition:
2021, Metropolis Magazine Future 100
2021, William Kinne Fellows Traveling Prize Recipient
2020, Buell Center Paris Prize Finalist
2019, AIANY John A. Notaro Memorial Scholarship Winner
2018, Avery Academic Scholarship