About
About myself, Albert Lee: A Christian amateur pianist and composer as well as martial artist, I am also an architectural designer as well as a visual artist.
I graduated from the Bachelor of Technology, Architectural Science program at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) as well as the Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies program at Dalhousie University. I will eventually return to seminary for a Masters in Divinity program at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto but this will not be for some time.
I have worked for such Canadian firms as WZMH, B+H and Burka Architects in Toronto, ON. My work experience also includes some American architectural firms such as Cisneros Design Studio in Houston, TX and LMHT Associates in Durham, NC.
The modeled works showcased on this site are predominantly from my school work completed at TMU as well as Dalhousie with the exception of the guardhouse animation which was done while working for MHAWorks in Durham, NC.
The third model in the series was a group project for the Dalhousie University course, Building System Interface, which was completed in collaboration with Ryan Thorne (designer), Lefoko Simako, Kutobe Tshabang and Olly Chibua.
The Tkts2k DIscount Ticket Booth Competition Entry Design was designed by Dmitra Pappia and modelled in AutoCAD by William Chang-Wong, Architect. I performed the final stage texture mapping, lighting and camera selection angle for the final computer rendering in 3DS MAX and did the photomontage in Adobe Photoshop.
All other work is my own independent work (as inspired by God).
I would describe my works as exercises in form finding and structural articulation. Rather than viewing each of the works as independent finished projects, they instead form a continuum in my academic, professional and cultural milieu; like musical measures in a symphony or stanzas in an epic poem.
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PROJECT LIST FROM 1997-2021
Freelance 2012-Present
• Children's daycare barrier-free doorways retrofit for an educational institution
• Single-storey commercial building with clerestorey
• Mini city sustainable development of Jamaican orphanage (initial schematic design phase)
• 3 storey mixed use commercial-residential building to be expanded to 6 storeys at the corner of Richmond St. W and Church
• 8000 sq. ft. luxury custom residence in Township of Georgina
• Design Development drawings for cottage project proposal situated in Township of Washago
• Schematic designs for cottage near Town of Gravenhurst
• Schematic design for Christian café in Town of Hanover
• Schematic designs for Mobile Home for the Homeless project
Yoon Associates Engineers, Markham, ON 2018 - 2019
• Dental clinic
• 18-20 interiors tenant improvement retail spaces for different themed restaurants
• Korean restaurant tenant space in Stouffville
Lowell Lo Design Inc. Architect, Scarborough, ON 2011 - 2017
• House plans (residential) and some light commercial projects
• Robert Street residential deck plan, section and elevations
• Curzon Street project
• 3D computer model of an eco-village design
• 3D computer model of cellphone kiosk
• Mormon Retirement Home deck design project
Dickson +Hicks, Architects, Orangeville, ON 2016-2017
• Dufferin County multi-family housing apartment project
• Caledon Hills Baptist Church project
• Norwich Seniors Townhome Apartment project
• Glencairn Church project
• TripCentral.ca travel agency project
Alaimo Architecture, Woodbridge, ON
2016
• Prepare CAD drawings of light commercial interiors projects
J David McAuley, Architect, Guelph, ON
2016
• Various church projects in Southern Ontario
• Mississauga City Center Church
WBA Architects and Engineers (formerly Whitney-Bailey Architects-Engineers), Woodbridge, ON 2015
• Apotex
• Toronto Research Chemicals (TRC)
• Sanofi-Pasteur pharmaceutical research and development facilities
X-Design Inc. 2014
• 3D rendered computer models of TUMI clothing store fixtures (Perimeter and Voyager)
Abbott Design, Toronto, ON 2012
• Various Blue Mountain cottages
Baldassarra Architects, Weston, ON 2012
• Building “B” of Erin Mills Neighbourhood project (industrial warehouses and offices)
Gib-San Group, Etobicoke, ON
2012
• Various cabanas and swimming pools;
• swimming pool and residence entryway
Magna Powertrain- Precision Technologies, Mississauga, ON 2011
• Magna plant
Sievenpiper Associates Architects, Toronto, ON 2011
• Heritage Funeral Home
• Sheraton Hotel Traders Restaurant Conversion project and Fitness Center
Hewlett Packard Critical Facilities Technology Services, Mississauga, ON 2010
• Twin Cities Data Centres
Isometrica Design 2009
• Korean Restaurant project
• House in Port Credit (field measurements)
• Various apartments for clients throughout Toronto
Ellis Management Services 2009
• Green Bean Tenant space addition to a retail space (phase 1 of proposed renovation)
Eugene Kuan, Architect 2009
• City of Toronto renovation projects
• project at Toronto City Hall
Whitney-Bailey Architects-Engineers, Woodbridge, ON 2008
• Aecon residential barrier-free modification project
• flour mill fire/office repair project
• Sanofi Pasteur vaccines facility
• Apotex Pharmaceuticals facility
Omega Design Architects, Cary, NC 2007 - 2008
• Petsmart project
• Red Bowl Asian Bistro project in Burlington
• Jared Jewellers and Starbucks
• Dick Sporting Goods Stores’ (interiors)
• Retail Mall
MHAWorks, Durham, NC 2007
• (guardhouse) Eisai Pharmaceuticals
• unique awning designs for commercial building
• Synthon Pharmaceuticals
• Cree
• Pharmacore
• Durham District Police Sub-station
• North-West Health Hospital
• Haw River Elementary School
• Wakemed Hospital
• Cardinal Health Hospital
• (interior designs) Rho, Inc.office
• Red-Hat (various international offices)
• All Kinds of Minds office
• Catevo office
• Signal office, etc.
• (field measurements) UNC Hospital
• BOC Chemical Plant
• Rho, Inc. 2nd floor expansion at the Quadrangle office complex
Lehmann-Mehler-Hirst-Thornton Architects-Engineers (National Restaurant Designers), Durham, NC 2005 - 2007
• (interior design concepts) Chicken Red restaurant
• IHOP
• Five Guys
• Arby’s
• Starbucks Coffee
• Sonic Restaurants
• Golden Corral
Bregman + Hamann Architects, Toronto, ON 2004-2005
• York Accolade School of Music, Theatre and Dance- a 2 building joint-venture project with B+H and Zeidler- in Toronto's York University
Webb, Zerafa, Menkes, Housden Partnership Architects, Toronto, ON 2003
• Daimler-Chrysler headquarters high-rise office building in Detroit, Michigan
• Nile Plaza Hotel, Cairo, Egypt.
Intra Architects, Vaughan, ON 2002
• Tuscany Place, a 3-site, 36-building series of retail plazas
• Mosque in Vaughan, Ontario
• a 2-storey residential-style dental clinic building in Aurora, Ontario
Perennial, Inc., Etobicoke, ON 2001- 2002
• Shaw’s Prudential Store in Boston, Massachusetts
• Reto and the Machine restaurant establishments throughout Toronto.
E.I. Richmond Architects 2000
• condominium high-rise project, Eden Park
• Southport condo
• Marathon Lands condo
Courtney Harper + Partners: Houston, TX 2000
• M.D. Anderson Hospital’s medical library.
• retail mall in Augusta, Georgia.
• For De Zavala- a multi-family development project in Baystown
• Kelsey-Seybold- a private medical clinic
Cisneros Design Studio: Houston, TX 1999 –2000
• warehouse-to-condo San Jacinto loft
• Chenevert loft/condo conversion project
• Several other loft projects
• Modernist home for the loft developer
• Koto Japanese-Chinese theme restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Taoist temple and convention facility, phased project for Forbidden Gardens in Katy Mills.
L.M.G. Drafting and Design, Inc.: Scarborough, ON 1998 – 1999
• The Hospital for Sick Children
• Dryden District Hospital
• Windsor Casino
• 500 King Street Condominiums (office building retrofit)
• Princess Margaret Hospital
• F.O.T.S. (Fiber Optic Transmission System)
• Esplanade Pizza-Pizza Rooftop Patio Restaurant 15
• Adelaide Wastewater Pumping Station project
• Phase 1 urban design competition proposal for Dundas Square, an approximately 1 acre public space developed by the City of Toronto at Dundas and Yonge
Shopper’s Drug Mart, Store Planning Department: North York, ON 1997
• Nation-wide store design proposals.
Baldwin and Franklin, Architects: Toronto, ON 1996
• C.N. Tower Convention Facility Expansion Phase 1.