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= Richard Nicholas Loope: Architect =

Richard (Ryc) Loope  is an American architect, builder, and real estate developer who has participated in over 350 projects throughout North America and Abroad. Such projects ranging from luxury & destination resorts, gold clubhouses, planned residential communities, luxury custom housing, fraction share developments, urban infill, mixed-use developments, university buildings, specialty retail centers, high-tech manufacturing facilities and historical renovations. R. Nicholas Loope, FAIA, having managed a broad portfolio of disciplines and services, is a seasoned and tested business and design professional. He has significant success and experience in leading global, multi-cultural teams, transforming high conflict environments into smooth projects with vast businesses grow through geographic expansion, M&A, Innovation, and cost competitiveness. Mr. Loope is a licenced architect and general contractor with a Masters Degree from Yale University in Environmental Design and has completed the PMD porgram at the Harvard Business School. He is a fellow in the American Institute of Architects and an Honorary Fellow in the Institute of Green Professionals. He served for twenty-two years as a tenured member of the faculty at Arizona State University’s College of Design's School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. He held a variety of academic posts during that time including the Inaugural Director of ASU’s first trans-disciplinary masters degree program in real estate development (MRED). For nine years he served as president and principal architect of Taliesin Architects, the continuation of the practice of Architecture begun by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1893. Subsequently, he led the Durrant Group, an ENR 300 E&A firm, as CEO and managing principal from 1997–2002. In 2010 he assisted Hami Global International in the acquisition of Otak Inc. and for 3 years severed as President & CEO while restructuring and expanding the firms practice platforms to become an international E&A firm and ranked in the ENR 200. His career began in the offices of one of America’s most notable architects Charles W. Moore, FAIA. In 2002 he established his own enterprise HL Design Build, LLC.

University of Maryland, College Park
Bachelor of Architecture (1973)

Yale University
Masters of Environmental Design (1975)

Harvard Business School
PMD Program (1981)

Harvard Graduate School of Design
(graduation information unknown)

St. Johns College
(graduation information unknown)

’76-‘85
various positions culminating in Vice President and General Manger of the Solector Corporation, a subsidiary of ASARCO, a leading manufacturer of alternative energy devices for commercial and residential applications

’85-’89
President of Highland Products Corporation, the leading  manufacturer of proprietary GRP components for the electrical transmission industry with production facilities in the USA, Ireland and Italy.

’90-’97
Management consultations leading to the position of President and principal architect of Taliesin Architects, Ltd; the continuation of the practice of architecture begun by Frank Llyod Wright in 1893.

‘ 97-’02
CEO and principal architect of the Durrant Group, Inc. the 253rd largest architectural and engineering firm in north America, 450 design professionals, 14 domestic offices and several foreign affiliates

’02 to Current

 * Founding member of PDI; an international design consortium with offices in 9 States of the Union, Korea, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam and India
 * Founder and President of R. Nicholas Loope, FAIA, LLC and HL Design Build, LLC; a regional design build and real estate development firm specializing in custom luxury housing, fractional share resort properties, urban infill, boutique hotels, spas, historic preservation and specialty retail projects

'10 to Current
Interim President and Chief Operating Officer of DAVIS ; a contemporary practice of Architecture, Interior Design, Planning and Pre-Development Services with offices in Arizona, Texas and Illinois

Boards and Honors

 * Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation Board
 * R. Nicholas Loope, FAIA Endowment for Excellence in Architectural Technologies at Scottsdale Community College
 * Editorial Review Board: Journal of Sustainable Real Estate
 * Sustainable Development Committee, Green Awards Committee; NAIOP
 * Honorary Fellow, Institute of Green Professionals
 * Fellow, American Institute of Architects
 * Distinguished Fellow, NAIOP
 * Board of Directors & Audit Committee Chair; Integrated Information Services
 * Chairman and Board of Directors; Solar Energy Industries Association
 * Board of Directors; Solar Energy Research Foundation
 * ACEC/AIA Peer Reviewer
 * Executive Committee Council for Design Excellence
 * Board of Directors; Habitat for Humanity, Arizona
 * Board of Directors; ASU Stardust Center of Housing and the Family
 * Board of Directors; PDI
 * AIA Media and Advertising (National Committee)
 * Walter Harris Fellow, Rotary International
 * Served on numerous national and international design juries and selection committees
 * 1) Featured speaker at numerous regional and national conferences addressing the critical issues of real estate development, land use policies, energy use strategies and architectural design and practice
 * 2) Provided testimony before the Congress of the United States and other government regulatory bodies on issues of energy use strategies in the built environment
 * 3) Authored or co-authored over 30 articles, papers and book chapters addressing: real estate development, professional practice, energy strategies and architectural education
 * 4) Works have received numerous awards and have been published in leading nation and regional professional journals, business journals, lifestyle magazines and newspapers, as well as being featured on various television and radio programs

Luxe Design
Architects R. Nicholas Loope and Don Larry turned a desert home into paradise with the help of interior designer Lynne Beyer. Featured in Luxe Interiors Arizona Fall 2010 issue (magazine)