Director, Architecture

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $175k - $198k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🏛️ Architect

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Discovery Land Company

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

🏨 Hospitality

✈️ Travel

🏠 Real Estate

💰 $17.4M Venture Round on 2017-03

Hospitality • Travel • Real Estate

Discovery Land Company is a premier developer of private residential communities that offer luxurious living in nature's most breathtaking locations. Each community is designed to provide an unmatched lifestyle experience, with world-class amenities including golf courses, spa facilities, and gourmet dining options. Discovery Land Company focuses on creating spaces for families to build unforgettable memories together in settings that enhance their quality of life.

📋 Description

• Serve as the lead architectural voice of Discovery Creative across assigned luxury residential, private club, and mixed use developments from acquisition through delivery • Participate in acquisition and underwriting to align programming, vision, and business assumptions • Develop land plan concepts, high level architectural concepts, test fits, and programming studies • Establish architectural direction including massing, character, materiality, and the relationship of buildings to site • Guide architectural design for clubhouses, amenity and golf buildings, residences, and mixed use components • Lead architectural peer reviews through the Discovery Creative review process and provide feedback at key milestones • Verify that design intent is carried through each phase of design and development • Advise on selection of design architects, architects of record, and project design leadership • Draft scopes and RFPs, evaluate fee proposals, and support agreement negotiations • Develop and maintain architectural principles, standards, and guidelines • Partner with Development, Sales and Marketing, Operations, and Construction teams • Support amenity programming, sales center design, launch strategy, and value engineering decisions • Support projects through zoning, planning, architectural, and community design review • Coordinate with interiors, landscape, golf, land planning, and procurement leads • Present design recommendations to executive and development leadership, investors, and project partners • Manage and develop design staff and help build the internal architecture team • Capture lessons learned and contribute to repeatable standards

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years in architecture on luxury projects, including 4+ years on the owner, developer, or advisory side • Experience on private club, resort residential, hospitality, or master planned projects, including horizontal development • Experience directing and critiquing the work of internationally recognized architects and design teams • Strong conceptual design skills, including massing, test fits, and sketching • Understanding of club operations, front and back of house, and how they shape design and programming • Solid understanding of how design drives pricing, absorption, and buyer experience • Working knowledge of construction, cost management, zoning, and offering plan requirements • Exceptional taste with commercial discipline • Strong presenter and communicator with internal leadership, consultants, and brand partners • Degree in architecture, interior design, or a related field; licensure a plus • Ability to travel regularly • Flexibility and ability to pivot to new projects and desire to work in a dynamic, fast moving environment • Positive attitude, professional demeanor, and exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to deliver service to members, guests, and team members • Ability to work in a team environment • Ability to stay calm and focused during the busiest of times • Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English; additional languages preferred • Must be able to work flexible work hours/schedule including evenings, weekends, and holidays • Ability to meet the physical demands of the position including working indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions, standing, walking, and moving for periods of greater than eight (8) hours, and lifting and carrying items sometimes greater than fifty (50) pounds

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits • 401k Contribution • Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays • Employee Meals, Referral Incentives, and Recognition Programs • Professional development and upward mobility opportunities • Work–Family Culture • Bonus