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Robert M. Coleman, III, Architect, AIA Georgia Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Architecture Graduated with Highest Honor (summa cum laude) Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Henry Adams AIA School Medal and Certificate of Merit Wilcox-Connally Scholarship Vernon M. Shipley, Jr., Award for Architectural History Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society Architectural Instruction: Adjunct Professor of Architecture, LSU School of Architecture, 1976-1981 Continuing involvement in juries for LSU School of Architecture competitions Professional Registration: Registered Architect, State of Louisiana License No. 2153 N.C.A.R.B. Registration No. 32857 Professional Associations: Member, American Institute of Architects, AIA Louisiana Past Secretary, Board of Directors, AIA Baton Rouge Past Member, 1989 Baton Rouge Architects Selection Board Past Member, Louisiana Music Commission Member, Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Past Chairman, Board of Directors, Acadia State Bank of Baton Rouge Past President, Friends of Environmental Education Past Member, Board of Directors, American Heart Association Past Member, Board of Directors, Junior Achievement of Baton Rouge Member, Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program Professional Experience: Robert M. Coleman, III, has been a lifelong resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and received his Bachelor of Architecture with Highest Honors from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1974. Before returning to Baton Rouge, Mr. Coleman worked briefly with the prestigious Atlanta architectural firm of Cooper Carry & Associates. Throughout his 30-plus years of practicing architecture, Mr. Coleman has built a reputation for managing large architectural projects with diverse ownership, design, and engineering consultant teams. Mr. Coleman has been partner-in-charge of projects as dissimilar as the $125,000,000 Jimmy Swaggart Bible College, the $45,000,000 Catfish Town Renovations, the Belle of Baton Rouge Docking Facility, and the $60,000,000 renovations to the historic Maison Blanche Building in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, which includes a 452-room, Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Mr. Coleman has also been very active in the Caribbean hospitality industry, managing the design and construction of the 413 key Aruba Marriott Resort and Stellaris Casino, the 311 key Aruba Ocean Club, the 450 guest unit Aruba Surf Club, and the MVCI Sales Center on St. Thomas. Current Caribbean projects in Design and Construction are the Renaissance Resort , Curacao, the Aruba Wyndham Timeshares, the Aruba Ritz Carlton and Ritz Carlton Club, the St. Kitts Marriott Timeshare Conversion, and the MVCI Sales Center, St. Kitts. Mr. Coleman has developed a reputation of being able to manage and focus professionals of many disciplines to keep large, complex projects on track. Design concerns, budget considerations, and scheduling are all balanced to produce architecture in which all stakeholders, including Owners, developers, building users, and building design consultants, consider successful. |
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