Curriculum Vitae

With over twenty years of professional experience in private practice as a registered architect, Quentin operates an architectural office specialized in commercial and high-end, custom residential design. Located in Pacific Palisades, California, his projects range from mixed-use commercial office buildings to exclusive single family, luxury residences.

The majority of Archwork commissions are located in Southern California, with a few projects in Florida, Vermont, New York and South Carolina, as well as completed residences in Singapore and Europe. He is N.C.A.R.B. licensed and accredited to practice architecture internationally.

In 1990 Quentin was selected as the “1990 Dream House Architect” for L.A. WEST Magazine. In the late 1990’s one of his commissions involved the design development of highly efficient, low-cost housing shelters, Foam Domes© using poly-isocyanate compounds with epoxy-resin based shells to create efficient low-impact habitat. This was followed by the The Qube House, a design concept establishing an innovative fast-track, Type V construction methods with prefabrication of composite construction systems for geologically challenging sites. In 2005 Quentin developed a prefabricated design for a quick-build (14 week) 1,250 sq.ft., loft-style vacation home entitled Domo Vitae.

Quentin has served as an architectural consultant for interior design and planning, and with commercial projects as a local entitlement liaison with the Los Angeles Dept. of Bldg. & Safety. His projects include the Schematic Design for 40,000 sq.ft. Bartel’s Harley Davidson Bldg. in Marina Del Rey, CA. and is currently supervising the renovation of the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica, slated for completion in June 2007.

In the late 1980’s he worked as senior Project Manager for Cannell & Chaffin, Los Angeles, with administrative duties, which included construction project management, interior design, and space planning. Prior to being employed on the West Coast, he was engaged on the board of directors in his father's architectural office for three years in Miami, Florida. Alfred Browning Parker, Architects Chartered designed and built commercial retail centers, churches, schools and retail ventures, with a priority towards residential single family home construction throughout the Southeast.

In the fall of 1977 he enrolled at HARVARD University Graduate School of Design, where he was awarded Master in Architecture in 1980. He was licensed in FL as a resgistered architect in 1981. His first professional degree, Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture (m.c.l.) was received from NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY in 1976. Returning from Europe in 1973 he attended German private boarding schools, such as the Odenwaldschule 1963, and Waldschulheim Breuer in 1967, and graduated from the Pädagogium Otto Kühne Schule in Bonn in 1972.

He is an accomplished speaker for professional education seminars, and is listed in Who's Who in California. His publications include articles on remodeling, renovation and topics about architectural services and residential architecture for the L.A. Times and other local publications. Currently he operates an architecture office in Pacific Palisades, CA. He is renovating a 1928 house in Topanga CA as owner/builder with his two children, Wyatt and eagle scout Harley Parker. Their recreational activities include boy scout activities, travel, camping, scuba-diving, skiing, photography and writing.

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