Marvin Weeks – Principal – AIA NCARB – Florida License AR98684
Humble beginnings
Marvin grew up on a dirt road, along railroad tracks, in a rural area in Winwood, Florida. Winwood is an unincorporated town located in Central Florida. His journey to become an architect started at a head-start preschool located right next to his childhood home near Winwood Park.
Youth years
From there he would continue the K-12 public school circuit at nearby schools in Seminole County. It was in the third grade when Marvin gained exposure to an architect while with his father during the summer on construction job sites. During that time, his father owned a small construction waste cleanup company. During that time, Marvin would come across his first set of blueprint construction drawings.
Basketball and track and field were huge parts of his life as a youth, along with his natural ability to draw. Due to unfortunate circumstances, a basketball career was something that seemed out of reach, but a career in architecture was something that Marvin would have more control over.
Later years
Marvin started laying the foundation for an architecture career in high school, and eventually graduated from the University of South Florida with a Masters degree in Architecture. Marvin would gain worked experience with local architecture firms in the Tampa Bay and Central Florida area. After many years of internship and testing, he earned his first architecture license in the state of Florida in 2017. He would start working side jobs under his own license immediately. In 2019 Weeks Architecture and Design officially opened.
Current
WAD is a growing practice that provides architecture services for realtors, contractors, homeowners, investors, real estate wholesale pros, home repair pros, and small-scale developers. Our firm is also willing to partner with larger architecture firms on larger projects from time to time. Marvin is firm believer that he overcame most of his obstacles in life by focusing on education, and learning to compete while playing youth sports. He patterns his life after the two quotes below.
“One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it’s expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shaped our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.”
“We are not responsible for the programming we received as children; as adults, we are 100% responsible for correcting it.”
