Angelito Altares Jimenez (AAJ) started working abroad in April 1990. After a rigid qualification selection, he was chosen by the NKK Corporation to be sent to Japan.. He was assigned as Architect/Renderer with NKK Amenity Development Department (Design Group) in Yokohama. He had involvement with the AOIA Splash Garden Project iin Kobe which was considered as the World's Largest Water Slide Amenity Park. He become a member of the Japan Architectural Renderers Association (JARA) in 1991. He then participated his work in AOIA Splash Garden Project to its Annual Exhibition in Tokyo.On the same year he started to be affiliated with the American Society of Architectural Perspectives (ASAP). His initial exhibition was when he made his Water Tank Gallery Work an entry to a Government Museum Project Design Competition in Yokusoka City that later won a Formal Category Selection Award in October 1993 International Competition and Exhibition of Architectural Illustration in Chicago, U.S.A. After his two years assignment in Japan, he continued his job with the company's NKK International Pte Ltd in Makati, Philippines..

In August 1992 his former Government boss' recommendation offered him an opportunity to work in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. He joined the Al Hejailan A/E Consultants in September 1992 and got involved with Royal Saudi Land Forces Main Headquarters Project until September 1993.

In January 1994 he joined Malik Lip & Associates Environmental Planners and Landscape Architects in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia after qualifying the selection conducted in Manila. He worked as Senior Architect for the preparation of Master Plan of Sungai Klang (Kuala Lumpur River) Landscape and Development Project . It was a Federal Government project on the occasion of Malaysia's hosting of the1998 Commonwealth Games.

That was his shortest stint in Malaysia when he joined the Geoff Malone International in Singapore as Design Architect. In March 1994, he was tasked to worked in Brunei with the Company's Istana Assurur a Residential and Recreational Palace Project of the Royal Family. Many more projects came until he was  assigned with   DPD Private Office, a Government Building Project which his last assignment after almost  four years with the company until its closure.

After a year in private job, he joined the MCKerrell Lynch Architects (Australia) and was involved for the completion of The Empire Resort Hotel & Country Club in Brunei where the venue of Asia-Pacific Nation Leaders held the APEC 2000 Summit. He later worked with ERC & Associates in U.S. Island Territory of Guam, Los Reyes Consultants & Dowler-Gruman Architects in San Francisco &  Mountain View in  California, U.S.A.

His long years in involvement with the Computer Aided Design Operation  has led him to enhance his know-how in computer. He likewise developed his potentials with 3D Modeling, Digital  Imaging and Animations.

At present, he has made a number of Digital Architectural Presentations and Animations through AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max and Photoshop.

Note: AIP  Catalogue refers to Architecture In Perspective, a collection of Awarded and Selected Architectural Illustrations published for exhibition and distribution by The American Society of Architectural Illustrators for its Annual International Competition and Exhibition of Architectural Illustration.

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AOIA SPLASH GARDEN in Tempera Color - Exhibited in 1991 JARA Annual Exhibition - Tokyo, Japan
WATER TANK GALLERY - Japan - in Charcoal and Pencil - Published in 1993 AIP8 Catalogue - Chicago, Ill.
Land Forces Main Headquarter - Saudi Arabia - in Water Color and Colored Pencil
Assurur Palace - Brunei -  in Water Color and Colored Pencil - Published in 1994 AIP10 Catalogue - Seattle, Wa.
DPD Private Offices - Brunei -  in Colored Pencil