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Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: April 19, 2012
Hans Strauch 2012
Name: Hans Strauch, AIA, LEED AP
Title: Principal
Company: HDS Architecture, Inc
Location: Cambridge, MA
Place of birth: Boston
Family: Wife Darisse and two daughters Mariel and Sabine
College: Cornell University
First job unrelated to your current field: Carpenter
First job in current field: Sasaki Associates (summer job while in college)
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Continue to solidify our diversity of project expertise in order to survive future economic downturns.
Hobbies: Tennis, Reading
Favorite novel: "Have a Little Faith" by Mitch Albom
Favorite film: The King's Speach
Keys to success: Hard work, focus and creativity
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Harry Truman
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Comedian
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