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Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: January 22, 2009
Lawrence Chan 2009
Name: Lawrence Chan, FAIA
Organization: Boston Society of Architects vice president/president-elect
Company: Chan Krieger Sieniewicz
Title: Principal
Location: 8 Story St., Cambridge, Mass. 02138
Place of birth and year: New York, NY -1949
College: Master of Architecture in Urban Design, Harvard; Master of Architecture, Berkeley; Bachelor of Arts, CCNY
First job unrelated to your current field: Waiter
First job in current field: Summer intern, Oakland Redevelopment Agency
What your firm does now and its plans for the future: Maintain and expand our multidisciplinary practice in architecture and urban design as we move into our second twenty-five years of professional practice as a firm
Hobbies: Woodworking, photography
Favorite novel: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Favorite film: Ever-changing, but The Namesake is current
Keys to success: (Home, office, car, computer :-) adventurous, diligence, experience, friendship, humor, intuition, love, maturity, open-mindedness, optimism, patience, persistence, research
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Alex Krieger, my collaborator for the past 34 years: Barack Obama
If you dad to choose a different profession, what would it be: Woodworker or Photographer
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