Name: Michael Lauber, FAIA
Title: President
Company: Ellenzweig
Location: Cambridge, MA
Place of birth: Newark, NJ
Family: Wife and daughter
College: Cornell undergraduate, Harvard Graduate School of Design
First job unrelated to your current field: Machine operator in a wire mesh factory
First job in current field: J. Arthur Johnsen, architect, in Montclair, NJ
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Since 1965, when our architectural firm was founded, we have provided master planning, programming, feasibility study, in-house laboratory planning, and architectural design services to academic, institutional, and corporate clients. Our plans for the future include a goal to grow by 20% and to continue working in our current markets.
Hobbies: skiing, running, watercolors
Favorite novel: The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction
Favorite film: The English Patient
Keys to success: A culture of collaboration
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family)? Anyone who is willing to put their neck on the line to get something accomplished.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? MD