John Schuyler 2011

Name: John Schuyler, AIA, LEED Title: Principal and Co-Director of the Urban Studio Company: FXFOWLE Architects Location: New York, N.Y. Birthplace: Green Bay, Wisconsin College: Harvard Graduate School of Design (MArch); Boston Architectural Center (BArch) First job outside of real estate: Cleaning rowboats used for crabbing and fishing at the Jersey Shore when I was 12 First job in real estate or allied field: I had the good fortune to work for Robert Lang, of Lang Associates in Boston while I was attending the BAC. What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? FXFOWLE is an architectural planning, interior design firm committed to design excellence, social responsibility, and sustainability with offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Dubai and Abu Dhabi. I am currently the project director for the new projected LEED Platinum Golisano Institute for Sustainability on the campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y., a new Clinical Science Center for Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y., and most recently the award-winning LEED Platinum certified headquarters expansion for SAP Americas in Newtown Square, Penn. Favorite book: "Dune" by Frank Herbert Favorite movie: "Seven Samurai" by Akira Kurosawa Person you admire most (outside of family): Winston Churchill Key to success: Woody Allen said that 80% of success is showing up. Actually "success" is a rich stew of failure, diligence, love of what you are doing and doing it with great people - topped with a healthy dose of luck. If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Arborist