Name: Paul Lewandowski, AIA, LEED AP
Title: Principal and Architect
Company: SMRT - Architects and Engineers
Location: Albany, NY: Portland, ME; Andover, MA
Place of birth: Lewiston, ME
Family: My girls...wife Mary and daughter Ava. Two dogs and one cat.
First job unrelated to your current field: DJ at a roller-rink
First job in current field: Hannaford Bros. store engineering department, I made a lot of copies and worked on designing check-out stations.
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Provide innovative and creative design solutions through a service based model to clients in the healthcare, science/technology/industry, higher and private education, government and justice sectors.
Hobbies: swim, bike, run, row, create, read textbooks, design clothing.
Novel: Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities"
Film: "2001: A Space Odyssey"
Keys to success: Design for the user, stretch your comfort zone, develop and speak a common language, always keep learning.
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Charles Eames
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Fashion designer or oceanographer
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